Ocean City Housing Authority
Housing Authority · Cape May County
5 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Ocean City Housing Authority, reporting a median pensionable salary of $37,500.
Ocean City Housing Authority is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a housing authority in Cape May County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Cape May County has 22 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
About housing authorities in New Jersey
A housing authority manages public and subsidized housing for a municipality or county, and it operates with its own board, budget, and staff, independent of the town government. Like libraries, that independence means a housing authority can be a civil service jurisdiction even when its home municipality is not, or vice versa.
See all 22 civil service jurisdictions in Cape May County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Ocean City Housing Authority
5 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Ocean City Housing Authority. That is a count of active memberships reported by the employer, not a payroll headcount: anyone not enrolled in one of these funds does not appear in this data at all, and no separate headcount for a New Jersey local employer is published anywhere we can check against.
| Fund | Name | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System | 5 | 100% |
3 of these members hold a second public job in New Jersey: their reported salary across all public employers exceeds what they are paid here. Shared and part-time appointments are common in local government, and the salary figures below count only the portion earned at Ocean City Housing Authority.
Pensionable salary at Ocean City Housing Authority
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Ocean City Housing Authority reports a pensionable salary above $37,500 and half below, across 5 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $19,598 |
| 25th percentile | $20,820 |
| Median | $37,500 |
| 75th percentile | $55,966 |
| 90th percentile | $57,924 |
The range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile because the extremes are not informative: the lowest reported figures belong to part-time and partial-year members, whose credited salary is a fraction of a full-time equivalent.
Among the 16 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 6th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $60,305. Against the 16 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 6th percentile.
These figures are pensionable salary reported to the NJ Division of Pensions and Benefits for the four most recent quarters, not total pay and not take-home pay. Snapshot of March 31, 2026. How we compile this.
How long people stay at Ocean City Housing Authority
The median enrolled member at Ocean City Housing Authority has 3.7 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 2.9 and 9.5 years. 20% have passed twenty years, which matters locally because retirement eligibility and the pension formula both turn on service credit.
| Credited service | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | 3 | 60% |
| 5 to 10 years | 1 | 20% |
| 20 to 25 years | 1 | 20% |
Membership tier records which pension rules a member was hired under, so the mix is a rough picture of how recently a workforce turned over. At Ocean City Housing Authority, 80% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 1 | 20% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 4 | 80% |
Other public employers in Ocean City
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Ocean City. Each is its own employer for pension purposes, and only some are civil service jurisdictions — school boards, charter schools and parking authorities are ordinary public employers that were never part of Title 11A. Names link only where the body appears in this directory.
| Employer | Enrolled members |
|---|---|
| OCEAN CITY BD OF ED | 307 |
| OCEAN CITY | 305 |
| OCEAN CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY (this page) | 5 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Ocean City Housing Authority
A housing authority runs public and subsidized housing for its community with its own board of commissioners, its own budget, and staff who are not municipal employees. Its civil service status is decided on its own account, which is why an authority can appear in the Commission's listing when the town around it does not.
The staffing splits three ways. Management titles run the developments and the leasing operation. Housing assistance technicians handle eligibility, recertification and rent calculation for the voucher programs. Inspection titles cover unit condition and code compliance. Maintenance work is usually filled through the general trades and labor titles rather than housing-specific ones.
Promotional examinations are closed. They are open to employees already serving in the unit, scored on a combination of the examination and seniority, and they are how most supervisory positions in local government get filled. It is the main reason entry-level appointments matter so much: they are the door to the ladder above them.
Admission to an examination is decided on paper before anyone sits down to take it. The requirements printed in the specification are checked against what you wrote on the application, so experience you did not describe is experience that does not count. Vague employment history is the most common reason a qualified applicant never reaches the list.
Civil service employers in Ocean City
Ocean City Housing Authority serves Ocean City, a city in Cape May County, but it is in the listing as a housing authority on its own account rather than as part of the city government.
The Ocean City government is listed too: Ocean City. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
One further Ocean City body is listed as well, which puts three separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Ocean City Library, public library
Civil service titles used by New Jersey housing authorities
Real classifications that New Jersey housing authorities draw on, each linked to its official specification: the definition of the work, the requirements, and any licence the title depends on. A sample of the system rather than a roster or a list of openings.
Civil service coverage across Cape May County
Cape May County holds 22 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 11 municipalities, 3 municipal departments, 2 housing authorities, 2 public libraries, 1 county government, 1 fire district, 1 school district, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
11 of the county's 16 municipalities are among them.
Cape May County is a jurisdiction too, though a county's decision does not bind the towns, authorities, libraries or districts inside it.
Also in the directory: Wildwood City Housing Authority, Wildwood City Public Safety and Public Affairs, Wildwood City Public Works and Public Property, Wildwood City Revenue and Finance, Wildwood Crest Borough, Woodbine Borough, Cape May City, Cape May County Library. See all 22 in Cape May County.
Common questions about Ocean City Housing Authority
Is Ocean City Housing Authority a civil service employer?
Yes. Ocean City Housing Authority appears in the New Jersey Civil Service Commission's listing of local civil service system jurisdictions as of July 2024, which makes it an appointing authority under Title 11A. Permanent appointments to competitive titles there come from eligible lists the Commission certifies, rather than from purely local hiring.
Does civil service status at Ocean City Housing Authority cover the rest of Ocean City?
No. Ocean City has more than one employer in the listing, and each holds its own status, runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists. Seniority and permanent status earned at one do not transfer automatically to another, even inside the same town.
Does the Civil Service Commission decide who gets hired?
No. The Commission runs the examination, ranks the candidates and certifies the list. The employer is the appointing authority: it decides whether to fill the position at all and which of the reachable candidates to appoint. That division is why a high score improves your odds without guaranteeing anything.
Do veterans get a preference on these lists?
Yes, and in New Jersey it is unusually strong. On an open competitive list, disabled veterans who pass are ranked ahead of all other candidates, and other veterans who pass are ranked ahead of non-veterans, regardless of score. Preference has to be claimed and verified in advance, and it does not carry over to promotional examinations.
How many Ocean City Housing Authority employees are in a State pension system?
5 active memberships are reported through Ocean City Housing Authority, split across 5 in PERS. This counts pension enrolment rather than payroll, so employees who are not in one of these funds are not included.
What is the median pensionable salary at Ocean City Housing Authority?
$37,500, with the middle half of members between $20,820 and $55,966. These figures are pensionable salary reported to the NJ Division of Pensions and Benefits for the four most recent quarters, not total pay and not take-home pay. It excludes overtime and most supplemental pay, and it is before tax, before the member's own pension contribution and before health premiums.
How does pay at Ocean City Housing Authority compare with the rest of Cape May County?
Its median pensionable salary of $37,500 sits at the 6th percentile among the 16 civil service jurisdictions in Cape May County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $60,305. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Ocean City Housing Authority?
The median enrolled member has 3.7 years of credited service, and 20% have passed twenty years. Credited service drives both retirement eligibility and the pension formula, so a long-tenured workforce usually means fewer open competitive appointments in the near term.