Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority
Municipal Utilities Authority · Passaic County
13 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority, reporting a median pensionable salary of $76,656.
Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority, a municipal utilities authority in Passaic County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Passaic County, 20 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.
About municipal utilities authorities in New Jersey
A municipal utilities authority (MUA) runs water, sewer, or solid waste service for a town or region, funded by user fees rather than property taxes. MUAs are created under state law as independent authorities, so an MUA's civil service status is decided on its own, separately from the municipality it serves.
See all 20 civil service jurisdictions in Passaic County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority
13 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities 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 | 13 | 100% |
Pensionable salary at Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority reports a pensionable salary above $76,656 and half below, across 13 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $12,803 |
| 25th percentile | $53,072 |
| Median | $76,656 |
| 75th percentile | $88,318 |
| 90th percentile | $97,584 |
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 11 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 73rd percentile, above the county's midpoint of $74,681. Against the 9 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 89th 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 Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority
The median enrolled member at Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority has 13.3 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 8.8 and 20.6 years. 38% 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 | 2 | 15% |
| 5 to 10 years | 3 | 23% |
| 10 to 15 years | 2 | 15% |
| 15 to 20 years | 1 | 8% |
| 20 to 25 years | 3 | 23% |
| 25 years or more | 2 | 15% |
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 Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority, 54% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 5 | 38% |
| Tier 3 | 1 | 8% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 7 | 54% |
Other public employers in Pompton Lakes Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Pompton Lakes Borough. 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 |
|---|---|
| POMPTON LAKES BD OF ED | 237 |
| POMPTON LAKES BOROUGH | 64 |
| POMPTON LAKES MUN UTIL AUTH (this page) | 13 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority
A municipal utilities authority is funded by what it bills its ratepayers rather than by property taxes, and it is created as a separate public body with its own commissioners. That independence is why an MUA's civil service status is recorded separately from the municipality it serves.
Utility work is where licensing matters most. Treatment plant operator titles are tied to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection operator licences, and the licence class you hold generally determines which level of the series you can be appointed to. Around that licensed core sit repairers, meter technicians, sample collectors, inspectors and account searchers, which is where most people enter.
Temporary and seasonal appointments sit outside the permanent track entirely. Summer recreation staff, short-term project help and coverage for an absent employee are filled without an examination and end when the need does. The work counts as experience when you later apply for a competitive title, but it confers no status of its own.
Your title, not your assignment, defines what you are supposed to be doing. If the duties you actually perform drift outside the specification for the title you hold, that is a classification question rather than a management preference, and an employee can ask for the position to be reviewed and reclassified. It is one of the quieter protections in the system and one of the least used.
Civil service employers in Pompton Lakes Borough
Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority serves Pompton Lakes Borough, a borough in Passaic County, but it is in the listing as a municipal utilities authority on its own account rather than as part of the borough government.
The Pompton Lakes Borough government is listed too: Pompton Lakes Borough. 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 Pompton Lakes Borough body is listed as well, which puts three separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Pompton Lakes Library, public library
Civil service titles used by New Jersey municipal utilities authorities
Real classifications that New Jersey municipal utilities 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.
- Water Treatment Plant Operator
- Senior Water Treatment Plant Operator
- Water Treatment Plant Superintendent
- Senior Sewage Plant Operator
- Sewage Plant Superintendent
- Water and Sewer Utilities Superintendent
- Water Repairer 1
- Sewer Repairer 2
- Water Meter Repairer
- Water Sample Collector
- Sewer Inspector
- Water and Sewer Account Searcher
Civil service coverage across Passaic County
Passaic County holds 20 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 8 municipalities, 7 public libraries, 3 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of social services, and 1 county government.
8 of the county's 16 municipalities are among them.
Passaic 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: Paterson, Paterson Library, Pompton Lakes Borough, Pompton Lakes Library, Ringwood Borough, Wanaque Borough, Wanaque Library, West Milford Library. See all 20 in Passaic County.
Common questions about Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority
Is Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority a civil service employer?
Yes. Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities 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 Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority cover the rest of Pompton Lakes Borough?
No. Pompton Lakes Borough 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.
How do you find out when an examination is announced?
Announcements are published by the Civil Service Commission on their own schedule, each with a filing window that closes on a fixed date. Local employers do not always advertise separately, so watching the announcements directly is more reliable than watching a municipal website. Filing late is not curable, which makes the calendar the single most important part of the process.
Is the job specification the same everywhere?
Yes, and that is the point of the classification system. A title has one specification statewide, covering the definition of the work, the education and experience requirements, and any licence the title depends on. That is what makes experience gained at one civil service employer legible to another, even in a different county.
How many Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority employees are in a State pension system?
13 active memberships are reported through Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority, split across 13 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 Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority?
$76,656, with the middle half of members between $53,072 and $88,318. 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 Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority compare with the rest of Passaic County?
Its median pensionable salary of $76,656 sits at the 73rd percentile among the 11 civil service jurisdictions in Passaic County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $74,681. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Pompton Lakes Municipal Utilities Authority?
The median enrolled member has 13.3 years of credited service, and 38% 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.