Rahway Library
Public Library · Union County
11 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Rahway Library, reporting a median pensionable salary of $55,820.
Rahway Library is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a public library in Union County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Union County has 23 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
About public libraries in New Jersey
Many New Jersey public libraries are set up as legally separate entities from the municipality that funds them, with their own board and their own personnel decisions. That separation is why a town and its library can end up with different civil service status even though most residents think of them as the same organization.
See all 23 civil service jurisdictions in Union County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Rahway Library
11 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Rahway Library. 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 | 11 | 100% |
1 of these members holds 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 Rahway Library.
Pensionable salary at Rahway Library
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Rahway Library reports a pensionable salary above $55,820 and half below, across 11 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $37,459 |
| 25th percentile | $44,384 |
| Median | $55,820 |
| 75th percentile | $71,513 |
| 90th percentile | $79,365 |
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 18 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 28th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $72,942. Against the 9 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 56th 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 Rahway Library
The median enrolled member at Rahway Library has 20.7 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 9.8 and 21.9 years. 55% 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 | 18% |
| 5 to 10 years | 1 | 9% |
| 10 to 15 years | 2 | 18% |
| 20 to 25 years | 4 | 36% |
| 25 years or more | 2 | 18% |
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 Rahway Library, 36% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 6 | 55% |
| Tier 4 | 1 | 9% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 4 | 36% |
Other public employers in Rahway
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Rahway. 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 |
|---|---|
| RAHWAY CITY BD OF ED | 557 |
| RAHWAY CITY | 274 |
| RAHWAY CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY | 14 |
| RAHWAY PUBLIC LIBRARY (this page) | 11 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Rahway Library
A New Jersey public library is usually a legally separate employer from the town that funds it, run by its own board of trustees, with its own director and its own hiring. That separation is why a library and its municipality can end up on opposite sides of the civil service line even though residents think of them as one government.
The library ladder is defined statewide. Librarian 1 through Librarian 4 are the professional titles, and they carry a real credential floor: a master's degree from an ALA-accredited library school plus a New Jersey Professional Librarian Certificate. Below that line sit the library assistant, library associate and library page titles, where education and experience take the place of the MLS.
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.
Passing an examination puts you on an eligible list, not into a job. Lists are promulgated for a fixed life, commonly three years, and the Commission certifies names from the live list whenever an employer reports a vacancy. If no list exists for a title when a vacancy opens, the employer has to ask for an examination to be held.
Civil service employers in Rahway
Rahway Library serves Rahway City, a city in Union County, but it is in the listing as a public library on its own account rather than as part of the city government.
The Rahway government is listed too: Rahway. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
Civil service titles used by New Jersey public libraries
Real classifications that New Jersey public libraries 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 Union County
Union County holds 23 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 9 public libraries, 9 municipalities, 2 boards of health, 2 housing authorities, and 1 county government.
9 of the county's 21 municipalities are among them.
Union 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: Union Township Library, Clark Library, Clark Township, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Housing Authority, Elizabeth Library, Hillside Library, Hillside Township. See all 23 in Union County.
Common questions about Rahway Library
Is Rahway Library a civil service employer?
Yes. Rahway Library 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 Rahway Library cover the rest of Rahway?
No. Rahway 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.
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 long does it take to get hired through this process?
Longer than an ordinary job application, and the timing is not in the hands of the employer. An announcement has to close, the examination has to be held and scored, the eligible list has to be promulgated, and only then can the employer request a certification. Several months between filing and an appointment is normal rather than a sign that something has gone wrong.
How many Rahway Library employees are in a State pension system?
11 active memberships are reported through Rahway Library, split across 11 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 Rahway Library?
$55,820, with the middle half of members between $44,384 and $71,513. 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 Rahway Library compare with the rest of Union County?
Its median pensionable salary of $55,820 sits at the 28th percentile among the 18 civil service jurisdictions in Union County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $72,942. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Rahway Library?
The median enrolled member has 20.7 years of credited service, and 55% 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.