Red Bank Housing Authority
Housing Authority · Monmouth County
5 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Red Bank Housing Authority, reporting a median pensionable salary of $43,813.
As a housing authority in Monmouth County, Red Bank Housing Authority falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 25 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County.
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 25 civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Red Bank Housing Authority
5 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Red Bank 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% |
Pensionable salary at Red Bank Housing Authority
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Red Bank Housing Authority reports a pensionable salary above $43,813 and half below, across 5 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $43,813 |
| 25th percentile | $43,813 |
| Median | $43,813 |
| 75th percentile | $44,473 |
| 90th percentile | $44,869 |
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 21 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 10th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $73,546. Against the 16 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 25th 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 Red Bank Housing Authority
The median enrolled member at Red Bank Housing Authority has 3.4 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 2.8 and 7.3 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% |
| 25 years or more | 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 Red Bank 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% |
What civil service status means for jobs at Red Bank 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.
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.
Permanent employees carry layoff rights. In a layoff, rights are determined by permanent status and seniority within the affected unit, displacement into another title can be available, and laid-off employees go onto a special reemployment list that takes priority when the title is filled again. None of that applies to provisional or temporary service.
Civil service employers in Red Bank Borough
Red Bank Housing Authority serves Red Bank Borough, a borough in Monmouth County, but it is in the listing as a housing authority on its own account rather than as part of the borough government.
The Red Bank Borough municipal government does not appear in the same listing. The Commission publishes that appendix as a complete accounting of local civil service jurisdictions, so the practical reading is that a job at Red Bank Housing Authority comes with civil service rules attached while a job with the borough itself would not. Status in New Jersey attaches to the employer, never to the town as a place.
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 Monmouth County
Monmouth County holds 25 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 16 municipalities, 4 fire districts, 2 housing authorities, 1 county government, 1 public library, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
16 of the county's 53 municipalities are among them.
Monmouth 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: Manasquan Fire District (1), Marlboro Fire District (1), Marlboro Municipal Utilities Authority, Marlboro Township, Middletown Township, Middletown Township Library, Union Beach, Aberdeen Fire Districts (2). See all 25 in Monmouth County.
Common questions about Red Bank Housing Authority
Is Red Bank Housing Authority a civil service employer?
Yes. Red Bank 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.
Is Red Bank Borough a civil service town?
Red Bank Housing Authority is a civil service jurisdiction, but the Red Bank Borough municipal government is not in the same appendix. They are separate employers with separate status, so a job at Red Bank Housing Authority runs under civil service rules while a municipal job in Red Bank Borough would not.
Are there jobs here that never go through an examination?
Yes. Unclassified positions, which typically include department heads and confidential staff, are filled at the discretion of the appointing authority. Noncompetitive and labor titles inside the classified service are also filled without a competitive examination, though they still sit under civil service rules for things like layoff rights.
Is there always a written test?
No. New Jersey runs both assembled examinations, where candidates are scheduled to sit a test, and unassembled ones, where a reviewer scores your education and experience against the requirements in the specification and there is no test day at all. The announcement says which kind it is. For an unassembled examination the application itself is the examination, so how fully you describe your experience is the score.
How many Red Bank Housing Authority employees are in a State pension system?
5 active memberships are reported through Red Bank 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 Red Bank Housing Authority?
$43,813, with the middle half of members between $43,813 and $44,473. 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 Red Bank Housing Authority compare with the rest of Monmouth County?
Its median pensionable salary of $43,813 sits at the 10th percentile among the 21 civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $73,546. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Red Bank Housing Authority?
The median enrolled member has 3.4 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.