Roselle Borough
Municipality · Union County
159 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Roselle Borough, reporting a median pensionable salary of $94,280.
Roselle Borough is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a municipality 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 municipalities in New Jersey
New Jersey has 564 municipalities, and each one decides for itself whether to operate under Title 11A. A municipality that adopts civil service hires and promotes employees through competitive exams administered by the state; one that hasn't sets its own local hiring rules instead.
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See all 23 civil service jurisdictions in Union County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Roselle Borough
159 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Roselle Borough. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 90 | 57% |
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System | 69 | 43% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 60 police officers and 30 firefighters. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles Roselle Borough actually appoints.
9 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 Roselle Borough.
Pensionable salary at Roselle Borough
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Roselle Borough reports a pensionable salary above $94,280 and half below, across 159 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $35,565 |
| 25th percentile | $58,323 |
| Median | $94,280 |
| 75th percentile | $127,509 |
| 90th percentile | $151,418 |
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 89th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $72,942. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 94th 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 Roselle Borough
The median enrolled member at Roselle Borough has 10.8 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.5 and 19.1 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 | 43 | 27% |
| 5 to 10 years | 30 | 19% |
| 10 to 15 years | 30 | 19% |
| 15 to 20 years | 24 | 15% |
| 20 to 25 years | 23 | 14% |
| 25 years or more | 9 | 6% |
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 Roselle Borough, 29% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 51 | 32% |
| Tier 2 | 4 | 3% |
| Tier 3 | 58 | 36% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 46 | 29% |
Other public employers in Roselle Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Roselle 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 |
|---|---|
| ROSELLE BORO BD OF ED | 461 |
| ROSELLE BOROUGH (this page) | 159 |
| ROSELLE BOROUGH LIBRARY | 6 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Roselle Borough
In a municipality that operates under Title 11A, the mayor, administrator or governing body still decides which positions exist and who gets appointed to them. What changes is the route in. Most permanent positions have to be filled from a list of candidates who took and passed an open competitive examination.
That flips the usual job hunt around. For a competitive title you announce yourself by filing for the exam when it is posted, not by dropping a resume at the municipal building. Municipal employers also run the widest mix of titles in this directory: police and fire, public works and sanitation, code enforcement and construction inspection, tax collection, clerical support, recreation, and dispatch.
A permanent appointment starts with a working test period. You hold the title, you draw the salary, and you can still be released for unsatisfactory performance without the full removal process. Permanent status, and the job protection that comes with it, begins only once that period is completed satisfactorily.
Not every position at a civil service employer is competitive. The classified service is divided into competitive, noncompetitive and labor titles, and above that sits the unclassified service, which covers department heads, confidential aides and similar positions filled without an examination. Which division a title sits in decides how you get it, so read the specification before assuming there is an exam.
Civil service employers in Roselle Borough
Roselle Borough appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the borough government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
One other Roselle Borough body is listed separately: Roselle Library, a public library. It is a distinct employer with its own hiring, so a job there is not a job with the borough, and permanent status earned at one does not carry to the other.
- Roselle Library, public library
Civil service titles used by New Jersey municipalities
Real classifications that New Jersey municipalities 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: Linden, Linden Board of Health, Linden Library, Plainfield, Plainfield Housing Authority, Plainfield Library, Rahway, Rahway Library. See all 23 in Union County.
Common questions about Roselle Borough
Is Roselle Borough a civil service employer?
Yes. Roselle Borough 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 Roselle Borough cover the rest of Roselle Borough?
No. Roselle 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.
Can you challenge an examination result?
Yes. Eligibility determinations, examination scoring and list placement can be appealed to the Civil Service Commission, and there are filing deadlines measured from the date of the notice rather than from when you happen to see it. The appeal route is the reason the notices matter: missing the window generally forecloses the argument.
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.
How many Roselle Borough employees are in a State pension system?
159 active memberships are reported through Roselle Borough, split across 90 in PFRS and 69 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 Roselle Borough?
$94,280, with the middle half of members between $58,323 and $127,509. 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 Roselle Borough compare with the rest of Union County?
Its median pensionable salary of $94,280 sits at the 89th 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 Roselle Borough?
The median enrolled member has 10.8 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.