Saddle Brook Township
Municipality · Bergen County
89 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Saddle Brook Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $70,544.
As a municipality in Bergen County, Saddle Brook Township falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 50 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Bergen County.
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 50 civil service jurisdictions in Bergen County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Saddle Brook Township
89 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Saddle Brook Township. 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 | 56 | 63% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 33 | 37% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 33 police officers. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles Saddle Brook Township actually appoints.
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 Saddle Brook Township.
Pensionable salary at Saddle Brook Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Saddle Brook Township reports a pensionable salary above $70,544 and half below, across 89 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $34,280 |
| 25th percentile | $51,415 |
| Median | $70,544 |
| 75th percentile | $116,183 |
| 90th percentile | $176,201 |
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 25 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 16th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $80,210. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 42nd 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 Saddle Brook Township
The median enrolled member at Saddle Brook Township has 11.5 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.8 and 20.3 years. 30% 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 | 23 | 26% |
| 5 to 10 years | 14 | 16% |
| 10 to 15 years | 12 | 13% |
| 15 to 20 years | 13 | 15% |
| 20 to 25 years | 14 | 16% |
| 25 years or more | 13 | 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 Saddle Brook Township, 28% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 36 | 40% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 1% |
| Tier 3 | 27 | 30% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 25 | 28% |
Other public employers in Saddle Brook Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Saddle Brook Township. 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 |
|---|---|
| SADDLE BROOK BD OF ED | 258 |
| SADDLE BROOK TOWNSHIP (this page) | 89 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Saddle Brook Township
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.
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.
When there is no eligible list for a title, an employer can fill the job provisionally. Provisional service is real work at real pay, but it builds no permanent rights, and the employer is supposed to request an examination so the position can be filled permanently. Anyone appointed provisionally who wants to keep the job needs to take that examination when it comes.
Civil service employers in Saddle Brook Township
Saddle Brook Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
One other Saddle Brook Township body is listed separately: Saddle Brook Library, a public library. It is a distinct employer with its own hiring, so a job there is not a job with the township, and permanent status earned at one does not carry to the other.
- Saddle Brook 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 Bergen County
Bergen County holds 50 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 21 municipalities, 20 public libraries, 4 boards of health, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, 1 housing authority, 1 school district, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
21 of the county's 70 municipalities are among them.
Bergen 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: Teaneck Township, Waldwick Borough, Waldwick Library, Wallington Borough, Wallington JFK Memorial Library, Wood-Ridge Borough, Wood-Ridge Library, Bergen County Board of Social Services. See all 50 in Bergen County.
Common questions about Saddle Brook Township
Is Saddle Brook Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Saddle Brook Township 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 Saddle Brook Township cover the rest of Saddle Brook Township?
No. Saddle Brook Township 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 Saddle Brook Township employees are in a State pension system?
89 active memberships are reported through Saddle Brook Township, split across 56 in PERS and 33 in PFRS. 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 Saddle Brook Township?
$70,544, with the middle half of members between $51,415 and $116,183. 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 Saddle Brook Township compare with the rest of Bergen County?
Its median pensionable salary of $70,544 sits at the 16th percentile among the 25 civil service jurisdictions in Bergen County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $80,210. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Saddle Brook Township?
The median enrolled member has 11.5 years of credited service, and 30% 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.