Somerdale Borough
Municipality · Camden County
41 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Somerdale Borough, reporting a median pensionable salary of $62,554.
Somerdale Borough is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a municipality in Camden County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Camden County has 30 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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Who is on the pension rolls at Somerdale Borough
41 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Somerdale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERS | Public Employees' Retirement System | 24 | 59% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 17 | 41% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 17 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 Somerdale Borough actually appoints.
Pensionable salary at Somerdale Borough
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Somerdale Borough reports a pensionable salary above $62,554 and half below, across 41 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $13,979 |
| 25th percentile | $51,328 |
| Median | $62,554 |
| 75th percentile | $98,243 |
| 90th percentile | $113,731 |
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 22 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 32nd percentile, below the county's midpoint of $68,886. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 16th 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 Somerdale Borough
The median enrolled member at Somerdale Borough has 10.3 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.8 and 20 years. 27% 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 | 11 | 27% |
| 5 to 10 years | 9 | 22% |
| 10 to 15 years | 6 | 15% |
| 15 to 20 years | 4 | 10% |
| 20 to 25 years | 7 | 17% |
| 25 years or more | 4 | 10% |
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 Somerdale Borough, 34% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 14 | 34% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 12 | 29% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 14 | 34% |
Other public employers in Somerdale Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Somerdale 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 |
|---|---|
| SOMERDALE BORO BD OF ED | 68 |
| SOMERDALE BOROUGH (this page) | 41 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Somerdale 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.
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.
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.
Civil service employers in Somerdale Borough
Somerdale Borough appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the borough government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Nothing else in Somerdale Borough appears alongside it. No library board, fire district, utilities authority or housing authority here holds separate status, which means every local job in Somerdale Borough that falls under Title 11A is a job with the borough government itself.
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 Camden County
Camden County holds 30 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 15 municipalities, 4 public libraries, 3 fire districts, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of health, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, 1 housing authority, 1 mosquito extermination commission, and 1 redevelopment agency.
15 of the county's 36 municipalities are among them.
Camden 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: Camden County Health Services, Camden County Library, Camden County Mosquito Extermination, Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, Clementon Borough, Gloucester City, Gloucester City Library, Gloucester Township. See all 30 in Camden County.
Common questions about Somerdale Borough
Is Somerdale Borough a civil service employer?
Yes. Somerdale 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 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.
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 Somerdale Borough employees are in a State pension system?
41 active memberships are reported through Somerdale Borough, split across 24 in PERS and 17 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 Somerdale Borough?
$62,554, with the middle half of members between $51,328 and $98,243. 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 Somerdale Borough compare with the rest of Camden County?
Its median pensionable salary of $62,554 sits at the 32nd percentile among the 22 civil service jurisdictions in Camden County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $68,886. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Somerdale Borough?
The median enrolled member has 10.3 years of credited service, and 27% 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.