Somers Point
Municipality · Atlantic County
77 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Somers Point, reporting a median pensionable salary of $74,437.
As a municipality in Atlantic County, Somers Point falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 16 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Atlantic 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 16 civil service jurisdictions in Atlantic County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Somers Point
77 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Somers Point. 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 | 47 | 61% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 30 | 39% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 30 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 Somers Point actually appoints.
Pensionable salary at Somers Point
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Somers Point reports a pensionable salary above $74,437 and half below, across 77 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $31,136 |
| 25th percentile | $49,099 |
| Median | $74,437 |
| 75th percentile | $112,389 |
| 90th percentile | $125,113 |
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 11 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 73rd percentile, above the county's midpoint of $64,764. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 52nd 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 Somers Point
The median enrolled member at Somers Point has 17.5 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 7.8 and 22.8 years. 40% 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 | 13 | 17% |
| 5 to 10 years | 16 | 21% |
| 10 to 15 years | 8 | 10% |
| 15 to 20 years | 9 | 12% |
| 20 to 25 years | 18 | 23% |
| 25 years or more | 13 | 17% |
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 Somers Point, 31% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 36 | 47% |
| Tier 2 | 3 | 4% |
| Tier 3 | 14 | 18% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 24 | 31% |
Other public employers in Somers Point
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Somers Point. 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 |
|---|---|
| SOMERS POINT CITY BD OF ED | 123 |
| SOMERS POINT CITY (this page) | 77 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Somers Point
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.
New Jersey does not require an employer to hire whoever scored highest. When a list is certified, the appointing authority may choose among the top three interested candidates, which is why a rank of two or three on a list is still a serious position and why interviews still decide outcomes.
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 Somers Point
Somers Point City appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the city government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Nothing else in Somers Point appears alongside it. No library board, fire district, utilities authority or housing authority here holds separate status, which means every local job in Somers Point that falls under Title 11A is a job with the city 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 Atlantic County
Atlantic County holds 16 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 8 municipalities, 3 municipal departments, 2 public libraries, 2 municipal utilities authorities, and 1 county government.
8 of the county's 23 municipalities are among them.
Atlantic 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: Egg Harbor City, Hammonton, Margate City, Margate Library, Margate Public Safety, Margate Public Works, Margate Revenue and Finance, Pleasantville. See all 16 in Atlantic County.
Common questions about Somers Point
Is Somers Point a civil service employer?
Yes. Somers Point 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.
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 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 Somers Point employees are in a State pension system?
77 active memberships are reported through Somers Point, split across 47 in PERS and 30 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 Somers Point?
$74,437, with the middle half of members between $49,099 and $112,389. 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 Somers Point compare with the rest of Atlantic County?
Its median pensionable salary of $74,437 sits at the 73rd percentile among the 11 civil service jurisdictions in Atlantic County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $64,764. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Somers Point?
The median enrolled member has 17.5 years of credited service, and 40% 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.