Stanhope Borough
Municipality · Sussex County
23 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Stanhope Borough, reporting a median pensionable salary of $58,733.
As a municipality in Sussex County, Stanhope Borough falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 17 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Sussex 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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Who is on the pension rolls at Stanhope Borough
23 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Stanhope 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 | 15 | 65% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 8 | 35% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 8 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 Stanhope Borough 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 Stanhope Borough.
Pensionable salary at Stanhope Borough
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Stanhope Borough reports a pensionable salary above $58,733 and half below, across 23 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $9,893 |
| 25th percentile | $45,830 |
| Median | $58,733 |
| 75th percentile | $112,670 |
| 90th percentile | $128,580 |
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 13 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 38th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $63,156. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 12th 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 Stanhope Borough
The median enrolled member at Stanhope Borough has 18.8 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 9 and 26.4 years. 48% 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 | 4 | 17% |
| 5 to 10 years | 3 | 13% |
| 10 to 15 years | 3 | 13% |
| 15 to 20 years | 2 | 9% |
| 20 to 25 years | 4 | 17% |
| 25 years or more | 7 | 30% |
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 Stanhope Borough, 22% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 13 | 57% |
| Tier 3 | 5 | 22% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 5 | 22% |
Other public employers in Stanhope Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Stanhope 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 |
|---|---|
| STANHOPE BOROUGH BD OF ED | 51 |
| STANHOPE BOROUGH (this page) | 23 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Stanhope 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.
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 Stanhope Borough
Stanhope 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 Stanhope Borough appears alongside it. No library board, fire district, utilities authority or housing authority here holds separate status, which means every local job in Stanhope 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 Sussex County
Sussex County holds 17 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 12 municipalities, 3 boards of health, 1 county government, and 1 public library.
12 of the county's 24 municipalities are among them.
Sussex 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: Newton, Ogdensburg Borough, Sparta Library, Sparta Township, Stillwater Township, Vernon Township, Vernon Township Board of Health, Wantage Township. See all 17 in Sussex County.
Common questions about Stanhope Borough
Is Stanhope Borough a civil service employer?
Yes. Stanhope 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.
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.
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 many Stanhope Borough employees are in a State pension system?
23 active memberships are reported through Stanhope Borough, split across 15 in PERS and 8 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 Stanhope Borough?
$58,733, with the middle half of members between $45,830 and $112,670. 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 Stanhope Borough compare with the rest of Sussex County?
Its median pensionable salary of $58,733 sits at the 38th percentile among the 13 civil service jurisdictions in Sussex County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $63,156. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Stanhope Borough?
The median enrolled member has 18.8 years of credited service, and 48% 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.