Union Beach
Municipality · Monmouth County
44 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Union Beach, reporting a median pensionable salary of $71,797.
Union Beach, a municipality in Monmouth County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Monmouth County, 25 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.
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 25 civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Union Beach
44 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Union Beach. 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 | 27 | 61% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 17 | 39% |
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 Union Beach actually appoints.
Pensionable salary at Union Beach
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Union Beach reports a pensionable salary above $71,797 and half below, across 44 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $40,631 |
| 25th percentile | $58,178 |
| Median | $71,797 |
| 75th percentile | $107,871 |
| 90th percentile | $138,159 |
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 21 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 43rd percentile, below the county's midpoint of $73,546. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 45th 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 Union Beach
The median enrolled member at Union Beach has 8.8 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 2.6 and 17.9 years. 23% 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 | 15 | 34% |
| 5 to 10 years | 8 | 18% |
| 10 to 15 years | 8 | 18% |
| 15 to 20 years | 3 | 7% |
| 20 to 25 years | 5 | 11% |
| 25 years or more | 5 | 11% |
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 Union Beach, 41% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 11 | 25% |
| Tier 3 | 15 | 34% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 18 | 41% |
Other public employers in Union Beach Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Union Beach 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 |
|---|---|
| UNION BEACH BORO BD OF ED | 90 |
| UNION BEACH BOROUGH (this page) | 44 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Union Beach
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.
Permanent employees carry layoff rights. In a layoff, rights are determined by permanent status and seniority within the affected unit, displacement into another title can be available, and laid-off employees go onto a special reemployment list that takes priority when the title is filled again. None of that applies to provisional or temporary service.
Civil service employers in Union Beach Borough
Union Beach 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 Union Beach Borough appears alongside it. No library board, fire district, utilities authority or housing authority here holds separate status, which means every local job in Union Beach 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 Monmouth County
Monmouth County holds 25 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 16 municipalities, 4 fire districts, 2 housing authorities, 1 county government, 1 public library, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
16 of the county's 53 municipalities are among them.
Monmouth 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: Manasquan Borough, Manasquan Fire District (1), Marlboro Fire District (1), Marlboro Municipal Utilities Authority, Marlboro Township, Middletown Township, Middletown Township Library, Red Bank Housing Authority. See all 25 in Monmouth County.
Common questions about Union Beach
Is Union Beach a civil service employer?
Yes. Union Beach 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.
How long does it take to get hired through this process?
Longer than an ordinary job application, and the timing is not in the hands of the employer. An announcement has to close, the examination has to be held and scored, the eligible list has to be promulgated, and only then can the employer request a certification. Several months between filing and an appointment is normal rather than a sign that something has gone wrong.
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 Union Beach employees are in a State pension system?
44 active memberships are reported through Union Beach, split across 27 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 Union Beach?
$71,797, with the middle half of members between $58,178 and $107,871. 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 Union Beach compare with the rest of Monmouth County?
Its median pensionable salary of $71,797 sits at the 43rd percentile among the 21 civil service jurisdictions in Monmouth County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $73,546. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Union Beach?
The median enrolled member has 8.8 years of credited service, and 23% 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.