Voorhees Township
Municipality · Camden County
186 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Voorhees Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $74,441.
Voorhees Township, a municipality in Camden County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Camden County, 30 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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Who is on the pension rolls at Voorhees Township
186 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Voorhees 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 | 104 | 56% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 82 | 44% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 50 police officers and 32 firefighters. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles Voorhees Township actually appoints.
4 of these members hold 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 Voorhees Township.
Pensionable salary at Voorhees Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Voorhees Township reports a pensionable salary above $74,441 and half below, across 186 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $44,661 |
| 25th percentile | $59,305 |
| Median | $74,441 |
| 75th percentile | $102,130 |
| 90th percentile | $142,087 |
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 77th percentile, above the county's midpoint of $68,886. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 53rd 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 Voorhees Township
The median enrolled member at Voorhees Township has 10.2 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 4.7 and 19.5 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 | 48 | 26% |
| 5 to 10 years | 44 | 24% |
| 10 to 15 years | 31 | 17% |
| 15 to 20 years | 20 | 11% |
| 20 to 25 years | 29 | 16% |
| 25 years or more | 14 | 8% |
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 Voorhees Township, 35% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 58 | 31% |
| Tier 2 | 5 | 3% |
| Tier 3 | 58 | 31% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 65 | 35% |
Other public employers in Voorhees Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Voorhees 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 |
|---|---|
| VOORHEES TWP BD OF ED | 499 |
| VOORHEES TOWNSHIP (this page) | 186 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Voorhees 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.
Not every position at a civil service employer is competitive. The classified service is divided into competitive, noncompetitive and labor titles, and above that sits the unclassified service, which covers department heads, confidential aides and similar positions filled without an examination. Which division a title sits in decides how you get it, so read the specification before assuming there is an exam.
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.
Civil service employers in Voorhees Township
Voorhees Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Nothing else in Voorhees Township appears alongside it. No library board, fire district, utilities authority or housing authority here holds separate status, which means every local job in Voorhees Township that falls under Title 11A is a job with the township 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: Lindenwold Fire District (1), Magnolia Borough, Pennsauken Library, Pennsauken Township, Runnemede Borough, Runnemede Library, Somerdale Borough, Stratford Borough. See all 30 in Camden County.
Common questions about Voorhees Township
Is Voorhees Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Voorhees 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.
Are there jobs here that never go through an examination?
Yes. Unclassified positions, which typically include department heads and confidential staff, are filled at the discretion of the appointing authority. Noncompetitive and labor titles inside the classified service are also filled without a competitive examination, though they still sit under civil service rules for things like layoff rights.
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.
How many Voorhees Township employees are in a State pension system?
186 active memberships are reported through Voorhees Township, split across 104 in PERS and 82 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 Voorhees Township?
$74,441, with the middle half of members between $59,305 and $102,130. 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 Voorhees Township compare with the rest of Camden County?
Its median pensionable salary of $74,441 sits at the 77th 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 Voorhees Township?
The median enrolled member has 10.2 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.