Wantage Township
Municipality · Sussex County
24 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Wantage Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $63,156.
Wantage Township is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a municipality in Sussex County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Sussex County has 17 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.
See all 17 civil service jurisdictions in Sussex County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Wantage Township
24 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Wantage 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 | 24 | 100% |
Pensionable salary at Wantage Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Wantage Township reports a pensionable salary above $63,156 and half below, across 24 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $40,824 |
| 25th percentile | $52,828 |
| Median | $63,156 |
| 75th percentile | $72,289 |
| 90th percentile | $84,839 |
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 54th percentile, level with the county's midpoint of $63,156. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 19th 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 Wantage Township
The median enrolled member at Wantage Township has 14.5 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 6.3 and 24 years. 46% 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 | 6 | 25% |
| 5 to 10 years | 3 | 13% |
| 10 to 15 years | 3 | 13% |
| 15 to 20 years | 1 | 4% |
| 20 to 25 years | 5 | 21% |
| 25 years or more | 6 | 25% |
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 Wantage Township, 50% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 11 | 46% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 4% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 12 | 50% |
What civil service status means for jobs at Wantage 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.
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.
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 Wantage Township
Wantage 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 Wantage Township appears alongside it. No library board, fire district, utilities authority or housing authority here holds separate status, which means every local job in Wantage 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 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: Vernon Township, Vernon Township Board of Health, Andover Board of Health, Andover Township, Byram Township, Green Township, Hampton Township, Hampton Township Board of Health. See all 17 in Sussex County.
Common questions about Wantage Township
Is Wantage Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Wantage 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.
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 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 Wantage Township employees are in a State pension system?
24 active memberships are reported through Wantage Township, split across 24 in PERS. 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 Wantage Township?
$63,156, with the middle half of members between $52,828 and $72,289. 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 Wantage Township compare with the rest of Sussex County?
Its median pensionable salary of $63,156 sits at the 54th 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 Wantage Township?
The median enrolled member has 14.5 years of credited service, and 46% 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.