Warren County
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466 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Warren County, reporting a median pensionable salary of $52,065.
As a county government in Warren County, Warren County 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 Warren County.
About county governments in New Jersey
New Jersey's 21 counties run services that cross municipal lines: courts, county roads, parks, corrections, and often social services. A county's civil service status covers its own direct employees; the municipalities inside it each make their own separate decision about whether to join the system.
See all 16 civil service jurisdictions in Warren County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Warren County
466 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Warren County. 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 | 376 | 81% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 90 | 19% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 90 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 Warren County actually appoints.
7 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 Warren County.
Pensionable salary at Warren County
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Warren County reports a pensionable salary above $52,065 and half below, across 466 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $28,574 |
| 25th percentile | $39,191 |
| Median | $52,065 |
| 75th percentile | $73,803 |
| 90th percentile | $93,546 |
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 14 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 21st percentile, below the county's midpoint of $66,531. Against the 20 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 5th 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 Warren County
The median enrolled member at Warren County has 8.3 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 2.4 and 20.2 years. 25% 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 | 177 | 38% |
| 5 to 10 years | 81 | 17% |
| 10 to 15 years | 37 | 8% |
| 15 to 20 years | 54 | 12% |
| 20 to 25 years | 68 | 15% |
| 25 years or more | 49 | 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 Warren County, 51% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 150 | 32% |
| Tier 2 | 13 | 3% |
| Tier 3 | 56 | 12% |
| Tier 4 | 9 | 2% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 238 | 51% |
What civil service status means for jobs at Warren County
A county government is among the largest employers in this directory, and its civil service status reaches across the county jail, the road and bridge crews, the parks system, the clerk and surrogate offices, and in most counties a share of health and human services staff.
Several county titles have no municipal equivalent at all. County correctional police officer is the clearest case: its own entry examination, its own academy requirement, and its own closed promotional ladder up through sergeant, lieutenant and captain. A county's status also stops at its own payroll, which is why a county can operate under Title 11A while most towns inside it do not.
Promotional examinations are closed. They are open to employees already serving in the unit, scored on a combination of the examination and seniority, and they are how most supervisory positions in local government get filled. It is the main reason entry-level appointments matter so much: they are the door to the ladder above them.
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.
Countywide civil service employers in Warren County
Warren County is the county government itself, so its civil service status covers county employees rather than anyone working for a town inside the county. Municipalities, libraries, authorities and districts each decide separately, and most of the county's towns are not in the listing at all.
One other countywide body in Warren County is in the listing as well. They are separate employers with separate hiring, and a candidate list certified to one is not certified to another.
- Warren County Mosquito Extermination, mosquito extermination commission
Civil service titles used by New Jersey county governments
Real classifications that New Jersey county governments 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 Warren County
Warren County holds 16 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 12 municipalities, 1 county government, 1 public library, 1 mosquito extermination commission, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
12 of the county's 22 municipalities are among them.
Also in the directory: White Township, Allamuchy Township, Alpha Borough, Franklin Township, Hackettstown, Hackettstown Municipal Utilities Authority, Harmony Township, Independence Township. See all 16 in Warren County.
Common questions about Warren County
Is Warren County a civil service employer?
Yes. Warren County 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 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.
Is there always a written test?
No. New Jersey runs both assembled examinations, where candidates are scheduled to sit a test, and unassembled ones, where a reviewer scores your education and experience against the requirements in the specification and there is no test day at all. The announcement says which kind it is. For an unassembled examination the application itself is the examination, so how fully you describe your experience is the score.
How many Warren County employees are in a State pension system?
466 active memberships are reported through Warren County, split across 376 in PERS and 90 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 Warren County?
$52,065, with the middle half of members between $39,191 and $73,803. 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 Warren County compare with the rest of Warren County?
Its median pensionable salary of $52,065 sits at the 21st percentile among the 14 civil service jurisdictions in Warren County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $66,531. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Warren County?
The median enrolled member has 8.3 years of credited service, and 25% 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.