Wildwood City Housing Authority
Housing Authority · Cape May County
5 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Wildwood City Housing Authority, reporting a median pensionable salary of $44,360.
Wildwood City Housing Authority, a housing authority in Cape May County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Cape May County, 22 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.
About housing authorities in New Jersey
A housing authority manages public and subsidized housing for a municipality or county, and it operates with its own board, budget, and staff, independent of the town government. Like libraries, that independence means a housing authority can be a civil service jurisdiction even when its home municipality is not, or vice versa.
See all 22 civil service jurisdictions in Cape May County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Wildwood City Housing Authority
5 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Wildwood City Housing Authority. 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 | 5 | 100% |
Pensionable salary at Wildwood City Housing Authority
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Wildwood City Housing Authority reports a pensionable salary above $44,360 and half below, across 5 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $32,215 |
| 25th percentile | $36,567 |
| Median | $44,360 |
| 75th percentile | $47,372 |
| 90th percentile | $50,356 |
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 16 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 13th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $60,305. Against the 16 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 31st 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 Wildwood City Housing Authority
The median enrolled member at Wildwood City Housing Authority has 13.9 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 2.4 and 23.3 years. 40% 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 | 2 | 40% |
| 10 to 15 years | 1 | 20% |
| 20 to 25 years | 2 | 40% |
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 Wildwood City Housing Authority, 60% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 2 | 40% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 3 | 60% |
Other public employers in Wildwood
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Wildwood. 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 |
|---|---|
| WILDWOOD CITY | 168 |
| WILDWOOD CITY BD OF ED | 138 |
| WILDWOOD CITY HOUSING AUTHORIT (this page) | 5 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Wildwood City Housing Authority
A housing authority runs public and subsidized housing for its community with its own board of commissioners, its own budget, and staff who are not municipal employees. Its civil service status is decided on its own account, which is why an authority can appear in the Commission's listing when the town around it does not.
The staffing splits three ways. Management titles run the developments and the leasing operation. Housing assistance technicians handle eligibility, recertification and rent calculation for the voucher programs. Inspection titles cover unit condition and code compliance. Maintenance work is usually filled through the general trades and labor titles rather than housing-specific ones.
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.
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 Wildwood
Wildwood City Housing Authority serves Wildwood City, a city in Cape May County, but it is in the listing as a housing authority on its own account rather than as part of the city government.
The Wildwood government is listed too: Wildwood City. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
Three further Wildwood bodies are listed as well, which puts five separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Wildwood City Public Safety and Public Affairs, municipal department
- Wildwood City Public Works and Public Property, municipal department
- Wildwood City Revenue and Finance, municipal department
Civil service titles used by New Jersey housing authorities
Real classifications that New Jersey housing authorities 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 Cape May County
Cape May County holds 22 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 11 municipalities, 3 municipal departments, 2 housing authorities, 2 public libraries, 1 county government, 1 fire district, 1 school district, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
11 of the county's 16 municipalities are among them.
Cape May 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: Ocean City, Ocean City Housing Authority, Ocean City Library, Sea Isle City, Upper Township, Wildwood City, Wildwood City Public Safety and Public Affairs, Wildwood City Public Works and Public Property. See all 22 in Cape May County.
Common questions about Wildwood City Housing Authority
Is Wildwood City Housing Authority a civil service employer?
Yes. Wildwood City Housing Authority 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.
Does civil service status at Wildwood City Housing Authority cover the rest of Wildwood?
No. Wildwood has more than one employer in the listing, and each holds its own status, runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists. Seniority and permanent status earned at one do not transfer automatically to another, even inside the same town.
Does permanent status transfer to another civil service employer?
Not automatically. Permanent status belongs to a title at a particular appointing authority, so moving to another jurisdiction usually means a new appointment and a new working test period. Intergovernmental transfers between civil service employers are possible in the same or a comparable title, but they need agreement on both sides rather than being a right you can exercise.
Does the state salary schedule apply to local jobs?
No. The salary schedules in the Compensation Compendium cover state employees. A local employer sets its own pay through ordinance and its own collective bargaining, so two towns using the identical civil service title can pay very differently. The title specification is statewide; the money attached to it is local.
How many Wildwood City Housing Authority employees are in a State pension system?
5 active memberships are reported through Wildwood City Housing Authority, split across 5 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 Wildwood City Housing Authority?
$44,360, with the middle half of members between $36,567 and $47,372. 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 Wildwood City Housing Authority compare with the rest of Cape May County?
Its median pensionable salary of $44,360 sits at the 13th percentile among the 16 civil service jurisdictions in Cape May County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $60,305. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Wildwood City Housing Authority?
The median enrolled member has 13.9 years of credited service, and 40% 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.