Wildwood City Revenue and Finance
Municipal Department · Cape May County
As a municipal department in Cape May County, Wildwood City Revenue and Finance falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It operates as a department-level appointing authority under Wildwood City, one of a small number of New Jersey municipalities — those organized under the Walsh Act, the commission form of government — where individual departments, rather than the municipality as a whole, hold civil service jurisdiction status separately. It is one of 22 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Cape May County.
About municipal departments in New Jersey
A handful of New Jersey municipalities operate under the Walsh Act commission form of government, where individual departments such as Public Safety, Public Works, or Revenue and Finance function as their own appointing authorities. In these towns, civil service status and personnel decisions are tracked at the department level rather than for the municipality as a single employer.
Part of Wildwood City
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Pension and salary data for Wildwood City Revenue and Finance
Wildwood City Revenue and Finance's staff appear on Wildwood City's pension rolls: 168 enrolled members, a median pensionable salary of $66,625 and a median 10.6 years of credited service. Civil service status here runs department by department; pension reporting does not.
See every civil service jurisdiction in Cape May County for the ones that do report, or how we compile this.
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 | 5 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Wildwood City Revenue and Finance
The Commission's listing records this municipality department by department rather than as one employer. This one covers tax collection, assessment, purchasing, payroll and general accounting.
Local finance titles are heavily certificated, and the certificates come from the state separately from the civil service process. Tax collector requires the Certified Tax Collector credential, chief financial officer requires the Certified Municipal Finance Officer credential, and assessment work requires the Certified Tax Assessor credential. Below them the account clerk series is one of the most common clerical ladders in local government and a realistic way in while you work toward certification.
A permanent appointment starts with a working test period. You hold the title, you draw the salary, and you can still be released for unsatisfactory performance without the full removal process. Permanent status, and the job protection that comes with it, begins only once that period is completed satisfactorily.
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.
Civil service employers in Wildwood
Wildwood City is recorded in the Commission's listing one department at a time rather than as a single employer, and this entry is its revenue and finance department. It appoints, promotes and lays off on its own account.
Wildwood City carries its own entry in the listing as well, so an eligible list certified to one department is not certified to the others.
The rest of what the listing records in Wildwood is below. Five separate employers sit inside this one town, which is unusual: in most of New Jersey a municipality is a single appointing authority.
- Wildwood City Housing Authority, housing authority
- Wildwood City Public Safety and Public Affairs, municipal department
- Wildwood City Public Works and Public Property, municipal department
Civil service titles used by New Jersey municipal departments
Real classifications that New Jersey municipal departments 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: Sea Isle City, Upper Township, Wildwood City, Wildwood City Housing Authority, Wildwood City Public Safety and Public Affairs, Wildwood City Public Works and Public Property, Wildwood Crest Borough, Woodbine Borough. See all 22 in Cape May County.
Common questions about Wildwood City Revenue and Finance
Is Wildwood City Revenue and Finance a civil service employer?
Yes. Wildwood City Revenue and Finance 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 Revenue and Finance 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 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 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.