Willingboro Township
Municipality · Burlington County
226 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Willingboro Township, reporting a median pensionable salary of $67,096.
Willingboro Township, a municipality in Burlington County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Burlington County, 35 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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See all 35 civil service jurisdictions in Burlington County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Willingboro Township
226 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Willingboro 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 | 135 | 60% |
| PFRS | Police and Firemen's Retirement System | 91 | 40% |
Within PFRS, the fund records 70 police officers and 21 firefighters. PFRS enrolment is the only occupational detail this dataset carries; it lists no job titles, so nothing here says which civil service titles Willingboro 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 Willingboro Township.
Pensionable salary at Willingboro Township
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Willingboro Township reports a pensionable salary above $67,096 and half below, across 226 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $37,257 |
| 25th percentile | $48,167 |
| Median | $67,096 |
| 75th percentile | $100,140 |
| 90th percentile | $130,890 |
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 26 civil service jurisdictions in the same county with pension data, that median sits at the 35th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $69,265. Against the 194 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 26th 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 Willingboro Township
The median enrolled member at Willingboro Township has 8.4 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 2.9 and 20.1 years. 27% 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 | 86 | 38% |
| 5 to 10 years | 33 | 15% |
| 10 to 15 years | 30 | 13% |
| 15 to 20 years | 17 | 8% |
| 20 to 25 years | 45 | 20% |
| 25 years or more | 15 | 7% |
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 Willingboro Township, 40% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 68 | 30% |
| Tier 2 | 6 | 3% |
| Tier 3 | 61 | 27% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 91 | 40% |
Other public employers in Willingboro Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Willingboro 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 |
|---|---|
| WILLINGBORO TWP BD OF ED | 579 |
| WILLINGBORO TOWNSHIP (this page) | 226 |
| WILLINGBORO MUN UTIL AUTHORITY | 45 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Willingboro 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.
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.
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 Willingboro Township
Willingboro Township appears in the Commission's listing in its own right, so the township government is the appointing authority for its own classified staff.
Two other Willingboro Township bodies hold civil service status separately from the township government, listed below. Each runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists, so Willingboro Township is really three employers rather than one.
- Willingboro Library, public library
- Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority, municipal utilities authority
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 Burlington County
Burlington County holds 35 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 17 municipalities, 9 fire districts, 4 public libraries, 2 municipal utilities authorities, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, and 1 housing authority.
17 of the county's 40 municipalities are among them.
Burlington 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: Maple Shade, Moorestown Fire Districts (2), Moorestown Library, Moorestown Township, Mount Holly Fire District (1), Mount Holly Township, Mount Laurel Fire District (1), Mount Laurel Library. See all 35 in Burlington County.
Common questions about Willingboro Township
Is Willingboro Township a civil service employer?
Yes. Willingboro 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.
Does civil service status at Willingboro Township cover the rest of Willingboro Township?
No. Willingboro Township 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.
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.
Do veterans get a preference on these lists?
Yes, and in New Jersey it is unusually strong. On an open competitive list, disabled veterans who pass are ranked ahead of all other candidates, and other veterans who pass are ranked ahead of non-veterans, regardless of score. Preference has to be claimed and verified in advance, and it does not carry over to promotional examinations.
How many Willingboro Township employees are in a State pension system?
226 active memberships are reported through Willingboro Township, split across 135 in PERS and 91 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 Willingboro Township?
$67,096, with the middle half of members between $48,167 and $100,140. 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 Willingboro Township compare with the rest of Burlington County?
Its median pensionable salary of $67,096 sits at the 35th percentile among the 26 civil service jurisdictions in Burlington County with pension data, where the midpoint jurisdiction reports $69,265. Local pay is set by ordinance rather than a State schedule, so spreads inside one county are wide.
How long do people stay at Willingboro Township?
The median enrolled member has 8.4 years of credited service, and 27% 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.