Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority
Municipal Utilities Authority · Burlington County
45 people are enrolled in a State pension fund through Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority, reporting a median pensionable salary of $56,392.
Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority, a municipal utilities authority 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 municipal utilities authorities in New Jersey
A municipal utilities authority (MUA) runs water, sewer, or solid waste service for a town or region, funded by user fees rather than property taxes. MUAs are created under state law as independent authorities, so an MUA's civil service status is decided on its own, separately from the municipality it serves.
See all 35 civil service jurisdictions in Burlington County, or browse the full employer directory.
Who is on the pension rolls at Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority
45 people are enrolled in a State-administered pension fund through Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities 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 | 45 | 100% |
1 of these members holds 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 Municipal Utilities Authority.
Pensionable salary at Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority
Half of the pension-enrolled workforce at Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority reports a pensionable salary above $56,392 and half below, across 45 members with a reported figure.
| Point in the distribution | Pensionable salary |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $22,873 |
| 25th percentile | $46,688 |
| Median | $56,392 |
| 75th percentile | $75,631 |
| 90th percentile | $98,046 |
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 12th percentile, below the county's midpoint of $69,265. Against the 9 bodies of the same kind statewide, it sits at the 22nd 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 Municipal Utilities Authority
The median enrolled member at Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority has 5.9 years of credited service, with the middle half falling between 2 and 11.7 years. 7% 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 | 21 | 47% |
| 5 to 10 years | 9 | 20% |
| 10 to 15 years | 8 | 18% |
| 15 to 20 years | 4 | 9% |
| 20 to 25 years | 3 | 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 Municipal Utilities Authority, 84% sit in the most recently hired cohort.
| Membership tier | Members | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 (longest-serving cohort) | 5 | 11% |
| Tier 2 | 1 | 2% |
| Tier 3 | 1 | 2% |
| Tier 5 (most recently hired cohort) | 38 | 84% |
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 | 226 |
| WILLINGBORO MUN UTIL AUTHORITY (this page) | 45 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority
A municipal utilities authority is funded by what it bills its ratepayers rather than by property taxes, and it is created as a separate public body with its own commissioners. That independence is why an MUA's civil service status is recorded separately from the municipality it serves.
Utility work is where licensing matters most. Treatment plant operator titles are tied to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection operator licences, and the licence class you hold generally determines which level of the series you can be appointed to. Around that licensed core sit repairers, meter technicians, sample collectors, inspectors and account searchers, which is where most people enter.
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.
Passing an examination puts you on an eligible list, not into a job. Lists are promulgated for a fixed life, commonly three years, and the Commission certifies names from the live list whenever an employer reports a vacancy. If no list exists for a title when a vacancy opens, the employer has to ask for an examination to be held.
Civil service employers in Willingboro Township
Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority serves Willingboro Township, a township in Burlington County, but it is in the listing as a municipal utilities authority on its own account rather than as part of the township government.
The Willingboro Township government is listed too: Willingboro Township. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
One further Willingboro Township body is listed as well, which puts three separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Willingboro Library, public library
Civil service titles used by New Jersey municipal utilities authorities
Real classifications that New Jersey municipal utilities 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.
- Water Treatment Plant Operator
- Senior Water Treatment Plant Operator
- Water Treatment Plant Superintendent
- Senior Sewage Plant Operator
- Sewage Plant Superintendent
- Water and Sewer Utilities Superintendent
- Water Repairer 1
- Sewer Repairer 2
- Water Meter Repairer
- Water Sample Collector
- Sewer Inspector
- Water and Sewer Account Searcher
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: Moorestown Fire Districts (2), Moorestown Library, Moorestown Township, Mount Holly Fire District (1), Mount Holly Township, Mount Laurel Fire District (1), Mount Laurel Library, Mount Laurel Municipal Utilities Authority. See all 35 in Burlington County.
Common questions about Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority
Is Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority a civil service employer?
Yes. Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities 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 Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority 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.
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.
Do you have to live in New Jersey to work here?
Generally yes. The New Jersey First Act requires public employees hired after September 1, 2011 to live in the state, with a grace period for new hires to relocate and a narrow exemption process. Separately, individual examination announcements sometimes carry a local residency preference, which affects the order of the list rather than eligibility.
How many Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority employees are in a State pension system?
45 active memberships are reported through Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority, split across 45 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 Willingboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority?
$56,392, with the middle half of members between $46,688 and $75,631. 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 Municipal Utilities Authority compare with the rest of Burlington County?
Its median pensionable salary of $56,392 sits at the 12th 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 Municipal Utilities Authority?
The median enrolled member has 5.9 years of credited service, and 7% 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.