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Municipal Salary Report
Municipal Positions' Salaries
The latest version of the New Jersey Municipal Salary Report includes salaries for over 40 municipal positions. This is a digital publication that includes an Excel Spreadsheet of the data, as well as a report of countywide comparisons for each position in PDF format. The data included was gathered from a recent survey conducted by the League, to which 329 municipalities responded.
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Positions included in 2017 report:
- Mayor
- Council President
- Deputy/Vice Mayor
- Governing Body Members
- Municipal Attorneys
- Municipal Engineers
- Managers/Administrators
- Municipal Clerks
- Deputy Clerk
- Tax Assessor
- Tax Collector
- Treasurer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Municipal Judge
- Municipal Court Administrator
- Health Officer
- Sanitarian
- Construction Code Official
- Building Sub-Code Official
- Plumbing Sub-Code Official
- Electrical Sub-Code Official
- Fire Sub-Code Official
- Purchasing
- Crossing Guards
- Public Works
- Recycling
- Sewers
- Water
- Roads
- Welfare
- Recreation
- Land Use Planning
- Public Safety Directors
- Chief of Police
- Deputy Chief
- Police Captain
- Police Lieutenant
- Police Sergeant
- Detective
- Patrolmen
Municipalities included in 2017 report:
- Aberdeen Monmouth
- Absecon, Atlantic
- Alexandria, Hunterdon
- Allendale, Bergen
- Allenhurst, Monmouth
- Alloway, Salem
- Alpha, Warren
- Alpine, Bergen
- Andover Borough, Sussex
- Andover Township, Sussex
- Audubon, Camden
- Avalon, Cape May
- Avon-By-The-Sea, Monmouth
- Barnegat, Ocean
- Barnegat Light, Ocean
- Bay Head Borough, Ocean
- Beach Haven, Ocean
- Beachwood, Ocean
- Bedminister, Somerset
- Belmar, Monmouth
- Belvidere, Warren
- Berkeley, Ocean
- Berkeley Heights, Union
- Bernards, Somerset
- Bernardsville, Somerset
- Bethelehem, Hunterdon
- Blairstown, Warren
- Boonton Town, Morris
- Boonton Township, Morris
- Bradley Beach, Monmouth
- Branchburg Borough, Sussex
- Branchburg Township, Somerset
- Branchville, Sussex
- Brick, Ocean
- Bridgeton, Cumberland
- Bridgewater, Somerset
- Brielle, Monmouth
- Brigantine Beach, Atlantic
- Brooklawn, Camden
- Buena, Atlantic
- Buena Vista, Atlantic
- Burlington City, Burlington
- Burlington Township, Burlington
- Butler, Morris
- Byram, Sussex
- Caldwell, Essex
- Califon, Hunterdon
- Camden, Camden
- Cape May, Cape May
- Cape May Point, Cape May
- Carlstadt, Bergen
- Carneys Point, Salem
- Carteret, Middlesex
- Cedar Grove, Essex
- Chatham Borough, Morris
- Chesilhurst, Camden
- Chester Borough, Morris
- Chester Township, Morris
- Cinnaminson, Burlington
- Clark, Union
- Clementon, Camden
- Clifton, Passaic
- Clinton Town, Hunterdon
- Clinton Township, Hunterdon
- Closter, Bergen
- Commercial, Cumberland
- Corbin, Atlantic
- Cranbury, Middlesex
- Cranford, Union
- Cresskill, Bergen
- Deal, Monmouth
- Deerfield, Cumberland
- Demarest, Bergen
- Dennis, Cape May
- Denville Township, Morris
- Deptford, Gloucester
- Downe, Cumberland
- Dumont, Bergen
- Eagleswood, Ocean
- East Amwell, Hunterdon
- East Brunswick, Middlesex
- East Hanover, Morris
- East Newark, Hudson
- East Orange City, Essex
- East Rutherford, Bergen
- Eastampton, Burlington
- Egg Harbor City, Atlantic
- Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic
- Elizabeth, Union
- Elmer, Salem
- Elmwood Park, Bergen
- Emerson, Bergen
- Englewood Cliffs, Bergen
- Englishtown, Monmouth
- Estell Manor, Atlantic
- Evesham Township, Burlington
- Ewing, Mercer
- Fair Haven, Monmouth
- Far Hills, Somerset
- Farmingdale, Monmouth
- Flemington, Hunterdon
- Florence, Burlington
- Folsom, Atlantic
- Fort Lee, Bergen
- Franklin Borough, Sussex
- Franklin Lakes, Bergen
- Franklin Township, Warren
- Franklin Township, Somerset
- Franklin Township, Hunterdon
- Freehold Township, Monmouth
- Frelinghuysen, Warren
- Frenchtown, Hunterdon
- Galloway, Atlantic
- Garfield, Bergen
- Garwood, Union
- Glassboro, Gloucester
- Glen Gardner, Hunterdon
- Glen Ridge, Essex
- Green, Sussex
- Greenwich Township, Gloucester
- Guttenberg, Hudson
- Hackensack, Bergen
- Haddon, Camden
- Haddon Heights, Camden
- Haddonfield, Camden
- Hainesport, Burlington
- Haledon, Passaic
- Hamilton Township, Atlantic
- Hamilton Township, Mercer
- Hampton Borough, Hunterdon
- Hampton Township, Sussex
- Hanover, Morris
- Harding, Morris
- Hardwick, Warren
- Hardyston, Sussex
- Harrison Township, Gloucester
- Hasbrouck Heights, Bergen
- Hawthorne, Passaic
- Hazlet, Monmouth
- Helmetta, Middlesex
- High Bridge, Hunterdon
- Highlands, Monmouth
- Hightstown, Mercer
- Hillsdale, Bergen
- Hillside, Union
- Holland, Hunterdon
- Hopatcong, Sussex
- Hope, Warren
- Hopewell Township, Mercer
- Howell, Monmouth
- Independence, Warren
- Jackson, Ocean
- Jamesburg, Middlesex
- Jefferson, Morris
- Kenilworth, Union
- Keyport, Monmouth
- Kingwood, Hunterdon
- Kinnelon, Morris
- Knowlton, Warren
- Lacey, Ocean
- Lafayette, Sussex
- Lakewood, Ocean
- Lambertville, Hunterdon
- Laurel Springs, Camden
- Lawrence Township, Cumberland
- Lebanon Borough, Hunterdon
- Lebanon Township, Hunterdon
- Liberty, Warren
- Linden, Union
- Linwood, Atlantic
- Little Ferry, Bergen
- Little Silver, Monmouth
- Lodi, Bergen
- Long Beach, Ocean
- Long Branch, Monmouth
- Long Hill, Morris
- Longport, Atlantic
- Lumberton, Burlington
- Madison, Morris
- Manalapan, Monmouth
- Manasquan, Monmouth
- Manchester, Ocean
- Mannington, Salem
- Mansfield Township, Warren
- Mansfield Township, Burlington
- Manville, Somerset
- Maple Shade, Burlington
- Maplewood, Essex
- Margate, Atlantic
- Marlboro, Monmouth
- Matawan, Monmouth
- Maurice River, Cumberland
- Maywood, Bergen
- Medford, Burlington
- Mendham Borough, Morris
- Mendham Township, Morris
- Merchantville, Camden
- Metuchen, Middlesex
- Middle Township, Cape May
- Midland Park, Bergen
- Milford, Hunterdon
- Millstone Township, Monmouth
- Milltown, Middlesex
- Mine Hill, Morris
- Monroe Township, Gloucester
- Montague, Sussex
- Montgomery, Somerset
- Montville, Morris
- Moonachie, Bergen
- Moorestown, Burlington
- Morris, Morris
- Morristown, Morris
- Mount Olive, Morris
- Mountain Lakes, Morris
- Mullica, Atlantic
- Neptune, Monmouth
- Netcong, Morris
- New Milford, Bergen
- New Providence, Union
- Newark, Essex
- Newton, Sussex
- North Arlington, Bergen
- North Brunswick, Middlesex
- North Caldwell, Essex
- North Wildwood, Cape May
- Northfield, Atlantic
- Northvale, Bergen
- Nutley, Essex
- Oakland, Bergen
- Oaklyn, Camden
- Ocean Gate, Ocean
- Ocean Township, Monmouth
- Ocean Township, Ocean
- Oceanport, Monmouth
- Ogdensburg, Sussex
- Old Tappan, Bergen
- Palisades Park, Bergen
- Palmyra, Burlington
- Paramus, Bergen
- Parsippany-Troy-Hills, Morris
- Paterson, Passaic
- Paulsboro, Gloucester
- Peapack-Gladstone, Somerset
- Pemberton Township, Burlington
- Pennington, Mercer
- Pennsauken, Camden
- Pennsville, Salem
- Pequannock, Morris
- Perth Amboy, Middlesex
- Phillipsburg, Warren
- Pine Beach, Ocean
- Pine Valley, Camden
- Piscataway, Middlesex
- Pitman, Gloucester
- Pittsgrove, Salem
- Plainsboro, Middlesex
- Pleasantville, Atlantic
- Plumsted, Ocean
- Point Pleasant, Ocean
- Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean
- Port Republic City, Atlantic
- Princeton, Mercer
- Quinton, Salem
- Randolph, Morris
- Ridgefield, Bergen
- Ridgefield Park, Bergen
- Ringwood, Bergen
- River Edge, Bergen
- River Vale, Bergen
- Riverdale, Morris
- Riverton, Burlington
- Rochelle Park, Bergen
- Rockaway Borough, Morris
- Rockaway Township, Morris
- Roseland, Essex
- Roselle, Union
- Saddle Brook, Bergen
- Saddle River, Bergen
- Salem, Salem
- Sandyston, Sussex
- Sayreville, Middlesex
- Sea Bright, Monmouth
- Secaucus, Hudson
- Shamong, Burlington
- Ship Bottom, Ocean
- Shrewsbury Borough, Monmouth
- Shrewsbury Township, Monmouth
- Somerville, Somerset
- South Bound Brook, Somerset
- South Brunswick, Middlesex
- South Hackensack, Bergen
- South Harrison, Gloucester
- South Plainfield, Middlesex
- South River, Middlesex
- South Toms River, Ocean
- Southampton, Burlington
- Sparta, Sussex
- Spotswood, Middlesex
- Spring Lake, Monmouth
- Spring Lake Heights, Monmouth
- Springfield Township, Burlington
- Springfield Township, Union
- Stafford, Ocean
- Stanhope, Sussex
- Stillwater, Sussex
- Stone Harbor, Cape May
- Summit, Union
- Sussex, Sussex
- Swedesboro, Gloucester
- Tabernacle, Burlington
- Teaneck, Bergen
- Tenafly, Bergen
- Tewksbury, Hunterdon
- Toms River, Ocean
- Tuckerton, Ocean
- Union Beach, Monmouth
- Union Township, Union
- Upper Freehold, Monmouth
- Upper Pittsgrove, Salem
- Upper Saddle River, Bergen
- Ventnor City, Atlantic
- Vernon, Sussex
- Verona, Essex
- Victory Gardens, Morris
- Vineland, Cumberland
- Voorhees, Camden
- Waldwick, Bergen
- Wall, Monmouth
- Wallington, Bergen
- Wanaque, Passaic
- Warren, Somerset
- Washington Borough, Warren
- Washington Township, Bergen
- Washington Township, Morris
- Washington Township, Burlington
- Watchung, Somerset
- Wenonah Borough, Gloucester
- West Amwell, Hunterdon
- West Caldwell, Essex
- West Cape May, Cape May
- West Deptford, Gloucester
- West Milford, Passaic
- West Orange, Essex
- West Wildwood, Cape May
- West Windsor, Mercer
- Westfield, Union
- Westville, Gloucester
- Weymouth, Atlantic
- Wharton, Morris
- Wildwood, Cape May
- Willingboro, Burlington
- Winfield, Union
- Winslow, Camden
- Woodbine, Cape May
- Woodbury, Gloucester
- Woodcliff Lake, Bergen
- Woodland, Burlington
- Woodstown, Salem