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 report that includes the data in a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet. The data included was gathered from a recent survey conducted by the League, to which 244 municipalities responded.

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Positions Included in 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 the 2019 Report

-Absecon City, Atlantic

-Allamuchy Township, Warren

-Allenhurst Borough, Monmouth

-Andover Borough, Sussex

-Andover Township, Sussex

-Atlantic City, Atlantic

-Atlantic Highlands Borough, Monmouth

-Audubon Park Borough, Camden

-Avalon Borough, Cape May

-Avon-By-The-Sea Borough, Monmouth

-Barnegat Township, Ocean

-Beach Haven Borough, Ocean

-Beachwood Borough, Ocean

-Bedminster Township, Somerset

-Belleville Township, Essex

-Bellmawr Borough, Camden

-Belmar Borough, Monmouth

-Belvidere Town, Warren

-Berkeley Township, Ocean

-Bernards Township, Somerset

-Bernardsville Borough, Somerset

-Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon

-Bloomingdale Borough, Passaic

-Boonton Town, Morris

-Bradley Beach Borough, Monmouth

-Brick Township, Ocean

-Bridgewater Township, Somerset

-Brielle Borough, Monmouth

-Brigantine City, Atlantic

-Brooklawn Borough, Camden

-Buena Borough, Atlantic

-Buena Vista Township, Atlantic

-Burlington City, Burlington

-Burlington Township, Burlington

-Butler Borough, Morris

-Cape May City, Cape May

-Cape May Point Borough, Cape May

-Carneys Point Township, Salem

-Chatham Borough, Morris

-Chester Borough, Morris

-Chester Township, Morris

-Chesterfield Township, Burlington

-Clark Township, Union

-Clayton Borough, Gloucester

-Clementon Borough, Camden

-Clinton Township, Hunterdon

-Corbin City, Atlantic

-Cranbury Township, Middlesex

-Deal Borough, Monmouth

-Deerfield Township, Cumberland

-Delaware Township, Hunterdon

-Denville Township, Morris

-East Brunswick Township, Middlesex

-Eastampton Township, Burlington

-Edgewater Park Township, Burlington

-Egg Harbor City, Atlantic

-Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic

-Elk Township, Gloucester

-Elmer Borough, Salem

-Emerson Borough, Bergen

-Englishtown Borough, Monmouth

-Estell Manor City, Atlantic

-Fair Haven Borough, Monmouth

-Far Hills Borough, Somerset

-Farmingdale Borough, Monmouth

-Flemington Borough, Hunterdon

-Florence Township, Burlington

-Folsom Borough, Atlantic

-Franklin Township, Somerset

-Frelinghuysen Township, Warren

-Galloway Township, Atlantic

-Garfield City, Bergen

-Garwood Borough, Union

-Greenwich Township, Gloucester

-Hackensack City, Bergen

-Haddon Heights Borough, Camden

-Haddonfield Borough, Camden

-Hainesport Township, Burlington

-Hamilton Township, Atlantic

-Hammonton Town, Atlantic

-Hampton Borough, Hunterdon

-Hanover Township, Morris

-Harding Township, Morris

-Hardwick Township, Warren

-Hardyston Township, Sussex

-Harrington Park Borough, Bergen

-Harrison Township, Gloucester

-Harvey Cedars Borough, Ocean

-Hazlet Township, Monmouth

-Helmetta Borough, Middlesex

-High Bridge Borough, Hunterdon

-Highland Park Borough, Middlesex

-Hillsdale Borough, Bergen

-Holland Township, Hunterdon

-Hope Township, Warren

-Hopewell Township, Mercer

-Independence Township, Warren

-Irvington Township, Essex

-Jamesburg Borough, Middlesex

-Jersey City, Hudson

-Kenilworth Borough, Union

-Keyport Borough, Monmouth

-Kingwood Township, Hunterdon

-Lacey Township, Ocean

-Lafayette Township, Sussex

-Lavallette Borough, Ocean

-Lebanon Borough, Hunterdon

-Leonia Borough, Bergen

-Liberty Township, Warren

-Lincoln Park Borough, Morris

-Linden City, Union

-Lindenwold Borough, Camden

-Linwood City, Atlantic

-Little Falls Township, Passaic

-Little Ferry Borough, Bergen

-Little Silver Borough, Monmouth

-Long Beach Township, Ocean

-Long Branch City, Monmouth

-Longport Borough, Atlantic

-Lumberton Township, Burlington

-Madison Borough, Morris

-Magnolia Borough, Camden

-Mahwah Township, Bergen

-Manalapan Township, Monmouth

-Manasquan Borough, Monmouth

-Manchester Township, Ocean

-Mannington Township, Salem

-Mantoloking Borough, Ocean

-Maple Shade Township, Burlington

-Maplewood Township, Essex

-Margate City, Atlantic

-Maurice River Township, Cumberland

-Mendham Borough, Morris

-Mendham Township, Morris

-Merchantville Borough, Camden

-Metuchen Borough, Middlesex

-Midland Park Borough, Bergen

-Millville City, Cumberland

-Mine Hill Township, Morris

-Monmouth Beach Borough, Monmouth

-Monroe Township, Gloucester

-Montague Township, Sussex

-Montgomery Township, Somerset

-Montvale Borough, Bergen

-Moonachie Borough, Bergen

-Moorestown Township, Burlington

-Morris Township, Morris

-Mount Olive Township, Morris

-Mountain Lakes Borough, Morris

-Neptune City Borough, Monmouth

-Neptune Township, Monmouth

-Netcong Borough, Morris

-New Brunswick City, Middlesex

-New Milford Borough, Bergen

-New Providence Borough, Union

-North Arlington Borough, Bergen

-North Brunswick Township, Middlesex

-North Plainfield Borough, Somerset

-North Wildwood City, Cape May

-Northfield City, Atlantic

-Northvale Borough, Bergen

-Oakland Borough, Bergen

-Ocean Township, Ocean

-Oceanport Borough, Monmouth

-Old Tappan Borough, Bergen

-Oldmans Township, Salem

-Orange City, Essex

-Peapack and Gladstone Borough, Somerset

-Pemberton Borough, Burlington

-Pemberton Township, Burlington

-Pine Hill Borough, Camden

-Pine Valley Borough, Camden

-Piscataway Township, Middlesex

-Pittsgrove Township, Salem

-Plainsboro Township, Middlesex

-Pleasantville City, Atlantic

-Pohatcong Township, Warren

-Point Pleasant Borough, Ocean

-Port Republic City, Atlantic

-Princeton, Mercer

-Prospect Park Borough, Passaic

-Ramsey Borough, Bergen

-Randolph Township, Morris

-Raritan Township, Hunterdon

-Ridgefield Borough, Bergen

-Ridgefield Park Village, Bergen

-Ridgewood Village, Bergen

-Ringwood Borough, Passaic

-River Vale Township, Bergen

-Riverton Borough, Burlington

-Robbinsville Township, Mercer

-Rockaway Borough, Morris

-Rocky Hill Borough, Somerset

-Roseland Borough, Essex

-Roselle Borough, Union

-Roselle Park Borough, Union

-Scotch Plains Township, Union

-Sea Isle City, Cape May

-South Harrison Township, Gloucester

-Spring Lake Heights Borough, Monmouth

-Springfield Township, Burlington

-Springfield Township, Union

-Stafford Township, Ocean

-Stanhope Borough, Sussex

-Stillwater Township, Sussex

-Summit City, Union

-Surf City Borough, Ocean

-Swedesboro Borough, Gloucester

-Tabernacle Township, Burlington

-Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon

-Union Beach Borough, Monmouth

-Union Township, Hunterdon

-Union Township, Union

-Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth

-Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem

-Ventnor City, Atlantic

-Vernon Township, Sussex

-Vineland City, Cumberland

-Voorhees Township, Camden

-Waldwick Borough, Bergen

-Wall Township, Monmouth

-Wanaque Borough, Passaic

-Wantage Township, Sussex

-Warren Township, Somerset

-Washington Township, Bergen

-Washington Township, Morris

-Watchung Borough, Somerset

-West Amwell Township, Hunterdon

-West Cape May Borough, Cape May

-West Deptford Township, Gloucester

-West Milford Township, Passaic

-Westfield Town, Union

-Westville Borough, Gloucester

-Wharton Borough, Morris

-Wildwood Crest Borough, Cape May

-Willingboro Township, Burlington

-Winfield Township, Union

-Winslow Township, Camden

-Woodbridge Township, Middlesex

-Woodbury City, Gloucester

-Woodland Park Borough, Passaic

-Woodland Township, Burlington

-Woodstown Borough, Salem

-Woolwich Township, Gloucester