Salary and Benefits
Federal Salaries
Insurance Benefits
- One of the largest selections of carriers
- Self or family coverage options
- Government pays a portion
- Low-cost premium
- Optional additional coverage
Federal Long-Term Care Insurance
Federal Flexible Spending Account Program (Health and Dependent Care)
Vacation/Annual Leave
(Hours are earned each 2-week pay period)
- 4 hours: First 3 years of service
- 6 hours: After 3 years of service
- 8 hours: After 15 years of service
- 240 hours can be saved and carried over to the next year
Sick Leave
- 4 hours are earned each 2-week pay period
- Unlimited hours can be saved and carried over to the next year
Leave Donor Program
- Employees may donate or receive donations of annual leave for emergency situations
Retirement Plan
- Cost shared by Government and employee
- Can be rolled over/transferred if you leave Government Service
Thrift Savings Plan
(Retirement Savings and Investment Plan)
- Like 401(k)s, employee contributions are tax-deferred
- Government automatically contributes 1 percent, even if employee does not contribute. In addition, employees' contributions are matched by the Government: 100 percent for the first 3 percent contributed by you, and 50 percent for the next 2 percent contributed. Get details about the Thrift Savings Plan.
11 Paid Holidays
- New Year's Day
- M. L. King, Jr. Day
- Presidents' Day
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth National Independence Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Veterans' Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules
- ERS staff may choose their workday start time, between 6 am and 9 am
- Staff may choose to work a compressed schedule in which they work nine, 9-hour days and take the 10th day off; or eight, 10-hour days and take the 9th and 10th days off
- ERS has a telework program, in which eligible employees may telework up to one day per week
Transportation Subsidy
- Tax-free benefit to encourage use of public transportation
- Distributed quarterly to employees who qualify in the form of a Metrochek
- Qualifying carpools (two or more persons) receive a subsidy to defray parking costs