SALARY AND BENEFITS

Benefits:

The following benefits are available to the State of Nevada employees: (These benefits will be fully explained during the orientation to State Employment.)

• Eleven paid holidays per year
• Three weeks of annual leave (vacation time)
• Three weeks of sick leave
• Health insurance
• Dental plan
• Vision plan
• Basic life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Business accidental insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Deferred compensation
• Savings bonds
• Longevity pay after eight years of employment

Depending on the position, sworn officers may be entitled to the following additional benefits:

• Take home vehicles
• Uniform allowance
• Firearms provided
• Incentive pay for selected hazardous positions, such as Motorcycle Trooper or Field Training Officer

• Employer Paid Contribution
• Employee/Employer Contribution

State of Nevada employees voluntarily choose to participate in either of the two plans mentioned above. Under the Employer Paid Contribution (EPC) plan, the employer pays the total PERS contribution on your behalf. However, these contributions are not deposited to your individual member account and are not available for refund upon termination of employment. The EPC contribution rate for regular members is 21.50% of gross salary, and the rate for police/fire members is 37.00% of gross salary. Under the Employee/Employer Paid contribution plan, the employee and the employer share equally in the contribution to PERS, which is currently 11.25% of gross salary each for regular members. The contribution rate for Police/fire members is 19.00% of gross salary. The employee's after-tax contribution is refundable upon termination of employment if you do not elect to receive a monthly retirement benefit.

Retirement Eligibility Effective January 1, 2009:

After five years of service, employees become vested and are therefore eligible to receive a retirement allowance. Eligibility for Monthly Unreduced Retirement Benefit (Police and Fire Members)

Eligibility for Monthly Unreduced Retirement Benefit (Police/Fire Members)

Eligibility for Monthly Unreduced Retirement Benefit (Regular Members)

Compensation:

Salaries for classified positions are determined by the grades and steps of the employees. A new employee's salary generally falls within the minimum range set for the grade.

Please refer to the job announcement for the pay grade of the position that you are applying for and compare to the salaries by grade schedule.


Furlough:

All Department of Public Safety employees are subject to eight (8) hours of unpaid furlough per month.