Benefits Summary

The following are links to websites and information to help you estimate the total compensation package.

Benefits Available to all Eligible Employees

Our benefits are extensive, providing comprehensive opportunities from health care, retirement, life and other insurances, to wellness programs assisting with healthy lifestyle decision-making.

MSU is part of the Montana University System Benefits Plan. Our medical and dental plan ("CHOICES") is self-funded. It pays its own costs, sets the plan structure for its members, and hires Third Party Administrators (TPAs) to handle claims. CHOICES has been designed with the flexibility to meet the varying needs of a diverse work force. Eligible employees (0.5 FTE, permanent and fixed term, with six months' continuous service) have opportunity to match the benefits offered to their individual and family situation through our annual CHOICES enrollment.

Compensation

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• Direct Compensation

  Salary
  Paid leaves and holidays:

  • Vacation
  • Sick
  • Military
  • Family/Medical
  • Paid Holidays

• Indirect Compensation

  Unemployment insurance
  Worker's Compensation
  Social Security employer contribution
  Medicare employer contribution

• Additional Contributions

  Retirement options include the following:

  • Teachers Retirement System (TRS)
  • Montana Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)
  • TIAA-CREF
  • TWPO

  "CHOICES" benefits include the following:

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Prescription Drug Plan
  • Long-term Disability
  • Accidental Death and Dismemberment
  • Life Insurance (opportunities for both employees and dependents)

Optional Benefits

• Optional Health

  Self Audit Program
  Optional Reimbursement (or Flexible Spending) Accounts including:

  • Health Care Spending Account
  • Dependent Care Spending Account

• Retirement

  Tax Sheltered Annuities (TSAs)

• Tuition Waivers

  Employee Tuition Waiver (see link for details of eligibility and use)
  Dependent Partial Tuition Waiver (see link for details of eligibility and use)

• Wellness Program

  Wellness Website services include:

  • Ask an expert (nutrition and exercise)
  • Blood pressure screening
  • Health screens
  • Lifestyle education
  • Medical self-care
  • Quit tobacco
  • Ski ticket discounts
  • Telephonic classes

• Recreational Sports and Fitness

  Rec Sports and Fitness Website services include:

  • Climbing wall and combative room
  • Equipment room
  • Fitness center
  • Fitness classes
  • Fitness consultation
  • Gymnasiums
  • Indoor tracks
  • Locker rooms
  • Pool
  • Racquetball and squash courts
  • Special events and activities

• Other Conveniences

  Full-service bank on campus
  MSU Bookstore
  Libraries Access
  Streamline Bus Access
  Events, lectures, sack lunch seminars, etc
  Cat Card
  Procrastinator Theatre

• Discounts for Employees (campus specific)

  Counseling (on campus; first session free)
  Museum of the Rockies 10% Discount of any level of Membership
  On Site Events:

  • Athletic events
  • Employee night at the Museum of the Rockies
  • Procrastinator Theater (Discount Feature Films)