Employee Benefits

Effective date: January 1, 2025

The City of Tulsa offers many benefits to fit your budget and lifestyle. You are eligible for most benefits on the first of the month following 30 days of full-time employment. All pricing is bi-weekly.

Medical Plan – BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma
BCBS is our medical insurance provider. We offer four levels of coverage to choose from: Employee Only, Employee and Children, Employee and Spouse and Family Coverage-all offering you more flexibility to best suit your needs.

You can select one of two plan structures:

• BCBS 2500 with CareATC Access
• BCBS 3300 with Health Savings Account (HSA) Option

Dental Coverage - BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma
High Plan (100% preventative, 90% basic restorative, 60% major restorative, Orthodontics)
Employee Only - $20.51 per pay period Family - $59.12 per pay period

Mid Plan (100% preventative, 80% basic restorative, 50% major restorative)
Employee Only - $14.11 per pay period ··- Family - $40.72 per pay period

Low Plan (100% preventative, 80% basic restorative, 0% major restorative)
Employee Only- $10.30 per pay period Family - $29.43 per pay period

Vision Coverage - BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma (Eye-Med Network)
BCBS provides four options. More expensive monthly options reduce copays, increase hardware allowances, and increase the frequency of hardware reimbursements.

Employee only - $2.03 - $3.78 per pay period Family - $4.75 - $8.37 per pay period

Life Insurance and AD&D
Employee basic life coverage equal to two times annual base salary is provided at no cost to the employee. Supplemental Life and AD&D are available for purchase, including coverage for spouses and dependents.

Long-Term Disability Insurance - BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma/Dearborn
Three options provide coverage at 40%, 50%, or 60% of basic monthly earnings up to $10,000 monthly. Coverage begins on the 180th day after disability. Pricing is based on coverage option, compensation, and age.

Short-Term Disability Insurance - BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma/Dearborn
Three options provide coverage at 40%, 50%, or 60% of basic weekly earnings. Coverage begins on the 8th day after disability. Pricing is based on coverage option, compensation, and age.

Accident Insurance – BlueCross BlueShield
A post-tax benefit that provides direct payment for non work-related accidents. Wellness benefit: for certain preventive tests, pays $150 per adult and child.

Employee only - $3.45 per pay period Employee and Children - $6.79 per pay period Employee and Spouse -$6.04 per pay period Employee and Family- $9.38 per pay period

Critical Illness - BlueCross BlueShield
This post-tax benefit provides a lump sum payment based on your election from $5,000 to $30,000 for certain critical illnesses like heart attack, stroke, and cancer. Wellness Benefit: for certain preventive tests, plan pays $150 per adult and child. Pricing is based on age.

Hospital Indemnity - BlueCross BlueShield
This post-tax benefit provides payments for inpatient admissions, each day of the inpatient stay, including inpatient rehabilitation, and a family hotel if 50 miles from home. There are two options available. Wellness Benefit for certain preventive tests, plan pays $100 for the plus plan and $50 for the base plan.

Flexible Spending Account - WageWorks
This account allows you to pay for unreimbursed medical, dental, prescription, vision and childcare expenses with pretax dollars. This lowers your taxable income which means you keep more of your money. Debit cards are provided for the medical FSAs.

Health Savings Accounts - Health Equity/WageWorks
This account can only be opened with the medical plans marked "HSA". These accounts are employee-owned, allowing you to pay for unreimbursed medical, dental, prescription, and vision expenses with pretax dollars.

Legal Plan - Legal Shield
This plan provides a variety of legal services, involving wills, trusts, contracts, divorce, and routine traffic tickets. The plan does not cover criminal cases or drunk driving offenses.

Identity Theft-Norton Lifelock
Voluntary identity theft protection is available, includes Norton protection. Rates start at $3.69 to $12.45 a pay period.

Travel Resources Services - BlueCross BlueShield of Oklahoma/Assist America
Provides medical and travel assistance at no cost for you and your family traveling for business or pleasure 24/7 when traveling 100 or more miles from home for less than 90 days.

Gym Reimbursement
The City will reimburse non-sworn employees annually up to $180 (taxable) for six continuous months of paid memberships in local gyms, or for their participation in six paid fitness competitions. New employees who have not completed probation are not eligible. 

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
The City of Tulsa offers a confidential employee assistance program for employees and/or immediate family members who are experiencing personal problems. Private appointments can be made for any type of personal problem(s) that may be too much to handle alone. This assistance is available through Community Care EAP.

Retirement Plan - MERP (Pension)
Employees are required to defer 8 percent on a pre-tax basis. Full-time employees will begin participation in the plan on the first day of the month coinciding with or next following their first day of employment. The City of Tulsa's contribution to the retirement fund equals 17 percent of your Earnings. The Rule of 90 provides retirement income when Continuous Service and age equal 90.

Deferred Compensation Plan - Nationwide
To help supplement your retirement income, this voluntary plan permits you to defer a minimum of $10 per pay period pre-tax or Roth. The City of Tulsa will deposit an additional $0.50 for every dollar of employee contribution up to a maximum of $25 per month during the first two consecutive years of initial participation in the plan. In-Plan Roth Conversions are also allowed. Employees may begin participation in the plan immediately.

Remote Work and Flexible Schedules
Certain positions are eligible for remote (telecommuting) work schedules and flexible hours. 

Paid Paternal Leave
After one year of employment, eligible employees may receive up to 6 weeks of paid, continuous leave to bond with and care for their newborn or adopted child to be taken immediately after the birth or adoption of the child.

Higher Education Tuition Waiver Opportunities for Public Employees
OSU-Tulsa Employee Scholarship Program - City of Tulsa employees can get a tuition waiver for half-off tuition for up to six credit hours a semester at OSU Tulsa.
OU T-Town Tuition Waiver Program - City of Tulsa employees who enroll in graduate level classes can receive 50% off tuition for up to six hours per semester for in-person programs.

Internal Promotions & Progression Program
Non-probationary City of Tulsa employees are covered under the Merit System, established in the City of Tulsa Charter, Article X.  The Merit System ensures that appointments and promotions to City positions are based on merit and fitness, rather than political.  One benefit of the Merit system is having all job openings advertised internally first, to give all qualified employees an opportunity for advancement.  Employees can sign up for e-mail alerts through our Employment Opportunities page to be notified when new internal jobs are posted. Employees may apply for internal positions after six months from initial hire date. Additionally, several positions are in a Progression Program. Progression programs allow employees to gain experience and educational opportunities to move up within their job family.

Initial Probationary Period
Upon initial appointment to a classified position with the City of Tulsa, an employee shall serve a twelve-month probationary period. 

Holidays
Holidays are shift based benefit based upon the length of the employee’s assigned workday, and are based upon an employee’s assigned work day.  Employees may not receive the actual holiday off work, but, based upon policy and the collective bargaining agreement, may receive another day off as their holiday or another benefit specific to their classification. All full-time and part-time classified employees will receive time off with pay for the following fifteen holidays:

New Year’s Day
ML King Jr. Birthday
Good Friday
Memorial Day Observed
Race Massacre Day of Observance
Juneteenth
Independence Day
Labor Day
Veteran’s Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Two (2) Floating Holidays*
  *pro-rated for new employees

Vacation
The amount of vacation time to be accrued upon completion of each calendar month of service by regular employees is as follows: Note: Employees must be employed a minimum of three months to be eligible for vacation days.

 Sick Leave
Eligible employees may receive sick leave during their first year of employment. An accrual of eight (8) hours per month for full-time employees and is granted for use when an employee is incapacitated due to their own illness, medical condition, or non-job-related injury, for medical, dental, and optical appointments, or for the care of the employee’s immediate family member.  Employees should refer to the applicable collective bargaining agreement or policy for further details. An employee may accrue a maximum of 1,200 hours of sick leave. An employee may exchange one sick day for a vacation day, based on accrual beyond 120 days.  

City Hall Parking
City of Tulsa employees working at City Hall are eligible to receive discounted, convenient downtown parking. The City of Tulsa subsidizes a portion of the cost of either parking or MTTA bus passes.

Employer Paid Surface Parking – Free
100 W. Garage (1st St. and Boulder) – $35.45 a month
Williams N. Garage (1st St. and Boston) – $44.52 a month
One Technology Garage (1st St. and Cincinnati) – $45 a month
Civic Center Basement – $40.72 a month
Civic Center Parkade – $24.31 a month
MetroLink Bus Passes – Flash – $8 a month