Benefits
Join a Winning Team
Some of the perks of working for the Allegheny County Health Department include:
- Professional growth through training opportunities (CPR, First AID, Public Health Preparedness, Dignity and Respect, Quality Improvement, and more)
- Ability to advance within the county system
- Job security
- Meaningfulness in daily work derived from public service
- Eligible for federal loan forgiveness
- Tuition reimbursement for union employees
- Organizational commitment to the Health Department's mission to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Allegheny County residents, particularly the most vulnerable.
Fringe Benefits
Fringe benefits (applicable after eligibility requirements have been met) include:
- Paid holidays
- Personal days
- Vacation and sick leave benefits
- Medical coverage and dental benefits
- A retirement plan
- Life insurance
- A deferred compensation plan
Employee Benefits Package
The Allegheny County benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability and voluntary benefits. For more information please visit our Employment page.
Paid Time Off
Federal Holidays
Allegheny County recognizes and observes 11 paid federal holidays each year for all non-union full-time employees. Union employees have holidays granted under each collective bargaining agreement.
New full-time non-union employees are eligible for holiday pay after 30 days of employment.
Vacation Days
Allegheny County offers paid vacation time to all eligible full-time employees. The vacation days are allotted based on date of hire. New employees are eligible for paid vacation once they have completed 90 calendar days.
Employees hired before July 1 shall be eligible for a pro rata paid vacation in the calendar year in which first employed according to the following schedule:
- January 1 through February = 5 paid days
- March 1 through March 31 = 4 paid days
- April 1 through April 30 = 3 paid days
- May 1 through May 31 = 2 paid days
- June 1 through June 30 = 1 paid day
- July 1 through Dec 31 = none
All other full-time employees actively employed on the first business day of the New Year shall be eligible for a prorated paid vacation according to the following schedule:
- First year = 5 days
- Beginning years 2 through 5 = 10 paid days
- Beginning years 6 through 14 = 15 paid days
- Beginning years 15 through 20 = 20 paid days
- Beginning year 21 = 21 paid days
- Beginning year 22 = 22 paid days
- Beginning year 23 = 23 paid days
- Beginning year 24 = 24 paid days
- Beginning year 25 or more = 25 paid days
Personal Days
All new full-time employees are eligible for up to 3 personal days per year. During the employees first calendar year of employment, eligibility status is based on their date of employment.
- January 1 through April 30 = 3 personal days
- May 1 through August 31 = 2 personal days
- September 1 through November 30 = 1 personal days
- December 1 through December 31 = none
Three personal days are awarded every year thereafter in January. New employees are edible for personal days after 30 calendar days.
Sick Leave
Allegheny County grants ten sick days per year to eligible full-time employees. The eligibility status for all new employees during their first calendar year is based on their date of employment as follows:
- January 1 through February = 5 sick days
- March 1 through March 31 = 4 sick days
- April 1 through April 30 = 3 sick days
- May 1 through May 31 = 2 sick days
- June 1 through June 30 = 1 sick day
- July 1 through Dec 31 = none
Sick leave may be carried over from one year to the next and accumulated up to 120 days. New employees are eligible for paid sick leave once they have completed 90 calendar days.
For more information on any of our policies, please check the Employment page.