Benefits

Pension
All full-time employees who work at least 10 years are vested in our pension plan.  Normal retirement age is 65.  Early retirement is age 55 with 25 years, and Public Safety has an additional retirement option of age 50 with 20 years of service.

Public Safety Pension
City-paid state pension dues for Fire and Police.

More Retirement Savings options
Employees can contribute additional money from their pay into a 457 and a Roth IRA.

Medical Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision, STD and LTD are available to all full-time employees.

Time Away
Holidays: The City of Cartersville provides 11 holidays throughout the calendar year along with one floating holiday per year. 

Vacation: New hires enjoy 80 hours of vacation per year, for the first five years.  Then, it increases at various intervals after that.  

Sick Leave: Employees accrue ten sick days per year.

Personal Days: Employees are given one personal day per year.

For full leave details, click here.

Tuition Reimbursement
Any full-time employee who has been employed by the city in a regular full-time capacity for at least 12 consecutive months of continuous employment on a regular, full-time basis prior to the beginning of the course for which educational assistance is sought may apply to participate in the program.  The reimbursement can be applied to courses related to a high school diploma, GED, technical/skills course, undergraduate and graduate courses, and courses as part of a degree-related program.

100% Paid Parental Leave
Regular, full-time female employees who have been employed full-time with the City for, at least, one year and give birth to a child/children or adopt a child age 17, or younger, shall be entitled to paid leave at 100% of the employee’s regular time for up to four weeks; male employees are eligible for up to two weeks.

City Paid Life Insurance
Life insurance is provided by the City at 1.5 times annual salary with a $150,000 max.