Benefits

Working for the City of Cleveland offers many benefits as well as a stable work environment.

Some of the benefits the city offers include:

  • Biweekly pay (26 pay periods)
  • Direct Deposit or Visa Paycard - no live checks provided
  • 15 Paid Holidays per year for full-time employees (eligible date of hire)
    • New Year's Day
    • Martin Luther King Day
    • Presidents Day
    • Good  Friday
    • Memorial Day
    • Juneteeth National Independence Day
    • Independence Day
    • Labor Day
    • Veterans Day
    • Thanksgiving Day
    • Friday After Thanksgiving
    • Christmas Eve
    • Christmas Day
    • Floating holiday
    • Personal day
  • Paid vacation for full-time employees (maximum annual accrual 144 hours or 18 days)
Years of Service Completed Monthly Accrual Amount One-Time Accrual Amounts Plan Annual Accrual Amounts
6 months 0 3 days 0
12 months 0 7 days (56 hours) 10 days (80 hours)
13-59 months 6.66 hours 0 10 days (80 hours)
60-119 months 8 hours 0 12 days (96 hours)
120+ months 12 hours 0 18 days (144 hours)
  • Paid sick time for full-time employees (maximum accrual 720 hours)
Full-Time Tenure Plan Accrual Amounts Maximum Cap
0-5 months 0 0
At 6 months 48 hours 0
More than 6 months 8 hours monthly 720 hours (90 days
  • Life Insurance, AD&D, and long-term disability for employee
    • Additional life insurance coverage available at additional cost to employee for employee, spouse and children
    • Life insurance flat rate for spouse and child covered by the city
  • Medical insurance (two plans to choose from) 
    • Employee only paid by city for base plan
    • Employees pay 35% of dependent premiums of base plan
    • Employee only is a small amount for buy up plan
    • Employee plus child, spouse or family pays higher cost difference for buy up plan.
  • Dental and vision insurance
    • Employee only paid at 100% by city
    • Employee plus family, employee pays 35% of dependent premiums
  • Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)
    • Employee contribution 5%
    • 2:1 city match (paid out at retirement)
  • Liberty County Federal Credit Union
  • Jury duty paid at full salary
  • Optional AFLAC and LegalShield elections
  • Free membership to Austin Memorial Library for full-time employees
  • Worker's compensation available
  • Extended medical benefits for qualifying retirees
  • Sick Leave Pool - opportunity to donate time to assist other employees and yourself