Cary is pleased to provide a competitive, comprehensive benefits program to serve the needs of our employees and their families. Cary invests significant dollars—averaging about 40% of each employee’s annual salary—into employee benefits each year because we believe our employees are one of our most important resources.

All regular employees with Cary are benefit-eligible, and benefits coverage for new employees and family members is effective upon an employee's hire date. 

Cary's medical plan is administered by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Blue Options. Additionally, Cary provides a comprehensive wellness initiative that provides opportunities to qualify for lower health insurance premiums through voluntary health screening and assessment programs.  

Blue Options Benefit Highlights - Traditional Plan

Blue Options Benefit Highlights - High Deductible Health Plan

Town of Cary Annual Notices

Cary's dental plan is administered by Delta Dental, which is America’s largest dental administrator.

Delta Dental Plan Summary

Cary's vision plan, which is included as part of an employee's medical benefits package, is administered by Superior Vision.

Superior Vision Plan Summary

Cary's prescription plan, which is included as part of an employee's medical benefits package, is administered by CVS/Caremark.

Prescription Plan Summary - Traditional Plan

Prescription Plan Summary - High Deductible Health Plan

Cary offers a variety of Employee Spending Accounts including a Voluntary Medical Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care FSA, and Health Savings Account (HSA) administered by the P&A Group. As part of an employee’s benefits package, they may elect to enroll in these pre-tax benefits to pay for eligible expenses.

P&A Group Reimbursement Accounts

Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance policies are administered by Reliance Standard Life Insurance. Cary provides basic life insurance equal to 1x an employee’s annual salary, up to a maximum of $250,000, at no cost.

Employees may also purchase supplemental voluntary life insurance for themselves and eligible dependents.

Life Insurance Summary

All regular benefits eligible employees working in excess of 20 hours per week are enrolled in membership with the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System (NC LGERS) upon their date of hire. Employees contribute 6% of their annual salary on a pre-tax basis.

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Cary provides a supplemental retirement benefit of 5% of an employee’s gross salary to all eligible employees. Employees have a choice of participation in a 401(k) plan administered by Empower Retirement or a 401(a) plan administered by Voya Financial.  Employees may also contribute additional voluntary deductions each pay period to the Empower 401(k) and/or Voya 457 plans.

Cary provides employees and their immediate household family members access to 24/7 mental and behavioral health support and work-life resources through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) managed by BHS.

BHS Summary of Services

Regular employees working the basic workweek shall earn supplemental vacation leave added to the vacation leave outlined in Town of Cary Personnel Ordinance. Vacation leave plus supplemental vacation leave will result in employees earning the leave amounts listed below. These amounts are based on an employee’s years of service with Cary.  

Employees working an approved part-time schedule will earn prorated amounts associated with their scheduled work week.