Teacher Salary Schedules

Employer Paid Contribution

Employee/Employer Contribution

 

State of Nevada employees voluntarily chooses to participate in either of the two plans mentioned above. Under the Employer Paid Contribution (EPC) plan, the Employer pays the total PERS contribution on your behalf. However, these contributions are not deposited to your member account and are not available for refund upon termination of employment. The EPC contribution rate for regular members is 33.50% of gross salary. Under the Employee/Employer Paid contribution plan, the employee and the employer share equally in the contribution to PERS, which is currently 17.50% of the gross salary for regular members, and the Employer increases the employee's gross salary schedule amount by 1.176127. The employee's after-tax contribution is refundable upon termination of employment if you do not elect to receive a monthly retirement benefit.