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Seattle Children's Employee Benefits

We want people who are looking to do their life's work, not just a job.

To attract and retain the best workforce, we provide competitive salaries, great benefits and excellent learning and development opportunities.

All these benefits come on top of working in Seattle – a vibrant city with beautiful natural surroundings.


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Medical, Dental and Vision

Seattle Children’s offers highly subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans with discounted Seattle Children's hospital services for dependents enrolled on certain medical plans.


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Time Away From Work

Seattle Children’s offers generous paid time away from work for 10 holidays, vacation, personal and sick time. Accruals begin on your first day of employment and increase with years of service.


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Financial Well-Being

Besides competitive salaries, we provide these resources for your financial stability and security.

  • Retirement plans: 401(a) and 403(b) savings plans with employer matching and contributions after one year of service.
  • Employer-paid life insurance and long-term disability
  • Employee discounts: Many offerings including movies, gym memberships, sporting events, haircuts, massages, and more.
  • Public Student Loan Forgiveness for eligible employees
  • Tuition assistance reimbursement program: Can apply after one year of service.

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Employee Health and Wellness

We offer a variety of resources to support our employees on their health and well-being journey.

  • Employee health and wellness clinic: Convenient access to free preventive, primary and acute care services at a network of area clinics.
  • Text-based primary care: Access to free and low-cost on-demand primary care.
  • Employee assistance program: Our employee assistance program is a confidential resource for help with any work or personal issues you may face.

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Supporting Your Family

  • Flexible spending accounts: Pre-tax payroll deductions for health and child care expenses.
  • Backup care days for adult and child care
  • Childcare subsidies and partnerships
  • Adoption assistance: Up to $2,500 for qualified adoption expenses.
  • Parenting resources through RethinkCare

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Transportation Perks

We offer nationally-award winning transportation perks:

  • Deeply discounted, unlimited transit pass
  • Commute bonus for each day you commute by transit, carpool, vanpool, biking or walking
  • Shuttle service to transit connections and worksites
  • Free vanpool parking and premium carpool parking

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Other Benefits

  • Home ownership services
  • Pet insurance
  • Student loan refinancing
  • Estate planning
  • Identity protection
  • Voluntary accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity coverage

Nurse Employee Benefits

Registered nurses are represented by a collective bargaining agreement between Seattle Children’s and the Washington State Nurses Association. Nurses’ benefits are largely the same as all employee benefits with a few exceptions:

  • Annual leave: Nurses have a sick leave bank and an annual leave bank of hours that can be used for vacations, holidays and other personal time off.
  • Continuing Education Support: An in-service education program is available for all nurses. RNs may receive pro-rated paid education and/or professional leave.

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Seattle Children’s complies with applicable federal and other civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude people or treat them differently based on race, color, religion (creed), sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin (ancestry), age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Financial assistance for medically necessary services is based on family income and hospital resources and is provided to children under age 21 whose primary residence is in Washington, Alaska, Montana or Idaho.