Benefits

At the Port of Portland, we strive to offer a holistic and comprehensive benefits package for employees and their families. We care about your health by offering highly-subsidized healthcare plans that include alternative care. We look out for you and for family by paying for life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage. We participate in the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) retirement program. We provide access to additional coverage and benefits including pre-tax spending accounts, voluntary term life insurance, a deferred compensation plan, and critical illness and accident insurance policies.  

We go above and beyond by offering an award-winning wellness program for all employees to engage in. Employees can tend to their physical and mental health, earn rewards, and create community. Our employee assistance program supports the Port’s commitment to emotional and mental well-being by providing mental health services, discounts on local gyms, and pet insurance for companions.  

Our commitment to work-life balance ensures you have time to spend with loved ones and do the things you enjoy. We offer generous vacation time that accrues with length of service, sick leave that never expires and can be used for dependent care, health maintenance and mental health, and 8 weeks of paid parental leave – all in addition to 10 paid holidays. As an added bonus – because we know employees use their time off differently – once a year we give employees the opportunity to convert sick leave to personal leave, and to convert vacation leave to either cash, a retirement plan contribution, or a contribution to an Health Savings Account.    

Please note: Some benefits vary by job type/group, so please be sure to review your comprehensive benefit guide and/or collective bargaining agreement upon hire to confirm what is available to you.

We CARE about your health:

• At least two comprehensive options for medical, dental and vision coverage for you and your family (access to plans is dependent on employee group)
• Alternative care covered (chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, and naturopathic services)
• Onsite physical therapy clinic
• Mental health services covered
• Discounts on local fun & healthy activities
• 24/7 telephone medical access through both medical plans
• Employee premium discount or additional Health Savings Account contributions for participation in the Port’s wellness program
• Sick leave that never expires
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) available 24/7 to support you and your family
• Annual onsite flu vaccine clinics
• Annual biometrics screening with health coaching available
• Access to substance use/recovery programs through our EAP 
• 10 observed Holidays each year (New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day).

We CARE about your family:

• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability plans
• Voluntary critical illness and accident insurance (available to most employee groups)
• Supplemental life insurance available
• LegalShield™ (pre-paid legal services) and ID Shield™ (ID monitoring and recovery services)
• EAP supported elder and childcare services
• Upwards (formerly WeeCare) – 24/7 support and access to a dedicated concierge care manager to help with finding, touring and enrolling in childcare that includes full-time, part-time, backup, drop in, school aged, and overnight care options
• Bright Horizons - back-up child and elder care available with co-pay. Discounts on childcare centers and other services.
• Generous vacation time accrual that increases with length of service
• Access to pet insurance to cover your companions