Employee benefits

Medical Plans
Comprehensive medical coverage is available for you, your spouse/domestic partner and dependents through multiple medical plan options (includes prescription drug coverage).

Vision Care Plan
The Vision Care Plan provides coverage for routine eye examinations, contact and eyeglass lenses as well as frames.

Dental Plan
The Dental Plan offers coverage for diagnostic, preventive, restorative and major care, as well as orthodontia services.

Health Saving Accounts
Health Savings Accounts allow you to save pre-tax money for qualified health care expenses.

As required by the Transparency in Coverage Rule, PwC is providing access to machine-readable files that disclose certain pricing arrangements with healthcare providers under PwC's UnitedHealthcare medical plans.

Holidays
The firm offers 15 paid holidays each year, including designated national holidays, extended firm holidays and floating holidays. The number of floating holidays that newly hired staff receive depends on their date of hire.

Firmwide extended holidays
The firm provides extended firm holidays to rest and relax and are a valuable opportunity to receive paid time off without the worry of checking email or meeting client demands, other than in exceptional circumstances. In FY23, the firm will provide four extended firm holidays this year around the July 4 holiday and Christmas and New Year holiday.

Vacation
You accrue vacation time of between three weeks (15 work days) and one month (22 work days) per year, based upon staff classification and length of service with PwC.

Family & Personal Sick Time
To assist employees in maintaining work-life quality, the firm’s policy provides an unprescribed number of sick days for all US full-time and part-time staff scheduled to work at least 1,000 hours a year. You normally will be paid full salary when absent for five or fewer consecutive days due to your illness, injury or a family member’s illness, injury, medical treatment, or need for preventive care.  Our policy allows paid time off to care for a sick child, parent, spouse, or domestic partner.

401(k) Savings Plan
The 401(k) Savings Plan is a retirement planning vehicle that provides you the opportunity to benefit from pre-tax, Roth and post-tax savings, and firm-matching contributions of 25% of the first 6% of your eligible compensation that you contribute to the plan. You vest in the firm’s matching contribution on a graded schedule over a five-year period.

Retirement Wealth Builder Plan
Wealth Builder is a retirement plan completely funded by PwC. Firm contributions to this plan are based on job level, and years of service in some cases. In addition, new hires are eligible for a Wealth Builder bonus equal to 1% of eligible compensation upon joining the firm. You vest in the firm’s Wealth Builder contributions on a graded schedule over a five-year period.

At PwC, we’re always seeking unique ways to improve the financial wellness of our people. We want to make sure you get your career off to a financially healthy start with our Student Loan Paydown benefit. PwC is the first in the industry to offer this type of benefit.

As a participating associate or senior associate, PwC’s SLP benefit will pay up $1,200 a year towards your student loan! Over time, this may help to reduce student loan principal and interest obligations by as much as $10,000, and shorten loan payoff by up to three years.

PwC believes you can be a great parent and caregiver and a great professional. Our programs, benefits and supportive culture are designed with that belief in mind.  

Parental Leave
Giving parents time to focus on the new member of their family is important at PwC. Eligible new parents receive, within the first year from birth or adoption/foster placement, 12 weeks of paid parental leave. An additional two weeks are available to new parents with more than one new child on the same date. An additional six weeks are available to staff with a child newly placed for adoption or born via surrogate.

Phased Return to Work
Parents have the option to work 60% of hours, at full-time pay, for an additional four weeks immediately following paid parental leave.

Paid Family Care Leave
Eligible staff receive four weeks of Paid Family Care Leave to care for certain family members with serious health conditions.

Family-building Support:
A number of programs and a comprehensive website are available for those building their families, returning to work after a baby or caring for loved ones. This includes an adoption and surrogacy reimbursement program, a fertility support program, parental leave as well as back-up child care centers and reimbursements.

Personal & Family Sick time
To assist employees in maintaining work-life quality, the firm’s policy provides an unprescribed number of sick days for all US full-time and part-time staff scheduled to work at least 1,000 hours a year. You normally will be paid full salary when absent for five or fewer consecutive days due to your illness, injury or a family member’s illness, injury, medical treatment, or need for preventive care.  Our policy allows paid time off to care for a sick child, parent, spouse, or same-sex domestic partner. 

Paid Family Caregiver Leave
Eligible staff can receive their regular pay during an approved leave for up to four weeks per 12-month rolling year. Leave can be to care for a family member with a serious health condition, care for a covered servicemember with a serious illness or injury, or for military leave due to a qualifying exigency.

Childcare and Eldercare Resources
Staff are provided access to a number of childcare, eldercare and academic resources through our program administered by Bright Horizons. Benefits include reimbursement for eligible in-home and in-center back-up care expenses, virtual tutoring, and a free membership to Sittercity for help locating childcare, eldercare, pet care, and more.

PwC believes you can be fully committed to your family while having a rewarding career. Explore the parenting and childcare programs we provide our professionals designed to take the stress out of returning to work.

Emergency backup childcare reimbursement program
The program is designed to assist staff in managing backup care needs so they don't have to miss time from work. Staff receive reimbursement for up to $1000 of backup care costs per year when their typical child care or elder care falls through. (Up to $2,000 during FY23.)

Nursing Parent Program
This program provides prenatal information and ongoing lactation support. Free breast pumps are available for those in PwC’s High, Middle and Low Deductible Plans (those not enrolled can get breast pumps through their health plan).

Mothers' rooms
Most large offices have set aside rooms for nursing moms to pump to help facilitate their transition back to work.

Full Circle program
This unpaid, voluntary arrangement is designed for high-performing PwC professionals who are separating from the Firm to devote themselves to full-time care giving. The program allows participants-for a period of up to five years-to stay connected with their PwC colleagues, by providing them with a "coach" while they are gone. It also allows them to take advantage of the numerous available Firm resources, such as certain training and events.

Dependent care flexible spending account
A Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account allows our staff to set aside pretax dollars to pay for dependent care for qualified family members. The account can be used for daycare, education or elder care.

Childcare discounts and back-up care
PwC has teamed with several national childcare organizations to provide discounts for childcare as well as back-up care resources when regular childcare is not available.

Family and individual sick days
Not only can our staff use sick days for their own illness, they can also use unlimited sick days to care for their sick child, parent our spouse/domestic partner.

Disability Caregivers Network (DCN)
A network for all PwC professionals seeking to promote an inclusive work environment for caregivers of individuals with special needs or disabilities. We provide resources for caregivers as well as create a culture of awareness by informing our people about the needs of individuals with disabilities.

Special Needs benefit
Whether a child has a diagnosed special need or simply needs additional support adjusting to a new school, making friends or coping with anxiety, the Special Needs benefit offers resources to help children be their best selves.

Nanny assistance
Staff can get personalized help with recruiting, vetting, and selecting a nanny with $300 savings on the placement fee and a 10% discount on the hourly rates through Bright Horizons.

We are committed to creating a working environment that enables long-term careers by making individual and team flexibility a key aspect of our culture. PwC has invested in firmwide initiatives such as Be Well, Work Well, which focuses on everyday flexibility and the well-being of our people. These initiatives support and advance our culture, while meeting changing business needs. We encourage our teams to connect and discuss what's important to them and create a team well-being plan.

PwC has integrated the concept of everyday flexibility through several programs, including:

Be well, work well
Through our increased focus on well-being, we are shifting the mindset of how we work. We will provide you with the skills and knowledge to prioritize your well-being with opportunities and resources for your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Explore healthy habits with PwC’s habit bank.

Teaming culture
A teaming culture in which multiple employees share responsibility for client service and deliverables enables our people to create work schedules that work best for themselves, the team and the client.

Work-life resource and referral
To help our employees balance personal and work commitments, PwC offers this confidential resource and referral service that can assist PwC employees and their immediate families with financial, educational, career, childcare, elder care, disability, and stress management including free articles and publications.

Year-round Flex Days
Employees can enjoy flex days at any time of the year for additional extended time off. Teams work together to figure out what works for them, taking into consideration client and business.

Basic Life Insurance
The firm provides you with $50,000 of Basic Life Insurance at no cost to you.

Supplemental Life Insurance
You are automatically enrolled for coverage in the amount of two times salary (up to $500,000). Additional life insurance coverage is available for you and your spouse/domestic partner and dependents.

Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
This insurance provides coverage for you, your spouse/domestic partner and dependents in case of accidental death or certain serious injuries.

Business Travel Accident Insurance
The firm provides additional insurance coverage in the event of death or injury while you are traveling on PwC business.

Auto & Home Insurance Program
Our Auto & Home Insurance program provides access to group auto and home insurance payable through easy and convenient payroll deductions.

Employee Mortgage Program
Vendors are available that can help with a new mortgage, refinancing an existing mortgage and other home equity products.

Identity Theft Protection
PwC covers the cost of basic identity theft protection for you with Identity Guard. Coverage includes monitoring of your Social Security number, registered credit cards and bank accounts, 3-bureau credit monitoring, a monthly credit score, and more. Additional coverage is available for you and your family at special PwC rates.

Legal Plan
The Group Legal Plan provides you and your family easy and low cost access to a national network of over 13,000 attorneys for a wide variety of personal legal services.

Pet Insurance
Discounted pet insurance is available through the ASPCA® Pet Health Insurance Program. You can choose from four protection levels for your pet and receive a 5% premium discount.

Through our increased focus on well-being, we are shifting the mindset of how we work. We will provide you with the skills and knowledge to prioritize your well-being with opportunities and resources for your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Explore healthy habits with PwC’s habit bank.

Ginger Emotional Health Coaching
The Ginger app provides 24/7 emotional health support at no cost. Live coaches can chat with you via the app anytime, anywhere.

Discounted Fitness Benefits
PwC offers several fitness benefit options -- ranging from free apps and discounted equipment to subscription fitness memberships featuring nationwide networks of in-person gyms and studios and virtual classes.

LiveWell Resources
This program offers a complete range of services on issues such as health and wellness, emotional well-being, financial problems, parenting and childcare, and resources for seniors.

Well-Being Rewards Program
This program brings a personalized, digital and motivational framework that helps create sustained engagement that ultimately may lead to improving your long-term well-being.

Smoking Cessation Program
This free program is available to you and your family members (over age 18). It includes telephonic counseling as well as prescription (with copay) and non- prescription drugs.

Commuter Benefits Program
The Commuter Benefits Program saves you money by enabling you to pay transit and parking expenses with pre-tax dollars via payroll deductions.

eMobility
Once you begin full time employment with PwC, we cover the monthly voice and data services of your smartphone to keep you connected while on the go. The best part - you never even see a phone bill!

Flexibility  
We are committed to creating a working environment that enables long-term careers by making individual and team flexibility a key aspect of our culture. We encourage our teams to connect and discuss what's important to them to help find a work-life balance for the team and firm responsibilities. Learn more about flexibility at PwC. 

International SOS program
This emergency medical, security, and medically-related travel aid service assists staff who are traveling internationally on firm business or who are living and working overseas.

Perks at work
Save on merchandise, travel, tickets and more while earning points for future purchases when you use this program.

Annual performance bonus
Our annual performance bonus provides an opportunity for eligible PwC employees to potentially share in the success of the firm—and increase their bonus amount based on their strong individual performance and contributions.

Our performance bonus plan is based on firm, segment, and individual performance. We provide periodic updates on business progress against goals and how that progress will likely affect the bonus pool. Via our internal platforms and communications, we provide our employees with predictability on individual bonus potential by level.

Base salary
Base salary is an important part of PwC’s Total Rewards package. Your base salary compensates you for the value you bring to the firm and for meeting our everyday high expectations. We offer base pay that is aligned with the external market and is internally equitable.

Transparency around compensation and earnings potential
We provide information around how compensation is determined, who we compare ourselves against in the market, and how we use reliable market-based salary data to help make compensation decisions. We discuss and provide details on what our employees’ earning potential can be over the course of a career at PwC.

Credential Bonus Award Program
PwC offers significant incentives to those who obtain their CPA and other primary credentials (CFA, CISA, CIA) early, as well as reimbursement and educational programs to help you achieve this goal.

Employee referral awards
Our success depends on imagination, motivation and the chance for each of us to grow our own way. Help us share the PwC experience with talented people you know in your personal and professional networks and you could receive a referral reward while supporting the firm.

Recognition program
Central to The New Equation is our commitment to continuously invest in you and your success, and we continue to offer a recognition program to amplify our culture of care. Through our integrated rewards platform, employees can accumulate points-based awards for a wide variety of redemption options and also give and receive non-monetary thank you awards.

My Milestone Rewards
As part of our My+ strategy, My Milestone Rewards will launch on July 1, 2024 to provide more frequent, flexible rewards at key tenure milestones. My Milestone Rewards will be available to US, Mexico and AC employees in those countries and offer personalized rewards options, including well-being or purpose-driven experiences, time away and cash.

My Milestone Rewards
A personalized experience that celebrates your time with the firm in ways that matter most to you.

CPA Review Course Program
Through this program, PwC pays Becker directly for Internet or live CPA review courses.

Credential Bonus Award Program
PwC offers significant incentives to those who obtain their CPA and other primary credentials (CFA, CISA, CIA) early, as well as reimbursement and educational programs to help you achieve this goal.

Educational support plan
This plan provides eligible US staff with educational support of up to $5,250 (non-taxable) per calendar year.

Educational Matching Gift Program
The firm matches gifts of staff members (a minimum of $50 per gift to an aggregate maximum of $10,000 in any fiscal year) for approved educational institutions.

Credential Bonus Award program
We offer significant incentives to those who obtain their CPA and other primary credentials early, as well as reimbursement and educational programs to help you achieve this goal.

For those taking and passing the exam related to your primary credential prior to starting or within your first year in Assurance or Tax at the firm, you may be eligible for a significant bonus, depending on the primary credential completed and your practice/line of service. Credential requirements vary depending on the type of work you perform.

Assurance professionals
The primary credential for Core Audit is the CPA; however, alternative primary credentials, such as the CISA, CIA, or CFA for staff in other Assurance practices are also supported.

Tax professionals
The primary credentials in Tax are the CPA and admission to the bar, combined with a license to practice law; however, relevant secondary credentials are approved for many of our specialty practices.

We are infinite learners!  Learning at PwC is something that happens every day, all around us, with numerous possibilities.  PwC will provide you with a personalized learning experience—using on-the-job training, real-time development, smart technology and data and analytics giving you customized access to formal and informal learning.

Digital Badge program

PwC has introduced a Digital Badge program that allows all team members, including interns, to earn digital credentials for mastery of in-demand tech skills, including digital acumen, data visualization, business analytics, and artificial intelligence.