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Benefits

Dakota State University offers a wide range of benefits, competitive with not only the top employers in the region but other educational institutions across the nation. Explore our medical, dental, and flexible benefits, retirement plans, compensation packages, 11 paid holidays, and generous vacation and sick leave. Because we’re passionate about education, we have access to a breadth of internal and state-sponsored training programs and reduced tuition for state-supported courses at all South Dakota academic institutions. 

Health benefits

The State of South Dakota currently provides Dakota State University employees with a choice of four health insurance plan options - two high deductible plans and two low deductible plans.

More information can be found at the Bureau of Human Resources’ Benefit Page. Contribution rates can be found here. Open enrollment is usually in May each year. New employees have 30 days from the start date to enroll in benefits. 

Flexible benefits

Dakota State University offers several flexible benefits that eligible employees may elect. This allows employees to build a benefits package that is relevant to their needs.

DENTAL

VISION

FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS

AFLAC

Critical Illness

SHORT-TERM DISABILITY

LIFE INSURANCE

HOSPITAL INDEMNITY PLAN

ACCIDENT INSURANCE PLAN

Medical FSA and Dependent Care FSA

Retirement plan

The South Dakota Retirement System (SDRS) is a cost-sharing, multiple employer, public employee retirement system. SDRS provides retirement, disability and survivor benefits for employees of the state of South Dakota and its political subdivisions. SDRS is a qualified defined benefit retirement plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from Federal income taxes. Plan your retirement with the SDRS Benefit Calculator.

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