MIT Benefits

MIT offers eligible J-PAL North America employees a full range of benefits and resources designed to keep you healthy, ensure you achieve a fulfilling work-life balance, help build your long-term financial security, and much more. 

These benefits include the following categories of benefits:

Health and Welfare Benefits, such as subsidized health, dental and vision insurance, health care flexible spending accounts, mental health services and paid sick leave.

Life, Disability and Workers Compensation Insurance plus the option to purchase additional life insurance. 

Tuition and Education Benefits, including employee tuition reimbursement, financial support for dependent children attending MIT and loans to help offset the financial burden of paying for college for dependent children. 

Retirement Benefits, including a 401k plan with a 5% match and an MIT funded pension plan.

Paid Leave Benefits, including Institute holidays, paid vacation leave, sick leave, family leave, disability leave, bereavement leave and time off for jury duty.

Additional Benefits & Perks, including optional identity theft protection services, legal insurance, pet insurance, long-term care insurance, home and auto insurance discounts, and other discounts.

MIT's benefits plans are immediately available to all employees who are paid by MIT, who work 50% or more of the normal full-time work schedule and who have an eligible appointment. Use these charts  to confirm eligibility and enrollment requirements for specific plans.

General information on MIT benefits can be found here. 

If you have questions about MIT benefits, please reach out to Isaak Kifle or Liz Zuckerberg.  You can also contact the benefits office by emailing benefits@mit.edu.