20 companies that offer great fertility benefits
The fertility treatment coverage these employers provide is a godsend for anyone who wants to start a family and is struggling to get pregnant.
Being a parent is often described as the most rewarding life experience. Unfortunately, though, infertility impacts one-in-eight Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national survey of family growth.
To help, people often turn to costly fertility treatments, such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), in which an embryo is created in a lab and then transferred into the body. The cost of one IVF cycle can run an average of $23,474—but it usually takes more than one cycle to work, according to Fertility IQ, a fertility information and doctor evaluation website. Typically, by their estimates, total IVF treatment costs about the same as an average full year’s salary of $51,000.
While that price tag is sure to make anyone cry like a baby, you shouldn’t give up your dream of being a parent. Recently, Fertility IQ released its second-annual Family Builder Index, which ranked companies based on the accessibility and comprehensiveness of their IVF benefits.
More than 250 U.S. employers offer a fertility benefit this year—a 10% increase from 2016. The technology sector provides the most coverage overall, but you’ll also find consulting and accounting, banking and finance, fashion, and media companies providing great coverage, too. While companies including Bain, Boston Consulting Group, Chanel, Bank of America, Spotify, and Ropes and Gray tout their “unlimited” coverage, others, such as Unilever, News Corporation, Gates Foundation, and Facebook, don’t require any kind of pre-authorization, making their benefits super easy for any employee to access, especially lesbian, gay, and single workers.
Check out below which employers provide the most generous IVF coverage to see if a job at one of these companies would be a good fit for you—and your future family. And you’ll be happy to know that several of these are also considered the best companies for working moms and working dads!
Bain & Company
Headquarters: Boston
Coverage: Unlimited
Find all jobs at Bain on Monster.
The Boston Consulting Group
Headquarters: Boston
Coverage: Unlimited
Find all jobs at BCG on Monster.
Chanel
Headquarters: New York City
Coverage: Unlimited
Find all jobs at Chanel on Monster.
Bank of America
Headquarters: Charlotte, North Carolina
Coverage: Unlimited
Find all jobs at Bank of America on Monster.
Ropes and Gray
Headquarters: Boston
Coverage: Unlimited
Find all jobs at Ropes and Gray on Monster.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Headquarters: Seattle
Coverage: $100,000 (includes four cycles plus pre-implantation genetic screening)
Find all jobs at Gates Foundation on Monster.
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Coverage: $100,000 (includes four cycles plus PGS)
Find all jobs at Facebook on Monster.
Headquarters: San Francisco
Coverage: $100,000 (includes four cycles plus PGS)
Find all jobs at Pinterest on Monster.
Spotify
Headquarters: New York City
Coverage: Unlimited
Find all jobs at Spotify on Monster.
Pyramid Hotel Group
Headquarters: Boston
Coverage: Unlimited
Find all hotel jobs on Monster.
City of Baltimore
Headquarters: Baltimore
Coverage: $120,000 (includes six cycles)
Find all jobs at City of Baltimore on Monster.
Conair
Headquarters: East Windsor, New Jersey
Coverage: $100,000
Find all jobs at Conair on Monster.
Unilever
Headquarters: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Coverage: $75,000
Find all jobs at Unilever on Monster.
Johns Hopkins University
Headquarters: Baltimore
Coverage: $100,000
Find all jobs at Johns Hopkins on Monster.
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Coverage: $75,000 (includes three cycles plus PGS)
Find all jobs at LinkedIn on Monster.
University of Maryland
Headquarters: College Park, Maryland
Coverage: $100,000 (includes five cycles)
Find all jobs at University of Maryland on Monster.
News Corporation
Headquarters: New York City
Coverage: $75,000 (includes three cycles plus PGS)
Find all jobs at News Corp on Monster.
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Coverage: $75,000 (includes three cycles plus PGS)
Find all jobs at Google on Monster.
Salesforce
Headquarters: San Francisco
Coverage: $75,000 (includes three cycles plus PGS)
Find all jobs at Salesforce on Monster.