Employer Share of Health Benefit Costs Could Top $10,000 per Employee by Decades End

Employment Policy Foundation 1015 Fifteenth Street, NW Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 789-8685 Fax: (202) 789-8684 E-mail: info@epf.org HR Benchmarks Employer Share of Health Benefit Costs Could Top $10,000 per Employee by Decades End Introduction Since 2000, the cost of health insurance the largest cost factor in most employee benefit packages has been escalating rapidly. This HR Benchmarks provides a wide range of national healthcare cost comparisons by industry and union status. If the employer cost of health benefits continues to grow at the rate shown by the Employment Cost Index (ECI) for . . .