What’s the Current Average for Employee Benefits? $753 Premium, 78% Employer Paid

About this episode

The episode discusses employee benefits benchmarking and how to make competitive decisions based on data.

📧 Get weekly payroll bureau growth strategies (1,000+ leaders subscribed): → https://www.payrollinpodcast.com/ Are your employee benefits actually competitive… or just “good enough”? In this video, Matt Vaadi sits down with Matt Wilson from Scott Insurance to break down Milliman's benchmarking data across 20,000+ companies and show exactly how the guHRoo PEO plan designs stack up against national, regional, and small group benchmarks. What You’ll Learn • How your health insurance costs compare (PPO vs High Deductible plans) • Benchmarks for deductibles, co-insurance, and out-of-pocket maximums • What other employers are contributing (and what employees actually pay) • Key trends in dental, vision, and additional benefits • How to use benchmarking data to improve your benefits strategy • The real drivers behind rising healthcare costs If you are offering benefits just to stay compliant, you may be missing an opportunity. This webinar gives you the data to validate your approach and make confident decisions going into open enrollment. ⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 — Why benchmarking data matters before your next renewal 01:41 — How to read the benchmark data (national vs. regional vs. small…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Vaadi

Guest: Matt Wilson

Topics covered

• employee benefits
• health insurance
• benchmarking data
• deductibles
• co-insurance
• healthcare costs

Keywords

• employee benefits
• health insurance costs
• benchmarking
• deductibles
• co-insurance
• healthcare trends
• PPO plans
• high-deductible plans

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scott Insurance, Milliman, guHRoo PEO

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