This is the 26th annual Employer Health Benefits Survey. As in years past, the survey examines trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing provisions, offer rates, wellness programs, and employer practices. This year we asked employers detailed questions about their provider networks, abortion coverage, family building benefits, coverage for GLP-1 agonists as well as programs for lower-wage workers. The 2024 survey includes 2,142 interviews with non-federal public and private firms.
Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage reached $25,572 this year, 7% higher. On average, workers contributed $6,296 toward the cost of family coverage. The average deductible among covered workers in a plan with a general annual deductible is $1,787 for single coverage.
Survey results are released in several formats, including a full report with downloadable tables on a variety of topics, a summary of findings, and an article published in the journal Health Affairs.
NEWS RELEASE
- A news release announcing the publication of the Employer Health Benefits Survey is available.
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
- The Summary of Findings provides an overview of the survey results and is available under the Summary of Findings tab.
FULL REPORT
- The complete Employer Health Benefits Survey report includes over 200 exhibits and is available under the Report tab. The “Report” tab contains 13 separate sections. Users can view each section separately or download the section exhibits from the right side of the respective section page.
HEALTH AFFAIRS
INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC
CHARTPACK
- Key slides from the 2024 Employer Health Benefits Survey are here.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
- Standard errors for selected estimates are available in the Technical Supplement.
- Employer Health Benefits Surveys from 1998–2023 are available here. Please note that historic survey reports have not been revised with methodological changes.
- Researchers may request a public use dataset by completing a data use agreement (available here).
- For questions about the Employer Health Benefits Survey, please visit Contact Us and choose “TOPIC: Health Costs.”
