Employers paid 67 percent of premiums for family medical care coverage in 2020

Employers paid 67 percent of premiums for family medical care coverage in March 2020. Civilian workers participating in these plans paid the remaining 33 percent. Employers paid 59 percent of premiums for workers with the lowest 25 percent of wages and 71 percent of premiums for workers with the highest 25 percent of wages.

For single coverage plans, employers paid 80 percent of medical premiums, and employees paid 20 percent. Employers paid 77 percent of premiums for workers with the lowest 25 percent of wages and 81 percent of premiums for those with the highest 25 percent of wages.

These data are from the National Compensation Survey — Benefits program. For more estimates on medical premiums, see “Employee Benefits in the United States — March 2020” and Medical care premiums in the United States.