Benefits Benchmarking Survey

United StatesEdition: 2026Quote

Benchmarking employer-provided employee non-cash benefits is the focus of the 2026 Benefits Benchmarking Survey. The report emphasizes health care benefits, with additional sections on paid time off, retirement, life and disability insurance, and executive perks.

Respondent-based benefits benchmarking (medical, dental, retirement, PTO, executive perks) — 19th annual edition (2026); 69 respondents covering 564,433+ employees, 92 medical and 88 dental plans

Base salaryShort-term incentivesBenefits

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Survey cycle

Annual

Plan your purchase against this publisher’s schedule.

1Participation opens
October
When employers can submit data
2Effective date
March 31
Data is reported “as of” this date
3Results published
July
When subscribers receive the dataset

Data collection runs October through March; effective date is March 31; published in July of the same survey year.