U.S. firms offering retiree health benefits 2023

In 2023, 21 percent of firms with 200 or more employees offered retiree health benefits in the United States. While this figure is consistent with the values seen over the 2010s, overall the share of employees offered retiree health benefits has fallen since 2000 - for each year from 2000 to 2007, the share was above 30 percent.

Share of large firms offering retiree health benefits in the United States from 2000 to 2023

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

Number of respondents

2,133 respondents

Special properties

Business owners and human resource/benefits managers at randomly selected non-federal public and private employers with three or more workers

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

* The source adds the following information: "Estimate is statistically different from estimate for the previous year shown (p<0.05). In 2019, this question was reworded"

Large firms have 200 or more employees.

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