In 2021, 27 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 2021
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"
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (November 10, 2021). Share of large firms offering retiree health benefits in the United States from 2000 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 12, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186152/retiree-health-benefit-plans-offered-by-us-firms/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Share of large firms offering retiree health benefits in the United States from 2000 to 2021." Chart. November 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186152/retiree-health-benefit-plans-offered-by-us-firms/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2021). Share of large firms offering retiree health benefits in the United States from 2000 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186152/retiree-health-benefit-plans-offered-by-us-firms/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Share of Large Firms Offering Retiree Health Benefits in The United States from 2000 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186152/retiree-health-benefit-plans-offered-by-us-firms/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Share of large firms offering retiree health benefits in the United States from 2000 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186152/retiree-health-benefit-plans-offered-by-us-firms/ (last visited August 12, 2022)
