Employer contributions to health insurance premiums are consuming a rising share of employee compensation, especially for the bottom 90 percent: Employer contributions to employer-sponsored insurance premiums as a share of total employee compensation, all employees and bottom 90 percent, 1960–2016
| All employees | Bottom 90% | |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1.1258% | |
| 1961 | 1.2211% | |
| 1962 | 1.2613% | |
| 1963 | 1.3098% | |
| 1964 | 1.3797% | |
| 1965 | 1.4521% | |
| 1966 | 1.6656% | |
| 1967 | 1.7809% | |
| 1968 | 1.9921% | |
| 1969 | 2.1160% | |
| 1970 | 2.3516% | |
| 1971 | 2.4438% | |
| 1972 | 2.6172% | |
| 1973 | 2.9322% | |
| 1974 | 3.0102% | |
| 1975 | 3.3046% | |
| 1976 | 3.6716% | |
| 1977 | 3.9350% | |
| 1978 | 4.1657% | |
| 1979 | 4.2874% | 4.4956% |
| 1980 | 4.4949% | 4.7128% |
| 1981 | 4.9070% | 5.1757% |
| 1982 | 5.2837% | 5.6367% |
| 1983 | 5.5062% | 5.8389% |
| 1984 | 5.4879% | 5.8704% |
| 1985 | 5.5918% | 5.9723% |
| 1986 | 5.6765% | 6.0767% |
| 1987 | 5.6829% | 6.0115% |
| 1988 | 5.8558% | 6.1358% |
| 1989 | 6.0912% | 6.4337% |
| 1990 | 6.3348% | 6.6571% |
| 1991 | 6.6952% | 7.0387% |
| 1992 | 6.9704% | 7.2655% |
| 1993 | 7.2228% | 7.5817% |
| 1994 | 7.2768% | 7.6092% |
| 1995 | 6.9270% | 7.3356% |
| 1996 | 6.7033% | 7.1421% |
| 1997 | 6.4355% | 6.8426% |
| 1998 | 6.4595% | 6.8850% |
| 1999 | 6.6156% | 7.0158% |
| 2000 | 6.7865% | 7.2485% |
| 2001 | 7.0931% | 7.5718% |
| 2002 | 7.4426% | 7.9656% |
| 2003 | 7.8821% | 8.4330% |
| 2004 | 7.9970% | 8.5740% |
| 2005 | 8.1813% | 8.7971% |
| 2006 | 7.9388% | 8.5540% |
| 2007 | 7.8621% | 8.4417% |
| 2008 | 7.9802% | 8.5957% |
| 2009 | 8.3982% | 9.0379% |
| 2010 | 8.3506% | 8.9437% |
| 2011 | 8.3677% | 9.0088% |
| 2012 | 8.2276% | 8.9760% |
| 2013 | 8.3044% | 9.0010% |
| 2014 | 8.1925% | 8.9205% |
| 2015 | 8.1646% | 8.8901% |
| 2016 | 8.1654% | 8.8909% |
Sources: Data on total compensation and total employer contributions to employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) premiums come from BEA 2018, NIPA Table 7.8. Data for bottom 90 percent are constructed using shares of total compensation and employer ESI contributions from Congressional Budget Office 2018b.