Health insurer payroll
Amount
$42.1B
per year
Per resident, per year
$123
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$319
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
451,820 employees × $93,210
Part of: Net cost of health insurance ($306.0B)
Problems this cost relates to
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026)