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Health Insurance Cost
Per-employee health insurance cost
How it’s computed
total_health_cost / enrolled
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
What this metric can show you
Health Insurance Cost can tell roughly 22 pre-built stories — each a designed scene the data either confirms or it doesn’t. Bring your numbers and the Story Finder runs every one of these shapes against them.
specific to compensation & benefits
A real gradient — now ask if it's pointed at value
compensation · T1
Below the market, across the board
compensation · T1
One group sits apart on a decision that should be neutral
fairness-equity · T1
Pay is drifting from plan
compensation · T1
universal shapes — any single metric can take these
A few large values are doing the talking
any focus · T1
A one-time event, not a trend
any focus · T1
It doesn't track — the premise is false
any focus · T1
It's concentrated — one group stands apart
any focus · T1
Scenes are pre-built; your data is the toggle. Browse the full deck or watch one play end-to-end in The Quiet Exodus.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“Because this category of employee benefits is the major component of the total employee benefits program, understanding and forecasting these costs accurately is vital. After all, on average, the cost of a total employee benefit program is about 30% of the total compensation…”
— Compensation Benefit Designmatch 55%
“This will provide an overall total benefits cost target. Historical data collection on the breakdown of each benefit line item should be undertaken. Here is a comprehensive list of all the benefit components: • Legally required benefits mandated by various laws • Medical…”
— Compensation Benefit Designmatch 51%
“The contributing factor is that over the past four years unemployment has been in the range of 8% to 10%. This is a good and a bad piece of information. Because the number of covered employees has been going down, the total cost of medical coverage has been (most probably)…”
— Compensation Benefit Designmatch 50%
Resources: Compensation Benefit Design