Soaring health insurance costs are quietly preventing wages from rising higher, while workers also shoulder a larger share of premiums, economist says

If employer contributions had instead grown at 3%, which was the pace a few years ago, wage growth would be about 0.2-0.3 percentage points faster today.

https://fortune.com/2026/11/01/health-insurance-costs-wage-gains-premiums-obamacare-aca-plans-open-enrollment/