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For one, UK employers would pay an additional £10k in Employers National Insurance on an £80k salary. https://listentotaxman.com/?year=2021&taxregion=uk&age=0&t
by mostlystatic 5y ago
For one, UK employers would pay an additional £10k in Employers National Insurance on an £80k salary. https://listentotaxman.com/?year=2021&taxregion=uk&age=0&time=1&ingr=80000 https://listentotaxman.com/?year=2021&taxregion=uk&age=0&tim...
(Partially answering your "why", not commenting on whether the original statement is true.)
- arethuza 5y agoFor the US "the average health insurance cost for employers was $16,253 annually" https://www.peoplekeep.com/blog/cost-of-employer-sponsored-health-insurance https://www.peoplekeep.com/blog/cost-of-employer-sponsored-h... Now some employers in the UK add private health care as a benefit of course.
- ajb 5y agoCompany private health plans in the UK don't cost anything like those in the US, though: They don't need top cover everything because the NHS will pick up things they don't.
- iso1631 5y ago> Now some employers in the UK add private health care as a benefit of course. https://job-prices.co.uk/private-health-insurance-cost/ https://job-prices.co.uk/private-health-insurance-cost/ Average is £74 a month, or $1200 a year.