Compensation and Employer Health Benefits as a Share of GDP, 1960-2006
Although total compensation – wages plus benefits – has remained fairly stable as a share of our nation's economy since 1960, health benefit costs paid by employers has risen from 0.6 percent of GDP in 1960 to 4.1 percent in 2006.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Accounts, 1960-2006, Tables 1.1.5, 2.1, 6.11B, 6.11C, & 6.11D, 2008.

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