Health insurance premiums take up 10.69 percent of the average American’s annual salary, the highest living expense after rent and childcare.

June 28, 2022 – Health insurance premiums absorb a high share of the average American’s annual income and must compete with other essential expenses to be a priority in consumers’ minds, a study from NiceRx found.
The researchers leveraged data from Value Penguin, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Patriot Software, and World Population Review in order to juxtapose consumers’ costs with their health insurance premiums.