If you qualify for a Special Enrollment Period, you can get dental coverage with your new health plan. Note: You canât buy a dental plan from the Marketplace unless youâre enrolling in a Marketplace health plan at the same time. Note: Under the health care law, most people must have health coverage or pay a fee. Dental coverage is optional, even for children. So you don't need it to avoid the penalty. In the Health Insurance Marketplace, you can get dental coverage 2 ways: as part of a health plan, or by itself through a separate, stand-alone dental plan.
Typical benefits for a $50,000 salaried employee include life insurance, which cost $150, and health coverage, which cost $2,000 to $3,000 for single persons and $6,000 to $7,200 for families, says Joseph Hadzima, Jr., a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management.
Cost Breakdown. According to BLS, wages and salaries average $20.91 per hour worked, while employer paid benefits average $9.15 per hour. Interestingly, private businesses, like yours, pay less, averaging $28.10 per hour for wages and benefits. However, state and local government employee costs average $40.54 per hour.verage per hour employee cost is $30.07 in the US. hierarchy or promotion image by seema1 from Fotolia.com. Employers pay a substantial amount more than salaries for their employees. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the average employee compensation averaged $30.07 per hour for March 2011.