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Benefits benchmarks.
See where you stand.

What Sdine sees across the companies we run benefits for — typical spend, savings, and PEO fees by team size. Use it to sanity-check your own numbers, then get a custom estimate for your workforce.

From Sdine's own bookBy team size & stageFree custom estimate
25%
Illustrative healthcare savings
$4K
Saved per employee, per year
4–6%
Renewal reduction on the ask
8–12%
Cut from pharmacy spend
70%+
Reduction in HR benefits tickets
$150–200
Per-employee/mo PEO fees removed
Savings by team size

The bigger the team, the bigger the win.

Typical annual benefits spend, what Sdine saves, and the PEO admin fees that disappear — modeled at ~25% average reduction.

Illustrative figures based on ~25% average reduction. Actual savings depend on your current plans and geography. These are Sdine's own figures from the companies we run benefits for — not a third-party survey.

By stage

What good looks like, wherever you are.

Early / startup

Right-sized plans from your first hire, benchmarked against your peer cohort.

~15%
day-one plan right-sizing
Mid-market · 30–200

Off the PEO and onto your own optimized plans, with claims-data leverage each renewal.

25%
average cost reduction
Enterprise · 200+

Multi-state, multi-entity programs with renewals negotiated on your own data.

4–6%
renewal reduction on the ask
Most of these savings start with a PEO exit.
See the signals, the switch path, and the FAQ in the PEO exit guide.
PEO exit guide
Hired someone
Changed work locations
Requested time off
Got a raise
Lost their computer
Approved PTO
Got promoted
New hire onboarding
Needs a new app
Had a baby
Changed phone numbers
Fixed a paycheck error
Added a dependent
Updated withholding

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