Dental Benefits

New Jersey Dental Benefits Benchmarks

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Dental benchmarks

Employee Benefits in New Jersey

Updated November 2026

Dental plans typically feature predictable costs and high employee participation rates, making them a staple of most benefit packages.

Our database includes 726 employers in New Jersey offering 800 verified benefit plans. DPPO plans are the most common (86% of employers), followed by DMO (14%). Fully-Insured funding is the predominant model, used by 81% of state employers. Most employers offer one plan to employees (47%).

Dental benchmarks cover preventive care coverage, basic and major service cost-sharing, and annual maximums.

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New Jersey plan design & cost benchmarks

In-Network Cost Sharing: sample layout
In-Network Benefits
LimitedBalancedRobust
Your Plan
Individual Deductible
$34
$43
$73
$4352Bal
Family Deductible
$87
$134
$194
$13452Bal
Annual Maximum
$1,293
$1,694
$2,310
$1,69452Bal
Ortho Lifetime Maximum
$1,010
$1,446
$1,843
$1,44652Bal
Preventive Coverage
81%
90%
97%
90%52Bal
Basic Coverage
70%
74%
79%
74%52Bal
Major Coverage
52%
56%
59%
56%52Bal

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Real plan-design and cost benchmarks for new jersey, with percentile rankings and exportable data.

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In-Network Cost Sharing

Deductibles, copays, coinsurance & out-of-pocket maximums

Employee Contributions

Monthly employee premium contributions by tier

Gross Premium Rates

Total monthly premium costs by coverage tier

Plus full benchmarks for Life, Voluntary Life, Short- & Long-Term Disability, and Stop-Loss.

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Plan Type Mix

% of employers offering each

VERIFIED
DPPO86%
DMO14%

Plan Funding

% of employers by funding

VERIFIED
Fully-Insured81%
Self-Insured16%
Level-Funded3%

Plans Offered

% of employers by plan count

VERIFIED
One Plan47%
Two Plans43%
Three or More Plans10%

New Jersey Benefits Landscape

Regional trends and benchmarking considerations

New Jersey employers face high healthcare costs similar to neighboring New York, but with somewhat more flexibility in plan design. Our benchmarking data shows New Jersey employers offering competitive benefits to attract talent, driving above-average contribution strategies across industries.

Key Highlights

High Premium Environment

New Jersey premium rates rank among the highest in our national database, second only to New York in many categories.

Pharmaceutical Industry

New Jersey's concentration of pharmaceutical companies influences benefits expectations, with pharma typically offering richer plans.

Benchmarking Considerations

New Jersey employers compete for talent regionally. The pharmaceutical and financial services sectors typically show richer plans than other industries in our data.

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