The average employer recovers about $640 per W-2 employee per year in FICA — automatically, from the first payroll, with no change to coverage or take-home pay.
A pre-tax §125 election lowers taxable wages, which lowers the employer's FICA. A §105 reimbursement then returns a matching, non-taxable amount — so employee take-home pay is unchanged, and the employer keeps the savings.
Cost-neutral — funded by the savings, not a new budget line.
Automatic — shows up as a per-pay-period line-item reduction.
Non-disruptive — no carrier, network, broker, or plan-design change.
Compliant — §105/§125 structure with audit-ready documentation.
That's the combined value of payroll-tax savings, insurance and workers'-comp offsets, and productivity gains. FICA recovery on its own runs up to about $639 per employee — and every dollar is validated against your payroll.
Before / after payroll evidence
Participation metrics
Period-over-period reporting
Yes. Fees and the added employee benefits are funded from the payroll-tax savings, so there's no new budget line.
No. The pre-tax election is offset by a non-taxable reimbursement, so take-home pay is unchanged.
A 401(k) defers income tax but not FICA. This §125/§105 structure reduces FICA and adds health benefits — with no change to take-home pay.
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