THE EDUCATION TRUST

EIN 52-1982223 · DC · Education — K-12

Compensation disclosed4 brokers of record, 2021–2025As reported on Form 5500 (Schedules A and C), U.S. Department of Labor.

Employer-paid broker pay2025 · analysis: $116,1682024: $8,9352023: $10,2252022: $32,7652021: $25,138

Benchmarked against: Education — K-12 · 101–500 employees · same industry, regional · n=113 employers (your plan plus 112 peers)

Your exact in-state peer group was below the 10-plan minimum, so the comparison broadens to same industry, regional within Education — K-12.

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(latest)

Self-fundedSelf-funded (incl. mixed, stop-loss and level-funded).

Funding

$116,168

Broker pay, employer-paid lines (2025)

$70.15

96th pct vs peers · n=113

Lines disclosed: Dental · Vision · Life · Long-term disability

Broker pay as a share of insured premium: 6.7% (peer median 9.4%, 38th percentile).

Without the 3 low-disclosure peers, this plan is at the 95th percentile of 110 comparable plans (your plan plus 109 peers).

Per-participant and share-of-premium comparisons differ because your plan insures a different mix of lines than most peers. The line-by-line rates below are the most direct comparison.

Employer-paid $116,168 benchmarked for 2025 · Voluntary $564 shown separately, compared by rate only

Broker commission rate by benefit line

What the broker earns on each insured line, as a share of that line's own premium — not a share of total broker pay, and not what the coverage cost. Peers for these tiles: same region, similar covered lives. Full table below. How the national rates are built.

Medical

6.5%

Peer median 4.4%

Above peer range

Dental

2.9%

Peer median 10.0%

Below peer range

Vision

9.2%

Peer median 10.0%

Within peer range

Voluntary / worksite

5.5%

Peer median 19.0%

No commission on this contract

Voluntary / worksite premium is typically paid by employees through payroll deduction, so commission on those lines comes out of employee money rather than company money.

Life is filed only inside a bundled multi-line contract, so there is no single-line rate to compare. The bundle's effective rate is in the table below.

Where the $116,732 across all lines goes

Each broker and each benefit line, in dollars

How much broker pay rides inside the premium

Base commission against bonuses and other carrier payments, all funded through premium

Whether this number is drifting

Compensation across every filed year, against the peer median

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Benefits covered (latest filing)

HealthDentalLife insuranceShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityUnemploymentApprenticeship / training

From the Form 5500 welfare benefit codes — the authoritative list of what the plan covers, including medical (health).

Broker history

Benefit lines covered by year — broker identity limited on public pages

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Commission rates by benefit line

Each insured contract on the filing, with the broker's commission as a share of that contract's own premium. Premium is what was paid to the carrier for the coverage; only the commission column is broker pay.

Benefit line	Contract	Rate	vs. peers	Position
Medicalfiled as “Health, Prescription drug”	Carefirst Blue Choice, Inc.	6.5%	med 4.4%	Above peer range
Dental	United Concordia Insurance Company	2.9%	med 10.0%	Below peer range
Vision	Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company	9.2%	med 10.0%	Within peer range
Voluntary / worksitefiled as “Other (PREPAID LEGAL)”	Legal Resources	5.5%	med 19.0%	No commission on this contract

Bundled and other contracts — no single-line peer comparison

A bundled contract covers two or more lines on one premium (for example Health + Dental). Its effective rate is the commission on the whole premium; it is shown for completeness and never compared with single-line peers, because the mix of lines inside the bundle sets the rate as much as the broker does.

Covers	Contract	Effective rate	vs. peers
Life + Long-term disability	Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaPlan 505	17.1%	Bundled; no single-line peer

How the peer group for each line was built

Medical: n=1,585 contracts, Southeast, 101-500 covered lives
Dental: n=1,114 contracts, Southeast, 101-500 covered lives
Vision: n=1,265 contracts, Southeast, 101-500 covered lives
Voluntary / worksite: n=1,823 contracts, Southeast, 1-100 covered lives

n = the number of peer contracts in that comparison group.

Everything in this table is from the 2025 filing. These 5 contracts are a subset of the broker compensation disclosed for that year. The remainder sits on contracts with no premium reported or on Schedule C service-provider fees, which carry no contract rate.

Who funds this. Voluntary / worksite premium is typically paid by employees through payroll deduction, so commission on those lines comes out of employee money rather than company money.

Peer comparison here is contract-level: each line is matched to single-line contracts covering a similar number of lives. The geography and size band come from that cell's generated scope label. That is a different group from the plan-level peer set, which compares employers on total broker cost per employee, so the two sample sizes are not expected to agree. The national table on the research page includes every single-line contract on that benefit line. Company pages use the tightest cell with at least 10 contracts — region and size when those exist, otherwise national. The two medians answer different questions, so they are not expected to match. Contracts under $10,000 in premium are listed for completeness, with no rate or peer position. A near-zero rate on a large premium usually means the broker is paid elsewhere (through a bundled contract, a Schedule C fee, or commission on other lines), so no market position is shown for that contract.

Plans on file

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PN 505THE EDUCATION TRUST HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN138 participants (2025)

HealthDentalLife insuranceShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityUnemploymentApprenticeship / trainingSelf-fundedSelf-funded (incl. mixed, stop-loss and level-funded).

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PN 501THE EDUCATION TRUST, INC. AMHIC PLAN125 participants (2022)

HealthDentalLife insuranceShort-term disabilityUnemploymentSelf-fundedSelf-funded (incl. mixed, stop-loss and level-funded). · 2 years on file

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PN 503THE EDUCATION TRUST, INC. LIFE AND STD INSURANCE PLAN0 participants (2024)

DentalLong-term disabilitySeveranceFully insured · 4 years on file

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Covers = benefits reported on the Form 5500 (welfare benefit codes). Contracts = insured lines itemized on Schedule A; a self-funded medical line never appears there.

At a glance

Primary brokerLimited on public pages

Years on file5

Lead broker continuityFiled brokername changed

Broker setup2 brokers in 20254 across all years

Most

Peer benchmarkEducation — K-12n=113 · regional peers

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How do similar employers compare?

Employers in the same peer group (Education — K-12, similar size), from public Form 5500 filings. Open one to see what it pays its broker.

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Sourced from Form 5500 filings as submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor. Most recent plan year on file: 2025. Dataset refreshed October 7, 2026. Plan years are labeled by the year they begin, so a July 2024 – June 2025 plan year is 2024. Filings may lag 12–18 months behind the current plan year.

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