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Built from Department of Labor
Form 5500 public disclosure

2026 Edition

How much should you charge for employee benefit plan audits?

A comprehensive market pricing analysis of employee benefit plan audit fees, derived from every Form 5500 Schedule H filing in which the accountant disclosed a fee. Benchmarks by region, participant band and plan type, with a fitted pricing rule you can apply to any engagement.

76,444Audit engagements analysed
13,249Disclosed fees benchmarked
9Regional markets
0.97Model fit across regions (R²)

Inside the report

  1. How to price an employee benefit plan audit in your region
  2. Single employer and multiemployer audit services compared
  3. Pricing by region
  4. Deep dive: pricing by region

How to Price Your EBP Audit

2026 Comprehensive Market Analysis

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Source: United States Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Form 5500 public disclosure datasets. Schedule H accountant of record joined to participant counts from the principal Form 5500 record.