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.
+$8,429Average revenue uplift for underpriced engagements
76,444Audit engagements analyzed
13,249Disclosed fees benchmarked
9Regional markets
0.97Model fit across regions (R²)
Inside the 2026 report
- How to price an employee benefit plan audit in your region
- Single employer and multiemployer audit services compared
- Pricing by region
- Deep dive: pricing by region
How to price EBP audit services
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.