UK reward metrics · Health & Protection

Is dental cover employer-paid or employee-funded/voluntary?

Source lumi HRBase 59 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

59.3%Employer-paid

59.3% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “Employer-paid” on dental cover funding basis (base: 59 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

Voluntary (employee-funded) 40.7% Employer-paid 59.3%
Dental cover funding basis (base: 59 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Dental cover funding basis: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Voluntary (employee-funded)alternative40.7%
Employer-paidcommon59.3%

Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.

Definition

Whether dental cover is offered and, if so, whether the employer pays for it or employees fund it voluntarily. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.

Cite this figure
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/dental-cover-funding-basis
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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