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Benefits broker · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500 Schedule A

Woodruff Sawyer

San Francisco, CA

Filed under 13 names, including Woodruff-Sawyer & Co; Woodruff-Sawyer & Company; Woodruff-Sawyer Oregon Inc; Woodruff Sawyer & Co; Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.; Woodruff-Sawyer Oregon, Inc.; and others. BenefitsLedger groups a firm's offices together.

Woodruff Sawyer collected $16M in commissions and fees from 160 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, ranking #39 among 12,126 brokers named in the public record. Most of its named clients are in California.

Commissions + fees
$16M
$13M commissions · $2.7M fees
Employer plans
160
702 contracts
Rank
#39
top 1% of 12,126 brokers
Median rate
n/a
fewer than 10 insured medical plans

Largest clients

Employers whose filings reported the most compensation to this broker.

EmployerPaid to brokerParticipants
Hitachi America, LTD · California$2,311,69314,088
Databricks, Inc. · California$838,9044,110
Ariat International, Inc. · California$638,465845
Natera, Inc. · Texas$614,2743,587
James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. · California$583,4574,594
Sutter East Bay Medical Group · California$403,266301
Carlton Senior Living, LLC · California$312,196985
Cooper Machinery Services · Texas$278,750552
San Francisco Baseball Associates LLC · California$277,843418
Novares Amec · Wisconsin$275,227550
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · California$252,637233
Redwood Trust, Inc. · California$247,463353
Calix, Inc. · California$237,8931,072
Hi-Temp Insulation, Inc. · California$231,146502
Adicet Therapeutics, Inc. · California$219,113143
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Central California · California$206,097432
Photon Infotech, Inc. · Texas$205,557505
Skywalker Holdings, LLC · California$203,839138
Nisum Technologies · California$200,373189
Spring Fertility Management, LLC · California$199,110319
Lifemoves · California$193,404370
Novares US LLC · Michigan$187,358372
Golden State Dermatology Management, LLC · California$173,796322
Netgear, Inc. · California$172,613240
Syserco, Inc. · California$159,635183

Source: DOL Form 5500 Schedule A Part I, plan year 2024, grouped by broker name as filed. Dataset built October 24, 2026.

Where its clients are

Employer plans naming this broker, by employer state.

81 plans
32 plans
12 plans
5 plans
4 plans
3 plans
3 plans
3 plans

How much does Woodruff Sawyer earn from employer health plans?

In plan year 2024 filings, employers reported paying Woodruff Sawyer $15,803,694: $13,080,957 in commissions and $2,722,737 in fees, across 702 insurance contracts at 160 employers. That ranks #39 of 12,126 brokers in the public record.

What commission rate is paid on plans Woodruff Sawyer brokers?

Not enough fully insured medical plans name Woodruff Sawyer as the sole broker to compute a stable rate. The national median is 3.8% of premium.

Which employers use Woodruff Sawyer?

The largest reported payers in 2024 were Hitachi America, LTD, Databricks, Inc., Ariat International, Inc.. California is its biggest state by employer count (81 plans).

Amounts are what employers reported on their own filings. They do not include compensation from carriers that is not tied to a specific contract, and names are grouped exactly as filed, so related entities can appear separately. How this record is built.

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