Table I.G.2: Employee contribution distributions (in dollars) for employees enrolled in single, employee-plus-one, and family coverage at the 10th, 25th, 50th(median), 75th and 90th percentiles at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size: United States, 2006

Table I.G.2(2006) Employee contribution distributions (in dollars) for employees enrolled in single, employee-plus-one, and family coverage at the 10th, 25th, 50th(median), 75th and 90th percentiles at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size: United States, 2006

	Total	Less than 10 employees		10-24 Employees		25-99 employees		100-999 employees	1000 or more employees	Less than 50 employees	50 or more employees

Single coverage
Average (mean)	788	595		669		797		833	815	705	812
10th percentile	0	0		0		0		0	110	0	0
25th percentile	140	0		0		0		160	350	0	290
50th percentile (median)	650	0		47	*	550		660	730	0	700
75th percentile	1,100	740		1,100		1,200		1,200	1,100	1,100	1,100
90th percentile	1,700	2,100		1,900		2,000		1,900	1,500	2,000	1,700

Employee-plus-one coverage
Average (mean)	1,903	1,869		2,160		2,419		2,138	1,736	2,168	1,857
10th percentile	0	0		0		0		0	280	0	140	*
25th percentile	720	0		0		850		870	780	0	790
50th percentile (median)	1,600	160	*	1,600		2,100		1,800	1,600	1,700	1,600
75th percentile	2,500	3,200		3,600		3,600		3,000	2,300	3,500	2,400
90th percentile	3,800	5,200		5,300		4,900		4,500	3,200	5,000	3,600

Family coverage
Average (mean)	2,890	2,597		3,137		3,545		3,346	2,617	3,101	2,848
10th percentile	0	0		0		0		0	460	0	250
25th percentile	1,100	0		0		720	*	1,300	1,300	0	1,300
50th percentile (median)	2,400	0		2,400		3,000		2,800	2,300	2,300	2,400
75th percentile	3,900	4,200		5,400		5,600		4,500	3,400	5,100	3,700
90th percentile	6,000	7,800		7,700		7,900		7,200	4,800	7,700	5,500

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
Dollar amounts have been rounded for confidentiality reasons.

Table I.G.2(2006) Standard error for employee contribution distributions (in dollars) for employees enrolled in single, employee-plus-one, and family coverage at the 10th, 25th, 50th(median), 75th and 90th percentiles at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size: United States, 2006

	Total	Less than 10 employees		10-24 Employees		25-99 employees		100-999 employees	1000 or more employees	Less than 50 employees	50 or more employees

Single coverage
Average (mean)	16.23	40.89		36.48		29.40		55.72	15.30	25.73	18.53
10th percentile	0.00	0.00		0.00		0.00		6.32	15.75	0.00	2.64
25th percentile	26.36	0.00		0.00		0.00		37.56	16.76	0.00	16.35
50th percentile (median)	10.66	0.00		92.50	*	26.29		49.15	16.51	64.06	15.88
75th percentile	17.93	106.87		91.03		49.57		152.14	15.58	44.59	19.40
90th percentile	52.31	167.59		76.32		87.22		100.37	23.87	60.78	62.56

Employee-plus-one coverage
Average (mean)	24.03	131.23		144.56		95.78		77.59	28.05	66.07	29.96
10th percentile	11.46	0.00		0.00		0.00		47.19	45.56	0.00	46.87	*
25th percentile	27.57	0.00		79.51		143.72		76.87	23.83	37.95	28.26
50th percentile (median)	23.68	327.13	*	259.27		98.30		69.41	20.50	131.99	22.48
75th percentile	31.62	177.53		170.99		96.11		115.49	23.24	119.22	33.91
90th percentile	76.51	413.61		245.16		96.28		160.18	111.51	137.62	106.96

Family coverage
Average (mean)	33.93	218.26		145.72		138.82		113.43	28.11	110.11	27.83
10th percentile	0.00	0.00		0.00		0.00		70.77	54.22	0.00	53.89
25th percentile	21.30	0.00		13.18		223.52	*	66.64	46.62	0.00	30.24
50th percentile (median)	32.32	440.56		285.88		239.96		69.99	40.70	276.42	29.63
75th percentile	55.37	389.25		145.66		227.08		193.75	43.38	155.79	47.66
90th percentile	109.19	582.16		263.92		175.76		427.95	68.70	219.76	109.53

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.