United States

6,634,144

3,854,801

802,868

547,298

460,618

968,560

4,983,943

1,650,201

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

151,584

124,503

12,709

8,257

4,020

*

2,095

*

141,997

9,587

Mining and manufacturing

310,644

143,237

54,497

52,510

31,541

28,858

226,359

84,284

Construction

646,380

489,891

91,410

45,196

12,359

7,524

611,652

34,728

Utilities and transp.

204,175

108,845

21,109

16,181

15,583

42,457

139,070

65,105

Wholesale trade

361,504

194,769

52,109

36,631

33,987

44,007

271,607

89,896

Fin. svs. and real estate

782,162

398,707

46,766

43,368

80,947

212,373

466,736

315,426

Retail trade

948,640

451,326

94,917

61,022

62,247

279,128

582,588

366,052

Professional services

1,595,205

999,053

194,184

123,852

124,805

153,311

1,262,723

332,482

Other services

1,633,851

944,469

235,166

160,281

95,129

198,806

1,281,212

352,639

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

4,543,291

2,400,150

594,509

399,721

316,197

832,714

3,237,071

1,306,219

For profit, unincorporated

1,556,299

1,176,748

137,981

80,798

57,160

103,613

1,363,531

192,768

Nonprofit

534,554

277,902

70,378

66,779

87,262

32,233

383,341

151,214

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

904,188

721,593

107,772

57,313

11,525

5,985

868,886

35,302

5-9 years

962,081

744,969

119,274

67,366

22,466

8,006

908,491

53,590

10-19 years

1,356,026

955,800

196,748

105,267

62,387

35,824

1,218,799

137,227

20 or more years

2,845,054

1,412,934

376,540

310,726

317,727

427,127

1,962,223

882,831

Unknown

566,796

19,504

2,534

*

6,625

46,514

491,619

25,545

541,251

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,615,893

25,494

63,640

169,637

390,432

966,691

165,081

1,450,812

1 location only

5,018,251

3,829,307

739,228

377,660

70,186

1,869

4,818,862

199,389

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

825,621

592,827

91,780

50,266

31,745

59,002

718,934

106,687

25-49 %

499,890

231,895

64,684

49,937

40,317

113,058

328,762

171,128

50-74 %

1,020,743

603,699

128,839

76,989

69,437

141,778

776,339

244,404

75% or more

4,287,890

2,426,379

517,564

370,105

319,119

654,723

3,159,908

1,127,982

Union presence

No union employees

6,020,760

3,712,797

762,650

513,431

418,782

613,100

4,781,524

1,239,236

Has union employees

330,601

86,241

28,162

24,973

25,912

165,313

128,522

202,079

Unknown

282,783

55,763

12,056

8,893

15,924

190,147

73,897

208,886

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

2,215,305

1,271,544

248,324

181,282

163,820

350,336

1,631,948

583,357

Less than 50% low wage

4,418,839

2,583,257

554,544

366,016

296,798

618,224

3,351,995

1,066,844

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

United States

33,240

38,135

8,624

8,512

8,716

9,949

37,076

9,484

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

6,856

5,378

3,166

1,944

1,491

*

941

*

6,936

973

Mining and manufacturing

6,968

5,106

2,562

2,828

2,489

1,587

6,246

4,313

Construction

6,869

6,157

5,079

2,505

1,611

1,485

7,446

1,906

Utilities and transp.

6,043

5,798

2,095

1,121

1,665

4,785

5,108

5,158

Wholesale trade

9,276

5,339

2,751

3,064

2,611

4,190

5,558

5,152

Fin. svs. and real estate

9,881

7,242

3,415

2,373

2,967

8,182

8,976

8,161

Retail trade

10,771

13,242

3,645

2,688

2,843

8,579

12,379

6,970

Professional services

13,474

9,254

8,852

3,222

4,446

6,929

11,575

7,731

Other services

22,076

19,723

7,206

6,200

4,003

8,106

17,621

8,075

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

33,849

30,578

9,606

8,017

5,866

10,274

34,327

11,558

For profit, unincorporated

27,365

28,525

4,440

2,573

3,733

7,113

28,185

8,024

Nonprofit

18,860

12,707

3,936

3,604

5,812

2,976

14,872

6,877

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

17,699

14,986

6,381

4,462

1,553

1,731

16,040

2,433

5-9 years

14,590

16,390

7,905

3,231

2,194

1,218

14,601

3,736

10-19 years

15,086

14,199

9,305

4,020

3,736

3,471

14,541

5,022

20 or more years

37,070

23,957

9,183

8,814

9,664

20,543

31,565

18,910

Unknown

16,110

3,163

1,068

*

1,981

4,368

14,992

3,157

15,966

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

10,309

2,754

4,587

7,194

8,915

10,006

8,857

10,074

1 location only

35,501

36,642

7,229

4,094

2,132

222

33,866

6,218

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

21,818

17,657

5,129

3,226

2,819

5,047

18,876

5,199

25-49 %

10,927

5,585

2,295

3,982

3,080

4,044

7,659

5,665

50-74 %

21,772

18,196

5,013

2,366

5,102

12,260

19,414

16,971

75% or more

22,165

31,659

7,573

7,060

10,497

13,331

29,653

18,113

Union presence

No union employees

32,302

33,839

8,512

6,764

7,426

8,372

31,979

8,602

Has union employees

12,878

6,024

2,071

2,418

1,453

12,519

6,261

12,609

Unknown

6,866

6,611

2,599

2,036

1,843

6,176

6,590

6,314

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

25,227

24,862

6,506

6,254

4,506

10,092

23,336

13,947

Less than 50% low wage

28,104

24,711

10,559

7,616

8,294

14,874

24,871

15,120

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.