United States

6,634,144

58.1%

12.1%

8.2%

6.9%

14.6%

75.1%

24.9%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

151,584

82.1%

8.4%

5.4%

2.7%

*

1.4%

*

93.7%

6.3%

Mining and manufacturing

310,644

46.1%

17.5%

16.9%

10.2%

9.3%

72.9%

27.1%

Construction

646,380

75.8%

14.1%

7.0%

1.9%

1.2%

94.6%

5.4%

Utilities and transp.

204,175

53.3%

10.3%

7.9%

7.6%

20.8%

68.1%

31.9%

Wholesale trade

361,504

53.9%

14.4%

10.1%

9.4%

12.2%

75.1%

24.9%

Fin. svs. and real estate

782,162

51.0%

6.0%

5.5%

10.3%

27.2%

59.7%

40.3%

Retail trade

948,640

47.6%

10.0%

6.4%

6.6%

29.4%

61.4%

38.6%

Professional services

1,595,205

62.6%

12.2%

7.8%

7.8%

9.6%

79.2%

20.8%

Other services

1,633,851

57.8%

14.4%

9.8%

5.8%

12.2%

78.4%

21.6%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

4,543,291

52.8%

13.1%

8.8%

7.0%

18.3%

71.2%

28.8%

For profit, unincorporated

1,556,299

75.6%

8.9%

5.2%

3.7%

6.7%

87.6%

12.4%

Nonprofit

534,554

52.0%

13.2%

12.5%

16.3%

6.0%

71.7%

28.3%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

904,188

79.8%

11.9%

6.3%

1.3%

0.7%

96.1%

3.9%

5-9 years

962,081

77.4%

12.4%

7.0%

2.3%

0.8%

94.4%

5.6%

10-19 years

1,356,026

70.5%

14.5%

7.8%

4.6%

2.6%

89.9%

10.1%

20 or more years

2,845,054

49.7%

13.2%

10.9%

11.2%

15.0%

69.0%

31.0%

Unknown

566,796

3.4%

0.4%

*

1.2%

8.2%

86.7%

4.5%

95.5%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,615,893

1.6%

3.9%

10.5%

24.2%

59.8%

10.2%

89.8%

1 location only

5,018,251

76.3%

14.7%

7.5%

1.4%

0.0%

96.0%

4.0%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

825,621

71.8%

11.1%

6.1%

3.8%

7.1%

87.1%

12.9%

25-49 %

499,890

46.4%

12.9%

10.0%

8.1%

22.6%

65.8%

34.2%

50-74 %

1,020,743

59.1%

12.6%

7.5%

6.8%

13.9%

76.1%

23.9%

75% or more

4,287,890

56.6%

12.1%

8.6%

7.4%

15.3%

73.7%

26.3%

Union presence

No union employees

6,020,760

61.7%

12.7%

8.5%

7.0%

10.2%

79.4%

20.6%

Has union employees

330,601

26.1%

8.5%

7.6%

7.8%

50.0%

38.9%

61.1%

Unknown

282,783

19.7%

4.3%

3.1%

5.6%

67.2%

26.1%

73.9%

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

2,215,305

57.4%

11.2%

8.2%

7.4%

15.8%

73.7%

26.3%

Less than 50% low wage

4,418,839

58.5%

12.5%

8.3%

6.7%

14.0%

75.9%

24.1%

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.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

United States

33,240

0.32%

0.15%

0.13%

0.14%

0.18%

0.22%

0.22%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

6,856

1.53%

1.85%

1.35%

1.07%

*

0.59%

*

0.75%

0.75%

Mining and manufacturing

6,968

0.87%

0.92%

0.86%

0.73%

0.47%

1.19%

1.19%

Construction

6,869

0.74%

0.72%

0.39%

0.25%

0.23%

0.32%

0.32%

Utilities and transp.

6,043

2.78%

1.03%

0.47%

0.76%

2.17%

2.18%

2.18%

Wholesale trade

9,276

0.87%

0.91%

0.82%

0.65%

0.92%

0.92%

0.92%

Fin. svs. and real estate

9,881

0.84%

0.40%

0.29%

0.38%

0.98%

0.92%

0.92%

Retail trade

10,771

1.07%

0.39%

0.29%

0.34%

0.90%

0.85%

0.85%

Professional services

13,474

0.62%

0.52%

0.19%

0.27%

0.40%

0.42%

0.42%

Other services

22,076

0.69%

0.47%

0.41%

0.24%

0.44%

0.37%

0.37%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

33,849

0.35%

0.18%

0.19%

0.17%

0.19%

0.31%

0.31%

For profit, unincorporated

27,365

0.76%

0.31%

0.17%

0.23%

0.48%

0.55%

0.55%

Nonprofit

18,860

0.88%

0.75%

0.64%

0.73%

0.56%

0.95%

0.95%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

17,699

0.71%

0.64%

0.50%

0.16%

0.18%

0.22%

0.22%

5-9 years

14,590

0.73%

0.87%

0.32%

0.24%

0.13%

0.38%

0.38%

10-19 years

15,086

0.65%

0.67%

0.30%

0.27%

0.26%

0.37%

0.37%

20 or more years

37,070

0.50%

0.32%

0.24%

0.37%

0.65%

0.57%

0.57%

Unknown

16,110

0.56%

0.21%

*

0.34%

0.69%

0.93%

0.58%

0.58%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

10,309

0.17%

0.27%

0.41%

0.64%

0.41%

0.52%

0.52%

1 location only

35,501

0.22%

0.21%

0.09%

0.04%

0.00%

0.12%

0.12%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

21,818

0.51%

0.60%

0.46%

0.32%

0.52%

0.48%

0.48%

25-49 %

10,927

0.57%

0.40%

0.77%

0.63%

0.57%

0.77%

0.77%

50-74 %

21,772

1.33%

0.48%

0.27%

0.47%

1.04%

1.42%

1.42%

75% or more

22,165

0.54%

0.20%

0.17%

0.25%

0.33%

0.46%

0.46%

Union presence

No union employees

32,302

0.28%

0.18%

0.11%

0.12%

0.15%

0.17%

0.17%

Has union employees

12,878

2.02%

0.56%

0.76%

0.58%

2.19%

2.07%

2.07%

Unknown

6,866

2.28%

0.83%

0.72%

0.76%

1.77%

2.16%

2.16%

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

25,227

0.65%

0.33%

0.30%

0.20%

0.42%

0.58%

0.58%

Less than 50% low wage

28,104

0.40%

0.25%

0.16%

0.18%

0.32%

0.31%

0.31%

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.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.