United States

40.7%

66.7%

47.7%

34.6%

20.1%

11.8%

58.5%

16.7%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

68.6%

77.1%

77.8%

49.1%

.

.

75.7%

29.2%

Mining and manufacturing

40.1%

66.1%

43.1%

30.1%

.

.

51.7%

21.2%

Construction

57.6%

68.5%

47.0%

43.8%

.

.

60.2%

37.9%

Utilities and transp.

26.4%

42.5%

33.0%

36.2%

.

.

39.3%

15.5%

Wholesale trade

42.1%

68.8%

45.0%

35.1%

.

.

56.9%

16.3%

Fin. svs. and real estate

33.9%

73.7%

45.5%

33.8%

.

.

64.8%

13.0%

Retail trade

24.3%

55.5%

42.0%

24.4%

.

.

48.4%

10.1%

Professional services

50.1%

68.2%

52.7%

35.0%

.

.

61.8%

26.3%

Other services

39.8%

65.8%

48.4%

36.9%

.

.

58.0%

14.8%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

38.0%

66.5%

45.7%

32.4%

.

.

57.0%

15.3%

For profit, unincorporated

47.2%

65.0%

46.4%

36.4%

.

.

59.9%

16.1%

Nonprofit

50.4%

73.8%

64.5%

44.2%

.

.

66.7%

28.8%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

53.7%

66.3%

39.7%

29.7%

.

.

57.8%

19.1%

5-9 years

54.0%

65.5%

42.2%

32.2%

.

.

57.9%

25.5%

10-19 years

50.7%

64.4%

47.7%

37.2%

.

.

57.7%

21.3%

20 or more years

41.3%

68.6%

50.3%

34.9%

.

.

59.1%

19.7%

Unknown

10.2%

74.3%

42.1%

*

32.0%

*

.

.

69.5%

9.7%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

16.8%

48.6%

46.5%

30.9%

.

.

40.5%

14.6%

1 location only

57.4%

66.9%

47.8%

36.4%

.

.

59.6%

32.9%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

35.7%

70.5%

57.3%

39.5%

.

.

61.6%

14.0%

25-49 %

33.0%

66.2%

51.3%

33.0%

.

.

58.3%

13.7%

50-74 %

40.7%

67.4%

45.0%

32.1%

.

.

59.5%

14.0%

75% or more

41.8%

66.4%

47.3%

34.8%

.

.

58.1%

17.9%

Union presence

No union employees

42.5%

66.6%

46.7%

33.4%

.

.

58.1%

15.3%

Has union employees

39.1%

74.3%

70.4%

60.4%

.

.

71.5%

29.0%

Unknown

15.5%

63.5%

57.2%

7.7%

*

.

.

52.8%

12.4%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

31.0%

66.3%

44.3%

32.2%

.

.

56.3%

13.4%

Less than 50% low wage

43.8%

66.8%

48.4%

35.4%

.

.

58.9%

18.4%

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.

. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

** 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.

United States

0.57%

1.00%

1.14%

1.39%

0.98%

0.76%

0.69%

0.67%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

5.71%

7.29%

19.53%

12.27%

.

.

6.35%

7.83%

Mining and manufacturing

2.07%

4.07%

3.51%

2.31%

.

.

2.56%

1.89%

Construction

2.71%

3.22%

3.18%

3.70%

.

.

2.71%

5.59%

Utilities and transp.

3.06%

7.34%

9.21%

5.78%

.

.

5.67%

2.42%

Wholesale trade

1.71%

4.17%

4.64%

3.22%

.

.

2.73%

1.03%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.56%

1.56%

3.82%

3.78%

.

.

1.41%

1.81%

Retail trade

0.97%

3.70%

3.21%

3.42%

.

.

2.32%

1.11%

Professional services

0.96%

1.32%

1.54%

1.79%

.

.

1.21%

2.42%

Other services

1.77%

2.68%

2.32%

2.25%

.

.

1.72%

1.38%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.74%

1.07%

1.47%

1.58%

.

.

0.88%

0.72%

For profit, unincorporated

1.38%

2.41%

2.90%

1.69%

.

.

1.94%

1.13%

Nonprofit

1.23%

2.61%

2.64%

2.20%

.

.

1.73%

1.85%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.29%

1.64%

4.66%

3.80%

.

.

1.69%

2.96%

5-9 years

2.42%

3.32%

3.22%

3.57%

.

.

2.67%

2.37%

10-19 years

0.69%

1.35%

3.12%

2.41%

.

.

0.79%

2.04%

20 or more years

0.96%

0.98%

2.41%

1.18%

.

.

0.92%

1.09%

Unknown

0.74%

19.93%

14.64%

*

10.49%

*

.

.

12.47%

0.65%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.69%

7.03%

4.96%

1.82%

.

.

2.34%

0.69%

1 location only

0.76%

1.02%

1.11%

1.58%

.

.

0.76%

0.94%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.23%

6.17%

4.95%

5.09%

.

.

2.51%

1.70%

25-49 %

1.27%

2.90%

4.46%

5.17%

.

.

2.40%

1.22%

50-74 %

1.86%

1.58%

3.97%

4.14%

.

.

2.09%

1.70%

75% or more

0.53%

1.30%

0.96%

1.52%

.

.

0.77%

0.81%

Union presence

No union employees

0.70%

1.04%

1.17%

1.45%

.

.

0.72%

0.85%

Has union employees

2.33%

4.65%

7.28%

4.03%

.

.

2.00%

3.16%

Unknown

1.99%

10.71%

14.30%

10.35%

*

.

.

9.25%

2.08%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.85%

1.98%

2.43%

2.44%

.

.

1.39%

1.11%

Less than 50% low wage

0.77%

1.18%

1.27%

1.58%

.

.

0.95%

0.76%

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.

. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.

** 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.