United States

38.7%

14.0%

22.3%

34.9%

48.4%

80.7%

18.0%

66.7%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

15.9%

10.6%

*

9.9%

*

23.3%

*

14.5%

*

90.7%

9.8%

*

49.7%

Mining and manufacturing

30.4%

12.2%

18.0%

36.5%

40.3%

70.2%

16.5%

53.3%

Construction

20.5%

11.7%

20.2%

36.4%

47.8%

78.8%

16.3%

51.6%

Utilities and transp.

44.0%

5.9%

*

25.8%

*

22.1%

55.5%

83.1%

13.6%

69.9%

Wholesale trade

34.1%

14.1%

21.9%

34.7%

47.5%

76.0%

18.8%

61.0%

Fin. svs. and real estate

52.6%

18.9%

21.0%

34.7%

55.2%

85.3%

20.1%

74.6%

Retail trade

50.4%

12.0%

20.4%

33.9%

45.0%

78.0%

17.2%

70.0%

Professional services

35.0%

16.0%

27.0%

39.8%

51.2%

82.7%

20.4%

64.7%

Other services

36.3%

11.8%

20.6%

31.4%

43.7%

80.1%

16.3%

63.9%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

40.8%

13.4%

21.8%

34.2%

47.2%

81.0%

17.8%

68.4%

For profit, unincorporated

32.7%

15.9%

26.8%

35.2%

48.8%

82.3%

18.8%

66.4%

Nonprofit

33.2%

12.5%

19.3%

38.5%

52.5%

66.8%

18.0%

53.2%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

20.7%

16.6%

18.6%

31.2%

44.2%

55.6%

17.7%

45.9%

5-9 years

18.8%

12.0%

22.5%

28.3%

49.2%

62.2%

15.1%

46.0%

10-19 years

24.6%

12.9%

25.4%

34.2%

50.1%

78.4%

17.7%

54.3%

20 or more years

39.2%

14.6%

21.5%

36.6%

46.5%

82.6%

19.1%

63.4%

Unknown

77.5%

18.9%

*

.

44.0%

59.6%

79.8%

31.6%

*

77.9%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

66.0%

19.5%

*

17.2%

35.8%

48.5%

80.7%

25.6%

69.6%

1 location only

19.6%

13.9%

22.8%

34.5%

48.0%

68.7%

17.6%

43.7%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

38.9%

9.3%

*

11.3%

*

20.0%

38.2%

80.8%

10.7%

62.5%

25-49 %

45.1%

8.6%

16.7%

31.2%

43.2%

80.8%

14.1%

68.7%

50-74 %

37.9%

12.8%

19.4%

29.9%

52.9%

85.3%

15.4%

70.0%

75% or more

38.2%

14.8%

23.9%

37.2%

48.9%

79.7%

19.2%

66.1%

Union presence

No union employees

33.7%

13.7%

22.3%

34.1%

47.0%

78.4%

17.7%

61.7%

Has union employees

70.8%

25.2%

20.2%

52.0%

64.4%

88.8%

29.4%

83.7%

Unknown

74.4%

8.6%

*

26.4%

*

26.0%

*

60.1%

81.0%

16.2%

*

79.2%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

42.7%

9.0%

12.5%

23.5%

44.4%

79.1%

11.1%

64.9%

Less than 50% low wage

37.4%

15.0%

24.3%

38.6%

50.5%

81.6%

19.5%

67.7%

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

0.39%

0.59%

0.81%

0.93%

0.88%

0.88%

0.44%

0.63%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4.04%

4.42%

*

13.76%

*

12.67%

*

9.17%

*

23.79%

3.18%

*

12.79%

Mining and manufacturing

1.27%

2.78%

1.89%

3.35%

3.98%

2.43%

1.12%

1.76%

Construction

1.85%

2.32%

2.14%

2.91%

5.09%

4.73%

2.01%

3.30%

Utilities and transp.

2.50%

2.91%

*

9.05%

*

4.74%

6.34%

2.36%

3.77%

2.33%

Wholesale trade

1.80%

3.21%

4.11%

4.94%

4.79%

3.74%

2.14%

2.47%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.25%

1.84%

3.11%

4.15%

2.36%

1.25%

1.14%

1.01%

Retail trade

1.12%

1.40%

2.41%

3.18%

2.60%

1.51%

1.13%

1.32%

Professional services

0.96%

1.34%

2.30%

2.01%

2.12%

1.80%

1.10%

1.42%

Other services

0.97%

0.70%

2.10%

2.68%

2.49%

1.74%

0.71%

1.70%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.51%

0.99%

1.04%

1.04%

1.30%

0.91%

0.66%

0.59%

For profit, unincorporated

1.63%

1.59%

3.76%

3.34%

2.45%

2.03%

1.59%

1.84%

Nonprofit

1.35%

2.30%

2.71%

3.46%

1.83%

3.54%

1.74%

1.57%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.81%

2.49%

4.64%

4.64%

7.98%

9.90%

1.99%

4.44%

5-9 years

1.30%

1.28%

2.73%

3.21%

2.96%

6.98%

1.19%

2.30%

10-19 years

0.74%

0.94%

1.83%

2.32%

3.40%

2.48%

0.92%

1.65%

20 or more years

0.63%

1.18%

1.01%

1.15%

0.84%

1.43%

0.88%

0.68%

Unknown

0.95%

10.43%

*

.

11.95%

3.28%

1.07%

12.51%

*

1.02%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.59%

5.98%

*

3.64%

1.29%

1.18%

0.89%

2.02%

0.64%

1 location only

0.44%

0.62%

0.75%

1.16%

1.85%

3.87%

0.46%

1.73%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.39%

2.86%

*

5.27%

*

3.53%

4.98%

3.68%

1.92%

3.14%

25-49 %

1.16%

1.66%

4.31%

3.33%

3.76%

2.44%

1.15%

1.79%

50-74 %

1.82%

1.25%

1.55%

4.59%

3.04%

2.08%

1.15%

1.96%

75% or more

0.55%

0.80%

0.93%

1.05%

1.02%

0.88%

0.55%

0.66%

Union presence

No union employees

0.47%

0.55%

0.89%

1.11%

0.92%

1.07%

0.41%

0.78%

Has union employees

1.52%

7.38%

4.85%

3.20%

2.94%

2.11%

4.35%

1.60%

Unknown

1.12%

6.21%

*

11.46%

*

11.29%

*

6.84%

1.39%

5.43%

*

1.53%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.54%

1.34%

2.46%

2.31%

2.42%

1.21%

1.35%

1.05%

Less than 50% low wage

0.52%

0.86%

0.76%

0.83%

1.48%

1.14%

0.56%

0.92%

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.