United States

116,141,515

13,273,104

10,199,219

16,489,281

21,368,386

54,811,525

31,372,909

84,768,606

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

1,119,651

369,357

157,354

220,416

*

243,155

*

129,368

*

625,628

494,022

Mining and manufacturing

13,646,689

588,052

760,807

2,099,368

3,350,886

6,847,575

2,172,189

11,474,500

Construction

6,417,332

1,607,016

1,235,622

1,732,951

1,290,311

551,433

3,740,770

2,676,562

Utilities and transp.

4,916,524

369,405

276,672

471,470

648,941

3,150,035

848,834

4,067,690

Wholesale trade

5,827,003

666,896

668,538

939,208

1,407,137

2,145,224

1,838,714

3,988,288

Fin. svs. and real estate

11,845,340

1,160,870

537,123

839,152

1,627,167

7,681,028

2,046,442

9,798,898

Retail trade

15,008,689

1,553,083

1,006,620

1,623,797

1,340,313

9,484,874

3,458,712

11,549,977

Professional services

29,470,330

3,458,009

2,466,656

3,642,181

6,740,116

13,163,367

7,568,957

21,901,373

Other services

27,889,958

3,500,415

3,089,825

4,920,738

4,720,360

11,658,620

9,072,662

18,817,296

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

83,050,990

8,379,262

7,530,881

11,751,733

13,890,110

41,499,003

21,757,514

61,293,476

For profit, unincorporated

17,724,959

3,878,339

1,778,326

2,645,285

2,860,454

6,562,555

6,892,143

10,832,816

Nonprofit

15,365,566

1,015,502

890,012

2,092,262

4,617,822

6,749,967

2,723,252

12,642,314

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

6,352,493

2,236,730

1,191,511

1,702,857

773,311

448,084

4,378,500

1,973,993

5-9 years

8,309,938

2,521,347

1,542,028

1,999,023

1,328,449

919,091

5,121,851

3,188,087

10-19 years

15,102,481

3,281,112

2,499,245

3,344,736

3,408,692

2,568,697

7,476,633

7,625,848

20 or more years

58,320,072

5,182,624

4,950,052

9,363,898

14,783,044

24,040,454

14,300,626

44,019,446

Unknown

28,056,531

51,291

16,384

*

78,768

1,074,890

26,835,199

95,299

27,961,232

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

67,239,678

114,602

458,580

2,625,715

11,727,421

52,313,361

1,518,909

65,720,769

1 location only

48,901,837

13,158,502

9,740,639

13,863,566

9,640,966

2,498,164

29,854,000

19,047,837

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

8,397,293

1,723,309

1,173,681

1,398,518

1,314,000

2,787,786

3,719,637

4,677,657

25-49 %

9,323,341

1,126,438

833,732

1,498,341

1,775,923

4,088,908

2,777,134

6,546,207

50-74 %

17,506,656

2,373,458

1,509,270

2,077,849

2,762,460

8,783,618

4,891,652

12,615,004

75% or more

80,914,225

8,049,899

6,682,535

11,514,573

15,516,003

39,151,214

19,984,487

60,929,738

Union presence

No union employees

86,852,029

12,777,729

9,706,564

15,275,540

18,019,218

31,072,979

29,858,545

56,993,484

Has union employees

16,674,759

316,919

352,964

970,547

2,682,776

12,351,554

1,060,216

15,614,543

Unknown

12,614,727

178,457

139,691

243,194

666,392

11,386,993

454,148

12,160,579

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

32,750,170

4,207,031

3,168,236

5,113,599

6,114,240

14,147,063

9,980,044

22,770,126

Less than 50% low wage

83,391,346

9,066,073

7,030,983

11,375,681

15,254,146

40,664,462

21,392,866

61,998,480

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

751,026

143,509

173,254

281,188

362,224

754,329

152,751

694,634

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

104,943

26,374

42,328

69,311

*

97,190

*

63,012

*

37,478

92,254

Mining and manufacturing

198,128

23,740

53,071

93,599

175,032

260,140

95,731

204,744

Construction

156,615

41,053

79,610

126,549

174,810

79,206

95,562

151,429

Utilities and transp.

342,714

27,489

30,594

46,586

79,079

287,542

54,668

314,984

Wholesale trade

237,067

25,202

39,790

84,252

108,946

177,018

79,373

198,943

Fin. svs. and real estate

549,619

37,303

46,109

78,529

144,381

585,757

83,001

541,256

Retail trade

296,488

64,291

45,825

115,559

73,686

322,475

109,267

314,056

Professional services

544,975

59,459

124,971

125,752

195,346

440,004

184,669

541,176

Other services

475,266

106,036

126,594

194,139

125,793

445,583

146,385

419,849

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

889,795

157,644

170,593

298,263

386,495

625,448

185,395

728,354

For profit, unincorporated

259,576

91,189

90,685

129,896

181,404

305,265

150,556

302,781

Nonprofit

381,693

44,422

43,109

137,280

238,480

311,757

123,829

338,579

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

205,257

54,869

76,380

92,754

98,205

76,645

120,466

131,210

5-9 years

254,179

59,711

108,482

109,789

112,897

240,489

130,646

230,236

10-19 years

301,063

53,732

123,857

125,122

215,312

268,196

164,308

301,890

20 or more years

661,504

104,922

129,828

255,447

255,411

949,343

253,690

731,418

Unknown

772,542

10,458

10,956

*

22,101

79,180

756,540

16,133

774,949

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

875,793

21,106

42,812

156,980

236,651

863,720

122,182

903,241

1 location only

518,792

131,868

176,008

168,669

277,099

328,626

160,260

563,425

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

266,627

67,197

66,954

116,390

126,376

346,449

95,510

294,595

25-49 %

301,058

31,028

32,059

110,025

159,760

240,731

81,896

296,051

50-74 %

426,353

60,588

80,505

121,816

198,080

439,307

103,337

400,093

75% or more

870,532

129,716

137,150

247,627

338,924

856,374

155,521

860,288

Union presence

No union employees

493,628

140,417

152,464

228,618

355,556

494,382

159,816

503,894

Has union employees

376,975

21,005

48,532

106,568

249,705

400,819

71,799

379,517

Unknown

362,746

29,901

36,285

42,075

122,587

286,398

55,561

359,183

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

717,180

107,149

134,704

167,162

302,388

524,256

177,460

699,478

Less than 50% low wage

537,883

88,447

202,514

276,166

363,547

615,722

180,625

570,329

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.