United States

87.7%

45.0%

69.5%

85.3%

95.9%

99.0%

61.6%

97.4%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

51.5%

30.6%

39.4%

67.8%

50.6%

100.0%

37.3%

69.5%

Mining and manufacturing

95.4%

56.6%

82.9%

91.1%

98.3%

100.0%

77.0%

98.9%

Construction

77.6%

41.9%

72.4%

90.7%

99.7%

99.6%

63.2%

97.6%

Utilities and transp.

92.8%

42.4%

70.5%

91.1%

98.9%

99.7%

61.2%

99.4%

Wholesale trade

93.1%

56.4%

89.2%

98.4%

98.2%

100.0%

79.6%

99.3%

Fin. svs. and real estate

94.1%

52.7%

86.7%

96.1%

98.9%

99.7%

68.6%

99.5%

Retail trade

89.9%

36.5%

67.9%

89.2%

98.9%

99.9%

58.5%

99.4%

Professional services

91.7%

55.2%

81.4%

91.9%

98.2%

99.8%

71.0%

98.8%

Other services

77.8%

35.3%

50.3%

70.5%

89.4%

96.2%

47.2%

92.5%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

88.7%

48.2%

71.4%

84.8%

95.4%

98.9%

64.8%

97.1%

For profit, unincorporated

77.7%

36.4%

59.4%

79.8%

93.4%

99.4%

48.0%

96.6%

Nonprofit

94.3%

52.0%

73.6%

94.5%

99.2%

99.9%

70.4%

99.4%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

56.1%

30.6%

48.5%

71.9%

82.0%

99.0%

42.3%

86.6%

5-9 years

62.9%

39.5%

64.6%

73.7%

89.7%

62.0%

52.3%

79.9%

10-19 years

76.8%

46.7%

66.1%

80.6%

94.7%

97.0%

59.5%

93.8%

20 or more years

91.9%

53.1%

78.0%

92.0%

97.4%

99.8%

72.2%

98.4%

Unknown

99.5%

20.0%

21.6%

*

68.8%

97.9%

99.8%

33.7%

99.7%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

98.8%

64.7%

76.2%

89.9%

97.7%

99.7%

82.2%

99.1%

1 location only

72.6%

44.8%

69.2%

84.4%

93.7%

85.4%

60.6%

91.5%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

56.6%

10.9%

29.8%

56.6%

76.6%

86.7%

23.6%

82.9%

25-49 %

80.9%

34.3%

53.7%

68.3%

90.3%

99.7%

47.4%

95.0%

50-74 %

86.1%

43.9%

60.6%

81.9%

96.9%

99.6%

55.3%

98.1%

75% or more

92.1%

54.1%

80.5%

91.6%

98.0%

99.7%

72.2%

98.7%

Union presence

No union employees

84.6%

45.3%

69.8%

85.4%

95.8%

98.4%

61.7%

96.6%

Has union employees

97.8%

45.0%

70.0%

93.5%

99.4%

99.9%

71.0%

99.6%

Unknown

96.2%

22.9%

48.5%

42.0%

85.4%

99.8%

35.6%

98.5%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

77.1%

21.7%

41.7%

66.9%

90.9%

99.2%

36.8%

94.8%

Less than 50% low wage

91.9%

55.8%

82.0%

93.5%

97.9%

99.0%

73.2%

98.4%

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.

** 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

0.31%

0.74%

0.82%

0.99%

0.74%

0.42%

0.48%

0.28%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

6.04%

3.00%

11.52%

11.20%

14.74%

23.57%

4.90%

10.36%

Mining and manufacturing

0.31%

2.99%

3.18%

1.73%

0.68%

0.01%

2.05%

0.28%

Construction

0.93%

1.76%

3.77%

1.55%

0.16%

0.24%

0.97%

0.65%

Utilities and transp.

0.63%

3.11%

5.24%

2.61%

0.63%

0.22%

3.23%

0.23%

Wholesale trade

0.65%

3.52%

1.72%

1.27%

1.80%

0.00%

2.34%

0.57%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.45%

1.97%

3.42%

1.95%

0.52%

0.23%

1.96%

0.26%

Retail trade

0.38%

1.10%

3.40%

1.39%

0.55%

0.04%

1.81%

0.09%

Professional services

0.29%

1.25%

2.00%

0.74%

0.48%

0.09%

0.86%

0.23%

Other services

0.68%

1.11%

2.72%

2.32%

1.55%

1.63%

1.06%

0.88%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.32%

1.04%

1.05%

1.20%

0.84%

0.56%

0.67%

0.33%

For profit, unincorporated

0.76%

1.42%

2.17%

2.10%

1.89%

0.18%

1.27%

0.51%

Nonprofit

0.36%

2.60%

2.79%

1.08%

0.23%

0.13%

1.72%

0.12%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.48%

1.32%

2.65%

2.99%

4.02%

1.63%

1.47%

1.96%

5-9 years

1.95%

1.78%

1.96%

4.15%

3.85%

11.31%

1.29%

5.20%

10-19 years

0.77%

1.20%

2.49%

2.39%

1.04%

1.10%

1.31%

0.77%

20 or more years

0.40%

1.02%

1.30%

0.80%

0.90%

0.10%

0.89%

0.28%

Unknown

0.08%

5.62%

7.74%

*

10.83%

0.97%

0.07%

6.46%

0.07%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.08%

5.91%

2.59%

2.25%

0.19%

0.06%

2.01%

0.07%

1 location only

0.69%

0.76%

0.82%

1.19%

1.71%

6.05%

0.63%

1.15%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.49%

1.10%

3.11%

3.41%

7.35%

5.16%

1.41%

4.37%

25-49 %

0.90%

1.79%

3.91%

3.49%

2.46%

0.09%

2.18%

0.68%

50-74 %

0.56%

1.31%

2.07%

1.73%

1.12%

0.15%

1.07%

0.37%

75% or more

0.21%

1.13%

0.98%

0.70%

0.37%

0.09%

0.43%

0.17%

Union presence

No union employees

0.37%

0.76%

0.89%

0.96%

0.61%

0.73%

0.57%

0.40%

Has union employees

0.26%

5.04%

4.82%

2.99%

0.24%

0.08%

3.20%

0.23%

Unknown

0.44%

5.04%

10.80%

11.13%

4.62%

0.15%

6.55%

0.48%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.76%

0.84%

2.46%

2.19%

1.14%

0.25%

1.20%

0.47%

Less than 50% low wage

0.37%

0.96%

0.60%

0.72%

0.63%

0.54%

0.49%

0.37%

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.