United States

61.4%

65.0%

58.2%

56.3%

59.1%

63.7%

59.7%

61.8%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

61.2%

67.1%

54.4%

43.4%

58.6%

82.5%

53.4%

66.5%

Mining and manufacturing

78.2%

67.3%

63.0%

70.8%

77.3%

82.6%

65.8%

80.0%

Construction

63.6%

67.8%

63.3%

65.0%

58.1%

67.9%

66.4%

61.0%

Utilities and transp.

75.0%

62.3%

64.0%

60.5%

72.4%

78.8%

62.7%

76.6%

Wholesale trade

74.7%

74.2%

67.3%

73.3%

74.8%

77.5%

70.6%

76.3%

Fin. svs. and real estate

75.4%

68.5%

68.9%

69.7%

71.0%

77.9%

69.3%

76.3%

Retail trade

47.4%

60.7%

53.3%

53.2%

49.5%

45.0%

55.7%

46.0%

Professional services

65.2%

66.7%

62.9%

60.2%

60.3%

69.2%

63.7%

65.6%

Other services

41.5%

58.0%

42.3%

34.1%

34.9%

44.3%

43.5%

41.0%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

62.0%

66.4%

59.4%

58.7%

60.2%

63.3%

61.0%

62.3%

For profit, unincorporated

58.6%

65.1%

57.2%

47.8%

58.9%

60.9%

58.5%

58.7%

Nonprofit

61.1%

54.6%

50.2%

53.0%

56.2%

68.3%

51.7%

62.5%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

50.8%

64.9%

52.7%

44.0%

41.2%

59.4%

54.9%

46.3%

5-9 years

57.5%

65.7%

54.6%

53.9%

55.9%

60.5%

57.5%

57.5%

10-19 years

56.2%

66.2%

60.1%

53.6%

55.4%

51.2%

60.5%

53.5%

20 or more years

60.8%

64.2%

59.2%

59.3%

60.9%

61.2%

60.7%

60.8%

Unknown

66.9%

60.4%

100.0%

48.0%

61.2%

67.2%

68.5%

66.9%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

63.3%

63.3%

64.2%

60.7%

61.1%

63.9%

62.6%

63.4%

1 location only

57.9%

65.1%

57.9%

55.4%

56.6%

56.7%

59.5%

56.2%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

24.7%

35.8%

17.7%

13.6%

15.4%

32.3%

19.8%

25.8%

25-49 %

28.5%

36.2%

27.0%

23.0%

27.3%

29.7%

28.8%

28.4%

50-74 %

48.4%

52.6%

45.5%

37.6%

46.0%

51.1%

45.5%

49.0%

75% or more

69.7%

71.8%

65.6%

65.7%

67.7%

72.0%

67.6%

70.3%

Union presence

No union employees

59.1%

64.8%

58.0%

55.5%

58.8%

60.1%

59.2%

59.1%

Has union employees

67.8%

72.9%

65.6%

67.1%

62.3%

69.0%

70.5%

67.6%

Unknown

66.9%

75.5%

54.2%

57.6%

56.0%

67.5%

57.0%

67.0%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

38.3%

53.2%

34.0%

30.8%

35.7%

40.7%

36.4%

38.7%

Less than 50% low wage

69.0%

67.2%

63.8%

64.4%

67.9%

71.7%

65.1%

70.0%

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.

** 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

0.37%

0.36%

0.75%

0.60%

0.65%

0.72%

0.19%

0.45%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4.56%

6.82%

11.37%

9.65%

11.91%

21.41%

5.33%

8.94%

Mining and manufacturing

0.89%

3.01%

2.82%

1.34%

2.08%

1.03%

1.68%

0.96%

Construction

1.41%

2.09%

2.24%

1.55%

3.67%

4.99%

1.10%

2.47%

Utilities and transp.

1.52%

4.44%

5.90%

4.90%

2.81%

1.54%

2.17%

1.52%

Wholesale trade

0.98%

2.29%

1.75%

1.42%

1.99%

2.45%

1.32%

1.31%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.75%

1.80%

3.90%

1.98%

2.83%

1.19%

1.62%

0.89%

Retail trade

0.92%

2.25%

2.35%

2.10%

1.50%

1.32%

2.00%

1.09%

Professional services

0.52%

0.72%

0.99%

0.83%

1.22%

0.88%

0.50%

0.67%

Other services

0.85%

1.24%

1.60%

1.91%

1.41%

1.25%

0.63%

1.07%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.51%

0.60%

0.86%

0.49%

0.80%

0.94%

0.41%

0.58%

For profit, unincorporated

0.77%

1.07%

1.75%

2.11%

2.29%

1.57%

0.87%

1.09%

Nonprofit

0.47%

1.53%

2.13%

2.13%

1.37%

0.89%

1.37%

0.65%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.05%

1.67%

2.82%

3.64%

5.14%

7.74%

1.32%

3.93%

5-9 years

1.29%

1.19%

2.69%

1.94%

2.86%

3.69%

1.24%

1.74%

10-19 years

0.77%

1.02%

1.80%

1.90%

1.83%

2.78%

0.91%

1.23%

20 or more years

0.46%

0.51%

1.00%

0.75%

0.75%

1.25%

0.51%

0.56%

Unknown

0.58%

16.08%

29.81%

9.99%

3.05%

0.53%

9.26%

0.59%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.41%

4.88%

3.47%

0.88%

1.07%

0.67%

1.70%

0.43%

1 location only

0.47%

0.38%

0.73%

0.80%

0.80%

3.76%

0.22%

0.87%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.87%

3.88%

1.64%

1.38%

1.25%

4.64%

1.63%

3.51%

25-49 %

1.51%

0.91%

1.50%

1.37%

0.99%

2.65%

0.91%

1.88%

50-74 %

0.97%

1.20%

1.45%

1.06%

1.57%

1.27%

0.81%

1.13%

75% or more

0.25%

0.54%

0.69%

0.54%

0.95%

0.52%

0.35%

0.32%

Union presence

No union employees

0.31%

0.34%

0.78%

0.72%

0.82%

0.86%

0.24%

0.41%

Has union employees

1.38%

3.97%

4.57%

4.38%

1.95%

1.49%

2.44%

1.38%

Unknown

0.80%

6.75%

8.91%

7.52%

5.31%

0.92%

5.22%

0.79%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.61%

1.34%

1.16%

0.95%

0.86%

0.73%

0.96%

0.63%

Less than 50% low wage

0.24%

0.50%

0.71%

0.52%

1.12%

0.57%

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.

** 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.