United States

64.8%

19.4%

26.1%

39.0%

54.9%

85.2%

26.8%

73.7%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

37.1%

9.8%

*

12.3%

*

18.3%

*

43.8%

88.2%

8.0%

*

56.8%

Mining and manufacturing

61.5%

18.4%

18.4%

40.4%

50.6%

78.7%

21.8%

67.4%

Construction

40.7%

16.5%

22.6%

38.6%

51.4%

81.1%

26.0%

54.0%

Utilities and transp.

72.5%

8.5%

*

28.9%

*

23.3%

49.6%

89.8%

22.6%

78.9%

Wholesale trade

59.9%

19.2%

25.9%

41.0%

60.6%

84.2%

27.1%

72.1%

Fin. svs. and real estate

78.2%

28.4%

24.5%

42.9%

62.7%

92.4%

28.5%

85.3%

Retail trade

74.4%

17.5%

24.2%

41.2%

53.3%

89.5%

28.3%

82.6%

Professional services

64.6%

22.2%

33.2%

46.3%

59.0%

83.1%

31.7%

72.8%

Other services

59.8%

15.5%

23.5%

31.9%

49.4%

82.2%

23.1%

68.8%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

65.9%

18.7%

25.0%

39.4%

54.4%

85.9%

26.5%

75.2%

For profit, unincorporated

62.7%

21.5%

33.5%

37.5%

58.0%

86.5%

27.4%

73.9%

Nonprofit

61.2%

19.2%

22.6%

38.5%

54.2%

79.7%

27.4%

66.3%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

36.5%

22.2%

22.8%

33.5%

51.1%

63.7%

23.7%

50.4%

5-9 years

38.7%

15.5%

25.4%

35.8%

56.1%

73.2%

21.9%

56.3%

10-19 years

48.5%

18.3%

28.9%

37.0%

58.8%

78.9%

26.0%

62.5%

20 or more years

62.8%

20.7%

25.5%

40.9%

53.4%

87.1%

28.9%

70.9%

Unknown

83.8%

18.2%

*

.

44.8%

*

62.8%

84.8%

34.9%

*

83.9%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

78.5%

26.8%

*

20.5%

45.1%

55.7%

85.5%

34.9%

79.3%

1 location only

39.1%

19.3%

26.4%

37.8%

53.8%

79.2%

26.2%

52.5%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

55.2%

7.8%

*

11.7%

*

16.6%

36.8%

85.5%

11.3%

65.1%

25-49 %

64.2%

14.0%

19.2%

31.5%

50.7%

87.4%

21.3%

73.3%

50-74 %

67.3%

17.0%

23.0%

34.7%

54.6%

88.2%

21.6%

77.3%

75% or more

64.9%

20.9%

28.1%

42.1%

56.5%

84.3%

29.2%

73.5%

Union presence

No union employees

57.1%

19.0%

26.1%

38.0%

52.3%

82.0%

26.1%

67.5%

Has union employees

86.6%

35.9%

22.8%

52.7%

70.1%

94.5%

42.9%

88.7%

Unknown

81.8%

10.6%

*

31.3%

*

48.2%

60.4%

83.8%

25.9%

*

82.6%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

62.1%

12.1%

14.3%

26.6%

45.6%

85.1%

15.6%

70.0%

Less than 50% low wage

65.6%

20.7%

28.8%

43.0%

58.3%

85.3%

29.4%

74.9%

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

0.61%

0.89%

1.16%

1.13%

1.27%

0.94%

0.73%

0.72%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

9.66%

6.12%

*

14.56%

*

13.46%

*

12.82%

22.98%

2.93%

*

13.55%

Mining and manufacturing

1.58%

4.66%

2.78%

3.61%

3.77%

2.02%

2.10%

1.52%

Construction

1.69%

3.24%

2.96%

2.63%

5.40%

6.83%

2.41%

1.87%

Utilities and transp.

1.60%

3.89%

*

10.81%

*

4.94%

6.81%

1.60%

5.31%

1.41%

Wholesale trade

1.88%

4.69%

5.04%

4.16%

5.37%

2.64%

3.82%

2.50%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.60%

2.45%

5.16%

2.99%

3.12%

1.78%

1.81%

1.61%

Retail trade

0.87%

2.29%

3.11%

2.92%

3.54%

0.83%

3.09%

0.96%

Professional services

0.88%

2.20%

2.79%

3.08%

2.22%

1.37%

1.48%

1.16%

Other services

1.94%

1.08%

3.02%

2.45%

2.74%

2.51%

1.37%

2.28%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.61%

1.48%

1.27%

0.99%

1.66%

0.99%

0.88%

0.73%

For profit, unincorporated

1.70%

2.57%

5.46%

3.51%

1.67%

3.14%

2.65%

2.06%

Nonprofit

1.71%

3.76%

3.61%

3.22%

2.78%

1.90%

2.96%

1.64%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.62%

3.57%

6.52%

5.03%

8.18%

9.77%

2.62%

4.76%

5-9 years

2.07%

1.66%

2.78%

3.20%

5.46%

7.23%

1.50%

3.83%

10-19 years

1.91%

1.85%

2.23%

3.36%

3.60%

4.03%

1.49%

2.63%

20 or more years

0.59%

1.70%

1.52%

1.42%

1.22%

1.37%

1.10%

0.77%

Unknown

1.06%

13.43%

*

.

13.99%

*

3.98%

1.04%

17.55%

*

1.05%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.66%

8.68%

*

4.59%

1.99%

1.68%

0.92%

3.19%

0.65%

1 location only

0.99%

0.92%

1.09%

1.36%

1.89%

3.10%

0.72%

1.75%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

3.49%

2.80%

*

5.00%

*

2.69%

6.64%

3.53%

1.87%

3.69%

25-49 %

1.48%

2.50%

4.72%

4.28%

3.47%

1.73%

2.37%

1.72%

50-74 %

1.67%

1.25%

1.97%

5.37%

2.91%

1.47%

1.84%

1.68%

75% or more

0.65%

1.14%

1.21%

1.25%

1.54%

1.41%

0.79%

0.81%

Union presence

No union employees

0.62%

0.85%

1.18%

1.18%

1.15%

1.07%

0.70%

0.73%

Has union employees

0.99%

8.57%

5.63%

2.98%

3.09%

0.83%

3.77%

1.06%

Unknown

1.86%

12.45%

*

11.86%

*

13.16%

7.40%

1.74%

7.94%

*

1.85%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.84%

1.82%

3.17%

2.16%

1.90%

1.03%

1.85%

1.07%

Less than 50% low wage

0.78%

1.26%

0.98%

0.98%

1.83%

1.31%

0.80%

0.89%

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.