United States

92,795,774

9,566,697

7,658,114

12,939,353

17,383,935

45,247,674

23,226,328

69,569,447

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

751,540

246,739

108,249

*

195,883

*

115,493

*

85,175

*

437,083

314,457

Mining and manufacturing

13,248,123

482,337

694,456

2,002,790

3,284,596

6,783,946

1,952,568

11,295,555

Construction

5,923,543

1,364,652

1,125,066

1,654,731

1,237,937

541,157

3,348,277

2,575,266

Utilities and transp.

4,264,281

276,587

232,208

369,368

600,688

2,785,431

654,202

3,610,079

Wholesale trade

5,481,765

570,952

614,975

883,355

1,354,088

2,058,396

1,650,838

3,830,927

Fin. svs. and real estate

10,753,825

922,709

459,732

751,204

1,483,421

7,136,760

1,692,935

9,060,890

Retail trade

9,938,784

1,010,622

711,006

1,309,032

1,024,622

5,883,502

2,422,286

7,516,498

Professional services

24,011,272

2,570,668

1,955,576

2,914,635

5,443,313

11,127,080

5,841,981

18,169,291

Other services

18,422,641

2,121,432

1,756,847

2,858,356

2,839,779

8,846,227

5,226,158

13,196,483

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

67,911,475

6,392,663

5,845,168

9,481,725

11,672,445

34,519,474

16,779,684

51,131,791

For profit, unincorporated

13,405,304

2,644,546

1,250,267

1,924,717

2,279,570

5,306,204

4,747,534

8,657,770

Nonprofit

11,478,995

529,488

562,679

1,532,912

3,431,920

5,421,997

1,699,110

9,779,885

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

4,348,374

1,507,767

731,510

1,153,330

594,460

361,307

2,851,931

1,496,443

5-9 years

5,909,394

1,827,694

1,113,037

1,440,639

1,013,403

514,621

3,641,538

2,267,857

10-19 years

11,590,244

2,460,560

1,860,451

2,531,653

2,689,560

2,048,020

5,584,292

6,005,951

20 or more years

46,134,839

3,736,982

3,945,854

7,746,648

12,142,241

18,563,114

11,086,094

35,048,745

Unknown

24,812,923

33,694

7,262

*

67,083

944,272

23,760,613

62,473

24,750,450

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

55,625,361

90,722

348,315

2,106,237

9,667,510

43,412,578

1,192,438

54,432,923

1 location only

37,170,413

9,475,975

7,309,800

10,833,117

7,716,425

1,835,096

22,033,890

15,136,523

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

892,756

68,017

103,519

162,206

158,016

400,998

263,399

629,357

25-49 %

3,445,743

385,909

294,262

540,904

645,256

1,579,413

973,288

2,472,455

50-74 %

11,063,070

1,390,149

941,908

1,287,661

1,740,368

5,702,984

2,958,226

8,104,844

75% or more

77,394,205

7,722,622

6,318,426

10,948,583

14,840,295

37,564,279

19,031,414

58,362,791

Union presence

No union employees

67,908,059

9,219,982

7,280,101

11,917,774

14,540,878

24,949,323

22,068,310

45,839,749

Has union employees

14,064,135

221,112

280,611

840,082

2,343,148

10,379,182

842,090

13,222,044

Unknown

10,823,581

125,603

97,402

181,497

499,909

9,919,169

315,927

10,507,653

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

19,973,125

2,263,977

1,624,987

2,976,783

3,779,348

9,328,030

5,273,142

14,699,983

Less than 50% low wage

72,822,649

7,302,720

6,033,127

9,962,571

13,604,587

35,919,644

17,953,185

54,869,464

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

800,488

115,874

145,374

228,453

347,256

798,685

151,089

790,387

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

71,769

13,539

38,522

*

65,870

*

39,215

*

46,873

*

36,678

54,376

Mining and manufacturing

196,309

17,793

52,072

97,063

177,064

255,708

93,687

203,340

Construction

172,941

38,997

73,988

128,533

177,862

78,057

112,056

151,837

Utilities and transp.

286,492

21,446

29,836

32,235

76,257

252,996

46,120

258,484

Wholesale trade

248,379

20,679

38,477

81,340

106,754

187,466

77,260

204,696

Fin. svs. and real estate

555,315

28,950

39,628

74,216

139,669

583,726

69,631

550,361

Retail trade

221,668

36,761

38,751

116,913

60,791

220,460

118,166

211,728

Professional services

537,905

45,342

95,390

113,412

166,244

447,404

150,457

540,376

Other services

177,680

68,551

116,086

112,919

164,258

218,529

111,567

196,624

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

745,132

116,273

158,120

250,187

350,592

614,272

132,876

660,557

For profit, unincorporated

265,277

69,694

58,842

125,464

151,265

255,369

123,064

278,889

Nonprofit

335,741

22,553

37,647

103,569

190,003

256,878

93,011

299,850

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

159,277

55,242

63,272

80,775

76,144

56,547

105,511

99,090

5-9 years

130,471

55,311

76,216

98,217

87,400

94,750

83,558

153,300

10-19 years

250,603

43,350

90,365

120,536

198,574

230,359

146,397

287,991

20 or more years

711,485

93,334

87,260

249,480

273,718

894,802

214,056

759,507

Unknown

751,777

7,538

4,134

*

18,618

68,463

731,334

11,832

751,665

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

805,343

18,747

37,638

138,539

244,204

841,922

116,486

830,459

1 location only

444,898

112,691

146,858

164,622

239,146

188,694

173,323

467,406

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

51,476

7,164

8,248

14,084

16,162

47,673

15,108

49,404

25-49 %

118,660

13,193

12,077

44,923

54,638

97,337

34,954

113,323

50-74 %

300,759

37,512

49,227

75,921

129,590

310,028

61,900

286,526

75% or more

831,363

121,290

129,814

226,541

338,700

849,258

149,128

819,011

Union presence

No union employees

388,079

114,166

132,795

212,777

320,669

398,270

168,250

407,924

Has union employees

342,705

10,583

37,854

84,713

222,436

448,185

58,607

340,519

Unknown

317,522

23,691

25,999

24,871

74,031

257,362

43,953

316,378

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

526,512

58,423

84,632

110,094

185,288

357,347

118,901

525,230

Less than 50% low wage

644,106

98,894

144,382

237,920

365,394

702,771

178,717

653,912

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.