Table I.B.2(2013) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2013
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 84.9%    36.2%    59.3%    81.2%    95.2%    99.1%    53.1%    96.9%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 52.2%    25.2%    34.6% * 61.0%    62.8%    62.9%    31.5%    63.4%   
Mining and manufacturing 95.0%    44.4%    75.7%    95.5%    98.3%    99.9%    73.9%    99.2%   
Construction 73.2%    35.8%    67.9%    87.9%    92.5%    99.7%    57.4%    94.0%   
Utilities and transp. 91.2%    33.6%    60.7%    82.9%    96.7%    99.9%    51.5%    98.8%   
Wholesale trade 89.8%    48.0%    81.0%    94.1%    98.6%    100.0%    71.9%    99.0%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 94.1%    49.0%    88.6%    96.9%    99.2%    99.9%    67.0%    99.6%   
Retail trade 86.3%    28.8%    58.5%    83.5%    97.9%    100.0%    46.7%    98.9%   
Professional services 90.0%    45.5%    74.9%    88.7%    97.2%    99.5%    64.0%    98.3%   
Other services 72.2%    26.1%    36.1%    64.3%    89.8%    97.7%    37.2%    92.4%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 85.8%    38.3%    61.9%    79.9%    94.0%    99.4%    55.5%    97.0%   
For profit, unincorporated 72.5%    29.5%    44.2%    76.6%    94.9%    95.6%    41.3%    93.5%   
Nonprofit 93.7%    41.8%    71.8%    94.2%    98.7%    99.9%    65.0%    99.4%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 47.2%    27.2%    38.5%    55.2%    93.8%    63.8%    35.6%    76.5%   
5-9 years 58.7%    32.4%    48.3%    73.0%    90.8%    80.0%    44.4%    84.9%   
10-19 years 71.7%    35.3%    59.4%    81.7%    90.5%    98.2%    52.4%    92.3%   
20 or more years 93.8%    45.9%    72.5%    88.1%    96.8%    99.7%    66.1%    98.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 98.2%    62.8%    76.3%    89.2%    96.1%    99.5%    79.9%    98.7%   
1 location only 65.3%    35.9%    58.3%    79.2%    93.9%    86.7%    51.6%    90.0%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 52.1%    8.9%    20.6%    51.4%    79.1%    97.3%    18.8%    86.1%   
25-49 % 80.1%    28.8%    40.9%    65.9%    94.9%    99.8%    41.2%    96.3%   
50-74 % 82.7%    33.3%    52.1%    71.2%    94.8%    99.7%    45.4%    96.8%   
75% or more 90.3%    46.5%    74.1%    90.8%    97.3%    99.0%    66.4%    97.9%   
Union presence
No union employees 79.8%    36.3%    59.1%    80.7%    94.9%    98.4%    52.9%    95.4%   
Has union employees 98.3%    47.2%    79.8%    95.1%    97.4%    99.9%    74.1%    99.5%   
Unknown 97.3%    13.1% * 41.5%    50.6%    94.5%    99.7%    31.5%    99.4%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 72.3%    16.2%    27.1%    59.9%    87.9%    97.7%    28.0%    92.4%   
Less than 50% low wage 90.1%    45.8%    75.3%    90.8%    98.3%    99.6%    65.6%    98.7%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2013 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.

 

Table I.B.2(2013) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2013
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 0.29%    0.70%    0.61%    0.95%    0.41%    0.26%    0.68%    0.23%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 4.71%    3.90%    11.16% * 10.26%    11.84%    12.31%    4.09%    8.47%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.40%    2.38%    2.94%    1.01%    0.78%    0.14%    1.13%    0.33%   
Construction 0.93%    2.74%    2.21%    2.61%    2.95%    0.35%    2.51%    1.56%   
Utilities and transp. 0.82%    4.85%    4.87%    2.32%    1.34%    0.03%    3.35%    0.34%   
Wholesale trade 0.77%    3.32%    3.74%    1.53%    0.54%    0.00%    1.92%    0.32%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.25%    2.99%    2.31%    1.85%    0.23%    0.09%    2.18%    0.10%   
Retail trade 0.64%    1.04%    2.25%    3.37%    0.53%    0.01%    1.44%    0.32%   
Professional services 0.19%    0.84%    1.41%    0.73%    0.45%    0.21%    0.34%    0.14%   
Other services 1.12%    1.39%    1.37%    2.75%    1.86%    0.74%    1.27%    0.83%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.37%    1.15%    0.70%    1.42%    0.54%    0.11%    1.03%    0.22%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.90%    1.69%    2.59%    2.56%    1.75%    1.83%    1.32%    1.16%   
Nonprofit 0.19%    2.29%    3.11%    0.88%    0.48%    0.04%    1.28%    0.14%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 0.86%    1.99%    3.03%    2.71%    2.14%    11.28%    1.22%    2.61%   
5-9 years 0.54%    1.64%    2.88%    2.90%    2.47%    6.08%    0.82%    2.60%   
10-19 years 0.89%    1.13%    1.87%    1.80%    1.97%    0.82%    0.77%    1.08%   
20 or more years 0.24%    1.24%    1.32%    0.97%    0.28%    0.09%    1.03%    0.14%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.09%    11.39%    3.92%    1.31%    0.33%    0.11%    2.96%    0.07%   
1 location only 0.52%    0.72%    0.59%    0.98%    0.91%    5.66%    0.64%    0.93%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.62%    0.93%    2.21%    5.67%    1.60%    1.06%    1.92%    1.45%   
25-49 % 1.28%    2.47%    4.40%    3.03%    1.89%    0.08%    2.54%    0.61%   
50-74 % 0.66%    1.14%    2.32%    2.13%    1.25%    0.24%    0.95%    0.55%   
75% or more 0.21%    1.09%    1.15%    0.73%    0.41%    0.36%    0.73%    0.26%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.49%    0.70%    0.59%    1.10%    0.58%    0.52%    0.74%    0.44%   
Has union employees 0.34%    5.94%    6.28%    1.41%    2.69%    0.06%    3.94%    0.29%   
Unknown 0.35%    4.30% * 9.51%    9.98%    2.86%    0.13%    5.83%    0.21%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 0.81%    0.62%    1.91%    3.03%    1.27%    0.87%    1.23%    0.72%   
Less than 50% low wage 0.17%    1.08%    0.92%    0.81%    0.28%    0.11%    0.57%    0.10%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2013 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.