Table I.A.2(2014) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2014
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 47.5%    25.7%    51.6%    73.9%    92.5%    99.2%    32.2%    94.8%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 23.6%    19.4%    38.0%    34.2%    76.5%    79.2%    21.4%    62.7%   
Mining and manufacturing 61.8%    39.4%    65.5%    86.0%    97.5%    100.0%    49.6%    97.4%   
Construction 36.4%    26.2%    65.2%    81.5%    95.6%    100.0%    33.2%    91.7%   
Utilities and transp. 47.4%    20.7%    56.3%    84.4%    91.8%    99.9%    29.1%    96.6%   
Wholesale trade 61.5%    38.0%    74.0%    91.8%    99.0%    99.6%    48.4%    99.0%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 61.6%    29.4%    81.4%    89.2%    97.1%    99.6%    37.2%    98.0%   
Retail trade 52.5%    18.4%    39.2%    76.1%    90.7%    99.6%    24.2%    97.0%   
Professional services 50.2%    31.6%    61.8%    83.3%    95.7%    99.4%    38.4%    96.5%   
Other services 37.0%    19.2%    35.0%    52.8%    82.5%    98.3%    24.2%    87.5%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 51.4%    27.9%    53.6%    74.3%    91.6%    99.4%    34.6%    95.4%   
For profit, unincorporated 31.0%    18.6%    37.3%    61.2%    89.3%    97.6%    22.5%    89.5%   
Nonprofit 61.6%    34.9%    69.5%    89.3%    97.6%    99.4%    45.9%    97.0%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 19.7%    16.1%    27.6%    46.8%    81.2%    92.1%    18.0%    74.7%   
5-9 years 28.2%    21.6%    35.1%    64.1%    81.2%    94.6%    25.3%    77.7%   
10-19 years 37.5%    25.4%    55.5%    72.2%    88.6%    98.1%    32.2%    87.0%   
20 or more years 69.7%    36.8%    65.3%    82.4%    94.7%    99.3%    46.1%    96.8%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 93.9%    59.5%    70.1%    81.5%    93.4%    99.3%    73.7%    96.3%   
1 location only 32.4%    25.5%    49.7%    69.1%    86.3%    86.9%    30.7%    81.8%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 17.4%    5.9%    12.8%    34.3%    71.4%    96.4%    7.9%    79.3%   
25-49 % 50.1%    27.1%    33.7%    59.6%    83.6%    99.0%    31.6%    90.4%   
50-74 % 49.3%    26.9%    44.7%    68.6%    95.5%    99.7%    31.7%    96.4%   
75% or more 55.4%    32.4%    68.1%    86.5%    96.4%    99.5%    40.7%    97.4%   
Union presence
No union employees 43.6%    25.8%    50.8%    73.4%    92.0%    98.9%    32.0%    93.0%   
Has union employees 88.1%    45.0%    87.1%    89.2%    97.8%    100.0%    60.4%    99.3%   
Unknown 75.4%    7.2%    6.3% * 43.5%    97.9%    99.3%    8.7%    98.9%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 35.7%    12.5%    21.9%    48.9%    84.3%    98.6%    15.7%    90.5%   
Less than 50% low-wage 53.7%    32.4%    67.1%    85.4%    96.6%    99.7%    40.5%    97.5%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2014 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.A.2(2014) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2014
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 0.35%    0.53%    1.07%    0.92%    0.61%    0.15%    0.46%    0.26%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 2.51%    2.75%    8.95%    8.19%    9.45%    13.55%    2.61%    7.44%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.81%    2.98%    3.92%    2.56%    0.91%    0.00%    2.27%    0.69%   
Construction 1.46%    1.67%    3.35%    3.12%    2.27%    0.00%    1.51%    2.28%   
Utilities and transp. 2.36%    2.84%    6.94%    3.74%    3.76%    0.09%    2.61%    1.15%   
Wholesale trade 1.84%    2.75%    3.94%    1.89%    0.74%    0.38%    2.26%    0.42%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.28%    1.84%    3.49%    2.23%    0.83%    0.41%    1.69%    0.44%   
Retail trade 1.11%    1.39%    3.05%    2.75%    2.22%    0.23%    1.25%    0.48%   
Professional services 0.82%    1.11%    2.04%    1.47%    0.71%    0.30%    0.96%    0.41%   
Other services 0.80%    0.97%    1.85%    1.96%    1.89%    0.33%    0.83%    0.90%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.46%    0.69%    1.28%    1.11%    0.81%    0.12%    0.58%    0.28%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.84%    0.93%    2.35%    2.46%    1.83%    1.03%    0.85%    1.13%   
Nonprofit 1.30%    2.08%    3.01%    1.63%    0.60%    0.48%    1.69%    0.55%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 0.89%    0.97%    2.70%    3.45%    4.21%    7.60%    0.90%    3.47%   
5-9 years 0.97%    1.13%    2.49%    2.65%    4.00%    3.08%    1.00%    2.62%   
10-19 years 0.87%    1.05%    2.08%    1.95%    1.73%    0.81%    0.92%    1.29%   
20 or more years 0.53%    1.08%    1.54%    1.10%    0.61%    0.15%    0.86%    0.24%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.31%    7.06%    2.94%    1.41%    0.66%    0.15%    1.79%    0.26%   
1 location only 0.45%    0.54%    1.14%    1.18%    1.47%    6.97%    0.47%    1.17%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 0.77%    0.66%    1.87%    2.85%    3.33%    1.00%    0.62%    1.77%   
25-49 % 1.39%    2.14%    2.91%    3.07%    3.18%    0.39%    1.64%    1.14%   
50-74 % 1.07%    1.37%    2.79%    2.52%    1.21%    0.11%    1.19%    0.49%   
75% or more 0.51%    0.76%    1.32%    0.90%    0.50%    0.19%    0.64%    0.24%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.40%    0.54%    1.09%    0.96%    0.66%    0.22%    0.47%    0.37%   
Has union employees 1.37%    5.28%    4.76%    2.90%    1.09%    0.02%    3.80%    0.26%   
Unknown 1.68%    2.12%    4.70% * 10.32%    1.49%    0.35%    2.02%    0.37%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.65%    0.71%    1.61%    1.92%    1.52%    0.33%    0.64%    0.60%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.48%    0.70%    1.22%    0.88%    0.47%    0.10%    0.59%    0.22%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2014 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.