Table I.B.2 Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2016
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 84.3%    28.4%    54.0%    80.1%    97.3%    99.6%    47.7%    97.9%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 56.5%    10.9%    34.8%    69.0%    91.4%    100.0%    28.5%    91.3%   
Mining and manufacturing 94.1%    34.2%    65.5%    93.1%    99.4%    100.0%    65.1%    99.7%   
Construction 74.0%    26.7%    68.3%    91.0%    99.9%    100.0%    54.3%    98.4%   
Utilities and transp. 91.7%    33.0%    63.2%    81.7%    94.6%    99.9%    55.8%    98.6%   
Wholesale trade 89.8%    43.0%    81.3%    87.7%    100.0%    100.0%    69.1%    98.9%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 92.2%    34.8%    77.9%    92.5%    99.4%    99.9%    54.2%    99.8%   
Retail trade 84.9%    23.3%    45.0%    87.0%    97.1%    100.0%    42.3%    99.1%   
Professional services 88.3%    36.6%    68.5%    86.5%    96.2%    99.3%    56.7%    97.8%   
Other services 73.9%    21.5%    34.5%    65.0%    96.4%    99.1%    34.7%    95.4%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 85.0%    29.9%    55.4%    79.2%    97.2%    99.5%    49.4%    97.9%   
For profit, unincorporated 72.2%    21.6%    45.2%    75.3%    95.9%    99.5%    37.5%    96.3%   
Nonprofit 93.9%    43.1%    66.0%    91.8%    98.9%    99.9%    64.0%    99.3%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 46.6%    16.3%    31.1%    71.6%    84.4%    98.6%    27.9%    86.3%   
5-9 years 59.0%    22.6%    41.6%    73.3%    96.1%    88.1%    38.7%    90.4%   
10-19 years 69.8%    28.8%    54.3%    74.6%    96.0%    99.7%    45.3%    94.6%   
20 or more years 93.3%    39.4%    65.2%    86.6%    98.7%    99.8%    61.1%    99.1%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 98.7%    44.8%    69.5%    87.7%    98.4%    99.8%    77.2%    99.3%   
1 location only 63.7%    28.3%    53.2%    78.5%    95.8%    95.2%    46.1%    93.0%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 54.5%    8.5%    16.4%    49.2%    82.1%    98.6%    16.5%    87.3%   
25-49 % 76.4%    16.0%    36.5%    63.5%    98.3%    99.0%    34.6%    95.5%   
50-74 % 80.2%    26.1%    43.1%    76.8%    98.6%    99.0%    39.1%    97.9%   
75% or more 90.3%    37.7%    69.6%    89.9%    99.1%    99.9%    60.9%    99.2%   
Union presence
No union employees 81.5%    27.9%    52.8%    79.3%    97.2%    99.6%    46.9%    97.5%   
Has union employees 98.2%    51.3%    83.0%    94.3%    98.3%    99.7%    73.3%    99.6%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 72.1%    11.3%    23.6%    58.3%    94.0%    99.0%    24.4%    94.5%   
Less than 50% low-wage 88.1%    35.1%    65.8%    88.5%    98.4%    99.8%    56.9%    98.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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.

 

Table I.B.2 Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2016
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 0.22%    0.80%    1.20%    0.79%    0.46%    0.08%    0.62%    0.16%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 5.11%    2.73%    8.73%    9.53%    7.59%    0.00%    5.24%    3.91%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.44%    3.77%    4.07%    1.24%    0.48%    0.04%    2.23%    0.16%   
Construction 1.47%    2.49%    3.43%    1.81%    0.06%    0.01%    1.99%    0.75%   
Utilities and transp. 0.91%    5.29%    6.87%    4.35%    2.72%    0.03%    3.78%    0.53%   
Wholesale trade 0.92%    4.28%    3.66%    2.90%    0.01%    0.00%    2.37%    0.59%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.53%    2.77%    4.17%    2.31%    0.27%    0.04%    2.36%    0.07%   
Retail trade 0.70%    2.15%    3.56%    1.87%    1.44%    0.00%    1.85%    0.25%   
Professional services 0.46%    1.60%    2.04%    1.30%    1.25%    0.26%    1.16%    0.42%   
Other services 0.71%    1.50%    2.28%    1.80%    0.68%    0.13%    1.21%    0.41%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.29%    1.04%    1.46%    1.00%    0.69%    0.10%    0.78%    0.21%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.86%    1.35%    2.51%    1.95%    0.96%    0.27%    1.25%    0.51%   
Nonprofit 0.39%    3.02%    3.96%    1.25%    0.43%    0.04%    1.96%    0.17%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.79%    1.46%    3.08%    2.94%    6.13%    1.41%    1.52%    3.49%   
5-9 years 1.53%    1.77%    2.94%    2.44%    1.21%    2.96%    1.60%    1.34%   
10-19 years 0.93%    1.51%    2.29%    1.81%    0.96%    0.24%    1.23%    0.72%   
20 or more years 0.19%    1.53%    1.73%    0.92%    0.26%    0.08%    0.95%    0.11%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.10%    9.68%    3.60%    1.26%    0.28%    0.08%    1.99%    0.09%   
1 location only 0.57%    0.81%    1.25%    0.92%    0.98%    0.93%    0.65%    0.69%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.55%    1.65%    2.38%    3.35%    3.89%    0.67%    1.41%    1.71%   
25-49 % 1.09%    2.30%    3.70%    3.05%    0.59%    0.07%    2.04%    0.68%   
50-74 % 0.79%    1.90%    3.05%    2.22%    0.58%    0.09%    1.61%    0.28%   
75% or more 0.22%    1.11%    1.41%    0.72%    0.28%    0.09%    0.76%    0.12%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.27%    0.81%    1.23%    0.83%    0.49%    0.11%    0.63%    0.20%   
Has union employees 0.24%    6.44%    5.07%    2.02%    1.17%    0.01%    3.43%    0.14%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.72%    1.29%    2.50%    2.05%    1.00%    0.16%    1.27%    0.47%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.23%    0.96%    1.29%    0.71%    0.52%    0.09%    0.69%    0.16%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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.