Table I.B.2.a Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at 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 76.5%    80.6%    79.2%    76.6%    75.8%    76.2%    78.7%    76.1%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 72.0%    89.5%    --    84.3%    71.0%    57.8%    87.2%    66.1%   
Mining and manufacturing 91.6%    88.1%    90.0%    94.2%    93.1%    90.5%    91.9%    91.6%   
Construction 85.6%    81.9%    85.9%    88.0%    86.8%    79.4%    85.2%    85.9%   
Utilities and transp. 88.5%    91.1%    90.0%    82.5%    91.7%    88.3%    86.9%    88.6%   
Wholesale trade 90.6%    85.7%    88.4%    91.3%    93.9%    89.7%    89.9%    90.9%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 90.6%    87.8%    86.6%    90.5%    92.0%    90.7%    88.5%    90.9%   
Retail trade 63.3%    79.4%    75.1%    79.0%    71.5%    58.0%    76.7%    61.4%   
Professional services 80.2%    80.5%    80.4%    78.1%    76.0%    82.5%    80.7%    80.1%   
Other services 57.8%    73.2%    63.9%    56.4%    55.6%    57.4%    62.4%    56.8%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 77.6%    83.4%    82.8%    80.4%    78.9%    75.7%    82.0%    76.8%   
For profit, unincorporated 72.0%    78.5%    76.9%    72.1%    70.8%    70.8%    76.1%    70.8%   
Nonprofit 75.5%    68.1%    59.8%    65.1%    71.4%    81.3%    63.5%    76.9%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 74.9%    81.3%    75.4%    70.2%    77.7%    74.1%    74.1%    75.4%   
5-9 years 74.0%    81.9%    79.9%    71.8%    74.0%    66.3%    77.5%    71.7%   
10-19 years 76.2%    83.2%    81.1%    77.3%    72.4%    74.7%    81.2%    73.8%   
20 or more years 76.7%    78.4%    78.5%    78.6%    76.7%    76.3%    78.7%    76.5%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 76.7%    78.3%    85.7%    80.8%    76.5%    76.4%    83.3%    76.5%   
1 location only 76.0%    80.7%    78.7%    75.6%    74.8%    67.4%    78.3%    74.2%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 23.2%    34.6%    31.1%    20.5%    22.5%    23.1%    26.6%    22.7%   
25-49 % 42.5%    43.5%    39.9%    40.2%    43.0%    43.1%    40.1%    42.9%   
50-74 % 65.8%    65.6%    68.0%    64.1%    62.7%    67.3%    65.6%    65.9%   
75% or more 86.8%    90.0%    87.5%    89.6%    88.5%    85.1%    88.8%    86.4%   
Union presence
No union employees 76.1%    80.8%    78.8%    76.4%    76.0%    75.2%    78.7%    75.5%   
Has union employees 78.2%    77.3%    84.3%    80.0%    74.2%    78.5%    80.2%    78.1%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 49.7%    61.8%    47.4%    47.1%    50.0%    49.8%    49.1%    49.7%   
Less than 50% low-wage 83.5%    83.0%    83.5%    84.1%    84.2%    83.0%    83.8%    83.4%   

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.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few 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.

 

Table I.B.2.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at 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 0.37%    1.09%    1.15%    0.81%    0.81%    0.54%    0.63%    0.42%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 8.08%    4.24%    --    5.38%    6.60%    17.28%    3.02%    10.40%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.85%    2.58%    1.68%    0.78%    1.03%    1.44%    0.89%    0.95%   
Construction 1.42%    3.55%    2.00%    1.92%    3.24%    5.32%    1.50%    2.17%   
Utilities and transp. 1.57%    3.09%    3.92%    2.88%    1.46%    2.09%    2.36%    1.73%   
Wholesale trade 0.85%    3.07%    2.38%    1.46%    0.93%    1.64%    1.25%    1.03%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.72%    2.31%    3.36%    1.75%    0.94%    0.96%    1.55%    0.78%   
Retail trade 1.05%    2.61%    2.73%    1.87%    2.10%    1.35%    1.59%    1.16%   
Professional services 0.53%    1.51%    1.44%    1.41%    1.21%    0.70%    0.83%    0.60%   
Other services 0.91%    3.23%    3.45%    1.86%    2.02%    1.34%    1.71%    1.04%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.45%    1.33%    1.37%    0.93%    0.94%    0.66%    0.77%    0.51%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.08%    2.40%    2.51%    2.14%    2.47%    1.67%    1.41%    1.31%   
Nonprofit 0.78%    3.02%    3.30%    1.94%    1.50%    1.01%    1.67%    0.84%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.80%    2.35%    4.19%    3.25%    2.95%    9.67%    2.30%    2.59%   
5-9 years 1.85%    3.19%    3.19%    2.41%    3.29%    10.14%    1.80%    2.82%   
10-19 years 0.94%    1.84%    1.63%    1.83%    2.08%    1.96%    1.03%    1.31%   
20 or more years 0.42%    1.74%    1.76%    0.97%    0.96%    0.55%    0.91%    0.46%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.45%    6.29%    1.93%    1.65%    0.97%    0.53%    1.72%    0.46%   
1 location only 0.64%    1.10%    1.22%    0.92%    1.39%    4.11%    0.67%    1.02%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 0.97%    5.97%    4.98%    1.57%    2.33%    1.17%    2.24%    1.06%   
25-49 % 0.92%    2.68%    2.79%    1.96%    1.88%    1.35%    1.34%    1.04%   
50-74 % 0.65%    1.70%    2.18%    1.36%    1.25%    0.97%    1.15%    0.74%   
75% or more 0.35%    0.81%    1.26%    0.56%    0.59%    0.56%    0.59%    0.40%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.42%    1.09%    1.20%    0.84%    0.85%    0.67%    0.65%    0.49%   
Has union employees 0.79%    7.60%    3.33%    2.96%    2.69%    0.87%    3.00%    0.82%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.85%    4.83%    4.08%    1.98%    1.74%    1.16%    2.03%    0.92%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.34%    0.99%    0.84%    0.71%    0.68%    0.53%    0.51%    0.40%   

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.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few 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.