Table I.B.2.a.(1) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in 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 73.3%    74.4%    70.1%    67.6%    71.9%    75.4%    70.4%    73.8%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 76.4%    82.9%    --    74.4%    77.4%    80.4%    65.8%    81.8%   
Mining and manufacturing 81.7%    78.7%    71.5%    70.5%    79.2%    86.7%    71.4%    83.0%   
Construction 69.9%    73.2%    71.5%    66.2%    68.2%    78.9%    69.6%    70.1%   
Utilities and transp. 81.5%    67.8%    64.6%    78.4%    78.4%    83.6%    71.6%    82.5%   
Wholesale trade 79.4%    77.9%    74.4%    75.3%    75.4%    84.6%    75.9%    80.5%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 78.5%    79.1%    77.6%    80.6%    79.7%    78.1%    78.7%    78.5%   
Retail trade 61.5%    71.2%    64.5%    59.4%    62.3%    61.0%    64.9%    60.9%   
Professional services 75.9%    72.9%    70.5%    70.0%    74.4%    78.6%    71.4%    76.7%   
Other services 61.4%    74.4%    66.5%    59.1%    60.3%    60.7%    66.6%    60.2%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 72.5%    72.7%    69.6%    66.9%    70.8%    74.7%    70.0%    72.9%   
For profit, unincorporated 71.0%    76.1%    70.9%    67.4%    69.2%    73.1%    70.9%    71.0%   
Nonprofit 78.4%    82.5%    72.4%    71.8%    77.8%    79.9%    73.3%    78.9%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 66.6%    70.3%    67.6%    62.7%    67.0%    72.5%    66.2%    66.8%   
5-9 years 66.2%    73.2%    69.3%    63.2%    64.8%    67.5%    69.3%    64.0%   
10-19 years 69.3%    76.4%    68.2%    66.4%    69.4%    70.1%    70.6%    68.5%   
20 or more years 74.6%    74.5%    71.6%    69.9%    73.6%    75.8%    71.4%    75.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 75.0%    80.2%    71.3%    75.8%    73.7%    75.4%    75.4%    75.0%   
1 location only 69.3%    74.3%    70.0%    65.6%    69.5%    78.6%    70.0%    68.7%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 57.0%    80.1%    75.7%    63.1%    50.0%    54.4%    73.6%    53.8%   
25-49 % 58.2%    77.9%    66.2%    58.5%    60.6%    55.5%    64.9%    57.1%   
50-74 % 63.5%    74.6%    64.1%    56.3%    64.0%    63.7%    66.4%    63.0%   
75% or more 75.8%    74.0%    70.8%    69.6%    74.3%    78.7%    71.2%    76.8%   
Union presence
No union employees 72.1%    74.2%    69.0%    67.3%    71.7%    74.1%    70.0%    72.6%   
Has union employees 78.1%    77.8%    84.9%    72.9%    73.7%    78.7%    80.2%    78.0%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 55.4%    69.0%    61.8%    53.0%    54.5%    55.4%    57.5%    55.2%   
Less than 50% low-wage 76.0%    74.9%    70.7%    69.7%    75.3%    78.6%    71.7%    76.9%   

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.

-- 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.(1) Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in 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 0.34%    0.99%    0.88%    0.77%    0.78%    0.49%    0.55%    0.39%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 4.05%    4.08%    --    11.46%    7.45%    4.12%    7.08%    3.71%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.68%    3.25%    3.08%    1.88%    1.61%    0.67%    1.59%    0.73%   
Construction 1.59%    3.11%    2.25%    2.69%    3.31%    5.42%    1.74%    2.39%   
Utilities and transp. 1.07%    4.34%    5.78%    3.02%    2.52%    1.25%    3.12%    1.11%   
Wholesale trade 0.95%    4.23%    2.61%    2.40%    2.28%    1.13%    1.71%    1.12%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.41%    2.67%    3.82%    1.85%    1.60%    1.92%    1.88%    1.55%   
Retail trade 0.85%    3.02%    3.02%    2.03%    2.10%    1.12%    1.63%    0.95%   
Professional services 0.44%    1.83%    1.42%    1.27%    1.02%    0.56%    0.91%    0.48%   
Other services 1.03%    2.30%    2.22%    1.96%    2.61%    1.49%    1.36%    1.23%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.44%    1.24%    1.07%    0.94%    1.07%    0.63%    0.66%    0.51%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.83%    1.97%    1.96%    1.85%    1.82%    1.29%    1.29%    1.01%   
Nonprofit 0.51%    2.30%    2.49%    1.83%    1.05%    0.63%    1.43%    0.54%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.84%    3.36%    3.68%    3.51%    3.76%    4.99%    2.29%    2.65%   
5-9 years 1.68%    2.58%    2.78%    2.37%    3.76%    7.12%    1.68%    2.62%   
10-19 years 0.98%    1.77%    1.59%    1.73%    2.11%    2.61%    1.00%    1.42%   
20 or more years 0.38%    1.43%    1.19%    0.91%    0.82%    0.50%    0.73%    0.41%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.41%    10.58%    2.75%    1.20%    0.77%    0.50%    1.43%    0.42%   
1 location only 0.60%    1.00%    0.93%    0.91%    1.48%    2.09%    0.59%    0.99%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.09%    5.37%    7.17%    3.94%    5.03%    2.35%    3.59%    2.31%   
25-49 % 1.49%    4.85%    5.02%    2.70%    3.38%    2.12%    2.56%    1.68%   
50-74 % 0.88%    2.72%    2.88%    2.64%    2.17%    1.13%    1.78%    0.99%   
75% or more 0.38%    1.11%    0.94%    0.85%    0.85%    0.55%    0.60%    0.44%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.39%    1.01%    0.89%    0.79%    0.81%    0.63%    0.55%    0.46%   
Has union employees 0.65%    5.34%    3.15%    3.81%    2.63%    0.66%    2.97%    0.67%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.96%    4.46%    3.78%    2.49%    1.92%    1.33%    2.07%    1.05%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.35%    0.99%    0.90%    0.80%    0.82%    0.51%    0.55%    0.41%   

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.