Table I.B.2.b Percent of private-sector employees 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 56.0%    60.0%    55.5%    51.8%    54.5%    57.5%    55.5%    56.1%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 55.0%    74.2%    --    62.6%    55.0%    46.5% * 57.4%    54.1%   
Mining and manufacturing 74.9%    69.4%    64.4%    66.4%    73.8%    78.5%    65.6%    76.1%   
Construction 59.8%    60.0%    61.5%    58.2%    59.2%    62.6%    59.3%    60.2%   
Utilities and transp. 72.1%    61.8%    58.1%    64.7%    71.9%    73.9%    62.3%    73.2%   
Wholesale trade 72.0%    66.7%    65.8%    68.7%    70.8%    75.9%    68.2%    73.2%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 71.2%    69.5%    67.2%    72.9%    73.4%    70.8%    69.6%    71.3%   
Retail trade 38.9%    56.5%    48.5%    46.9%    44.5%    35.4%    49.8%    37.4%   
Professional services 60.9%    58.7%    56.7%    54.7%    56.6%    64.9%    57.6%    61.5%   
Other services 35.5%    54.5%    42.5%    33.3%    33.5%    34.9%    41.6%    34.2%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 56.3%    60.6%    57.6%    53.8%    55.9%    56.5%    57.4%    56.0%   
For profit, unincorporated 51.1%    59.8%    54.6%    48.6%    49.0%    51.8%    54.0%    50.3%   
Nonprofit 59.2%    56.2%    43.3%    46.7%    55.5%    64.9%    46.5%    60.7%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 49.9%    57.1%    51.0%    44.0%    52.1%    53.7%    49.1%    50.4%   
5-9 years 49.0%    60.0%    55.4%    45.4%    47.9%    44.7%    53.7%    45.9%   
10-19 years 52.8%    63.6%    55.3%    51.3%    50.2%    52.4%    57.3%    50.6%   
20 or more years 57.3%    58.5%    56.2%    55.0%    56.4%    57.9%    56.2%    57.4%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 57.5%    62.8%    61.1%    61.3%    56.4%    57.6%    62.8%    57.4%   
1 location only 52.7%    59.9%    55.1%    49.6%    52.0%    53.0%    54.8%    51.0%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 13.2%    27.7%    23.6%    12.9%    11.2%    12.6%    19.6%    12.2%   
25-49 % 24.7%    33.9%    26.4%    23.5%    26.0%    24.0%    26.1%    24.5%   
50-74 % 41.8%    48.9%    43.6%    36.1%    40.2%    42.9%    43.5%    41.5%   
75% or more 65.8%    66.7%    62.0%    62.4%    65.7%    67.0%    63.2%    66.3%   
Union presence
No union employees 54.8%    59.9%    54.3%    51.4%    54.5%    55.7%    55.0%    54.8%   
Has union employees 61.0%    60.1%    71.5%    58.3%    54.6%    61.8%    64.3%    60.9%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 27.5%    42.6%    29.3%    24.9%    27.2%    27.6%    28.2%    27.4%   
Less than 50% low-wage 63.4%    62.1%    59.1%    58.6%    63.4%    65.2%    60.1%    64.1%   

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- 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.b Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees 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 0.39%    1.06%    1.07%    0.81%    0.85%    0.57%    0.61%    0.44%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.48%    3.86%    --    12.53%    9.14%    15.57% * 7.39%    9.91%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.01%    3.28%    3.09%    1.84%    1.77%    1.55%    1.58%    1.12%   
Construction 1.62%    3.56%    2.35%    2.59%    3.36%    6.34%    1.69%    2.47%   
Utilities and transp. 1.84%    4.04%    5.58%    3.49%    2.88%    2.42%    3.02%    2.02%   
Wholesale trade 1.10%    3.42%    2.56%    2.55%    2.16%    1.75%    1.64%    1.33%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.34%    2.73%    4.19%    2.47%    1.69%    1.81%    2.06%    1.47%   
Retail trade 0.79%    2.68%    2.53%    1.81%    1.94%    0.99%    1.50%    0.87%   
Professional services 0.57%    1.76%    1.54%    1.43%    1.33%    0.75%    0.93%    0.65%   
Other services 0.83%    2.73%    2.72%    1.51%    1.85%    1.26%    1.38%    0.96%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.49%    1.32%    1.29%    0.97%    1.11%    0.70%    0.74%    0.56%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.02%    2.33%    2.44%    2.11%    2.11%    1.71%    1.44%    1.24%   
Nonprofit 0.77%    2.78%    2.79%    1.98%    1.55%    0.96%    1.47%    0.83%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.85%    3.20%    3.74%    3.46%    3.45%    7.87%    2.19%    2.72%   
5-9 years 1.77%    2.96%    3.06%    2.25%    3.36%    9.61%    1.77%    2.68%   
10-19 years 1.03%    1.91%    1.71%    1.83%    2.28%    2.41%    1.09%    1.44%   
20 or more years 0.44%    1.56%    1.59%    0.97%    0.96%    0.58%    0.85%    0.48%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.48%    9.68%    2.92%    1.61%    0.98%    0.57%    1.76%    0.49%   
1 location only 0.62%    1.07%    1.12%    0.92%    1.45%    3.44%    0.64%    1.00%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 0.65%    4.67%    5.01%    1.25%    1.11%    0.97%    1.98%    0.68%   
25-49 % 0.85%    2.17%    2.00%    1.31%    2.23%    1.18%    1.08%    0.98%   
50-74 % 0.69%    1.87%    2.11%    1.66%    1.51%    0.97%    1.20%    0.78%   
75% or more 0.43%    1.13%    1.22%    0.86%    0.88%    0.65%    0.68%    0.49%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.43%    1.06%    1.06%    0.83%    0.89%    0.70%    0.61%    0.51%   
Has union employees 0.87%    7.81%    4.60%    3.53%    2.80%    0.95%    3.52%    0.89%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.67%    3.64%    3.06%    1.53%    1.30%    0.97%    1.34%    0.74%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.40%    1.03%    0.93%    0.83%    0.85%    0.60%    0.56%    0.46%   

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- 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.