Table I.B.2.c Percent of private-sector employees working in establishments that offer two or more health insurance plans 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 71.7%    21.0%    33.5%    50.6%    66.8%    86.3%    34.2%    78.5%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 49.7%    10.8% * --    61.2%    59.6% * 50.0% * 35.4% * 55.2%   
Mining and manufacturing 64.1%    30.4%    28.8%    42.3%    55.3%    77.4%    35.4%    67.7%   
Construction 54.8%    13.1% * 41.5%    52.0%    69.0%    74.6%    34.0%    69.0%   
Utilities and transp. 74.9%    24.6% * 36.0% * 38.9%    67.5%    83.4%    30.9%    79.6%   
Wholesale trade 65.7%    19.8%    29.2%    45.0%    69.8%    84.4%    30.5%    76.4%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 81.0%    17.6%    33.1%    59.0%    69.0%    91.1%    33.6%    86.1%   
Retail trade 79.2%    19.2%    34.4%    55.2%    66.0%    90.6%    35.9%    85.3%   
Professional services 73.4%    24.1%    34.3%    56.5%    67.1%    88.0%    36.4%    79.8%   
Other services 69.4%    21.0%    31.2%    46.9%    70.9%    85.0%    32.4%    76.9%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 72.3%    19.6%    34.4%    51.3%    66.3%    86.0%    34.2%    79.2%   
For profit, unincorporated 68.7%    23.9%    33.5%    53.3%    70.7%    87.8%    36.1%    77.6%   
Nonprofit 71.7%    23.5%    28.4%    44.0%    64.6%    86.4%    30.9%    76.5%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 59.3%    23.8%    36.1%    60.1%    73.6%    91.5%    34.8%    76.1%   
5-9 years 57.1%    27.8%    38.3%    54.0%    71.1%    76.9%    39.0%    69.2%   
10-19 years 60.4%    20.2%    34.5%    52.6%    69.2%    90.3%    35.1%    72.7%   
20 or more years 74.9%    18.4%    31.5%    47.2%    65.3%    86.2%    32.3%    79.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 80.9%    26.8% * 31.0%    47.6%    66.2%    86.3%    39.1%    81.6%   
1 location only 51.5%    20.9%    33.7%    51.2%    67.5%    86.4%    33.8%    66.1%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 64.7%    18.4% * 25.2%    36.8%    62.0%    84.2%    27.4%    70.8%   
25-49 % 72.7%    10.5% * 28.8%    46.5%    63.8%    90.5%    29.9%    79.8%   
50-74 % 72.6%    14.1%    30.3%    51.8%    69.3%    87.1%    29.9%    79.9%   
75% or more 72.0%    23.5%    35.0%    52.4%    67.2%    85.8%    35.9%    78.7%   
Union presence
No union employees 69.1%    20.7%    32.6%    50.5%    66.9%    85.7%    33.7%    77.0%   
Has union employees 82.4%    27.3% * 47.6%    51.1%    66.0%    87.7%    43.6%    83.9%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 70.9%    11.2%    36.6%    42.2%    63.6%    85.5%    32.5%    75.5%   
Less than 50% low-wage 71.9%    22.2%    33.1%    52.7%    67.8%    86.5%    34.5%    79.3%   

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.c Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees working in establishments that offer two or more health insurance plans 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 0.52%    1.45%    1.80%    1.35%    1.26%    0.65%    1.01%    0.57%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 9.37%    7.56% * --    14.70%    18.86% * 17.89% * 13.62% * 12.43%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.74%    7.22%    5.11%    3.72%    3.34%    2.39%    3.28%    1.89%   
Construction 2.85%    3.93% * 5.15%    4.69%    5.99%    8.39%    3.15%    3.94%   
Utilities and transp. 2.47%    10.29% * 12.30% * 6.72%    6.64%    2.73%    6.14%    2.54%   
Wholesale trade 2.14%    5.51%    5.46%    4.65%    4.17%    2.80%    3.36%    2.30%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.34%    3.82%    6.91%    4.98%    3.92%    1.26%    3.71%    1.30%   
Retail trade 1.20%    4.54%    5.69%    4.16%    4.11%    1.16%    3.16%    1.21%   
Professional services 0.97%    2.60%    2.91%    2.46%    2.18%    1.26%    1.75%    1.06%   
Other services 1.20%    3.25%    4.58%    2.83%    2.66%    1.53%    2.30%    1.30%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.62%    1.72%    2.24%    1.65%    1.63%    0.75%    1.25%    0.68%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.40%    3.22%    3.75%    3.21%    3.10%    1.60%    2.23%    1.57%   
Nonprofit 1.37%    4.63%    4.53%    3.47%    2.52%    1.88%    2.68%    1.45%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.81%    4.43%    5.93%    4.64%    5.35%    4.92%    3.34%    3.46%   
5-9 years 2.61%    4.36%    4.73%    3.91%    5.04%    12.18%    2.90%    3.80%   
10-19 years 1.58%    2.62%    3.36%    2.87%    3.31%    1.83%    1.96%    1.98%   
20 or more years 0.57%    2.03%    2.60%    1.76%    1.45%    0.67%    1.42%    0.60%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.59%    15.79% * 4.90%    2.63%    1.51%    0.65%    3.26%    0.60%   
1 location only 1.03%    1.45%    1.89%    1.54%    2.10%    4.97%    1.07%    1.51%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.50%    6.97% * 6.95%    5.72%    5.40%    3.44%    4.43%    2.75%   
25-49 % 1.70%    4.34% * 5.66%    4.61%    4.46%    1.37%    3.52%    1.75%   
50-74 % 1.45%    3.13%    5.10%    3.87%    3.36%    1.84%    2.79%    1.57%   
75% or more 0.61%    1.74%    2.10%    1.56%    1.46%    0.77%    1.18%    0.67%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.58%    1.47%    1.85%    1.37%    1.31%    0.78%    1.03%    0.65%   
Has union employees 1.19%    8.45% * 7.94%    6.36%    4.50%    1.19%    5.16%    1.21%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.20%    3.05%    7.03%    3.23%    2.69%    1.41%    3.31%    1.27%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.58%    1.57%    1.79%    1.48%    1.41%    0.73%    1.05%    0.64%   

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.