Table I.B.3.b Percent of private-sector full-time employees 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 88.5%    34.7%    63.9%    86.8%    98.8%    99.8%    56.3%    98.9%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 61.5%    15.2%    40.9%    80.2%    89.1%    100.0%    36.6%    92.6%   
Mining and manufacturing 95.3%    38.9%    69.3%    93.6%    99.4%    100.0%    69.3%    99.7%   
Construction 76.5%    28.9%    69.1%    91.5%    100.0%    100.0%    57.2%    98.7%   
Utilities and transp. 93.6%    36.6%    65.4%    85.9%    96.4%    100.0%    58.9%    99.2%   
Wholesale trade 91.0%    45.9%    81.8%    88.8%    100.0%    100.0%    71.6%    98.9%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 94.1%    39.5%    83.2%    94.2%    99.7%    100.0%    60.0%    99.9%   
Retail trade 87.4%    31.4%    52.6%    90.8%    97.6%    100.0%    51.2%    99.2%   
Professional services 91.7%    42.5%    75.9%    90.9%    99.0%    99.5%    63.9%    99.0%   
Other services 80.5%    28.5%    46.6%    73.8%    98.1%    99.4%    43.7%    97.4%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 88.6%    35.2%    64.4%    86.0%    99.0%    99.7%    57.0%    98.9%   
For profit, unincorporated 79.9%    28.8%    57.3%    84.6%    97.8%    99.8%    47.8%    98.3%   
Nonprofit 97.0%    58.4%    78.5%    94.7%    99.2%    99.9%    76.8%    99.5%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 55.4%    20.8%    41.4%    79.2%    95.5%    98.2%    34.1%    94.0%   
5-9 years 66.8%    28.2%    51.2%    83.5%    98.1%    92.7%    46.9%    94.9%   
10-19 years 76.2%    35.9%    64.9%    81.5%    98.3%    99.7%    54.4%    96.9%   
20 or more years 95.2%    46.3%    72.1%    91.5%    99.3%    99.8%    68.8%    99.5%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 99.2%    46.6%    74.0%    92.8%    99.1%    99.8%    81.9%    99.6%   
1 location only 71.1%    34.6%    63.2%    85.5%    98.4%    96.9%    54.7%    96.2%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 74.8%    22.7%    27.3%    61.6%    89.4%    99.4%    32.2%    93.4%   
25-49 % 77.3%    16.9%    37.0%    64.9%    98.6%    99.1%    35.7%    95.7%   
50-74 % 81.3%    27.0%    43.7%    77.7%    98.7%    99.2%    40.3%    98.1%   
75% or more 90.3%    37.5%    69.9%    90.2%    99.0%    99.9%    60.9%    99.3%   
Union presence
No union employees 86.3%    34.0%    62.5%    86.1%    98.8%    99.7%    55.4%    98.7%   
Has union employees 98.8%    60.0%    88.4%    97.3%    98.9%    99.9%    80.9%    99.8%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 78.2%    15.3%    31.2%    63.9%    96.8%    99.4%    29.9%    96.7%   
Less than 50% low-wage 90.5%    39.1%    70.7%    91.6%    99.2%    99.8%    62.2%    99.3%   

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.

** 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.3.b Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time employees 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 0.19%    0.93%    1.25%    0.66%    0.26%    0.08%    0.66%    0.11%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 4.53%    3.68%    9.76%    7.43%    9.56%    0.00%    6.25%    4.00%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.40%    4.18%    4.06%    1.20%    0.47%    0.02%    2.22%    0.16%   
Construction 1.44%    2.70%    3.45%    1.78%    0.01%    0.01%    2.04%    0.71%   
Utilities and transp. 0.76%    5.92%    6.72%    3.72%    1.91%    0.02%    3.85%    0.31%   
Wholesale trade 0.87%    4.54%    3.69%    2.87%    0.01%    0.00%    2.37%    0.57%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.44%    3.07%    3.50%    2.05%    0.19%    0.03%    2.44%    0.05%   
Retail trade 0.68%    2.75%    3.93%    1.57%    1.68%    0.00%    2.04%    0.31%   
Professional services 0.34%    1.77%    1.91%    1.05%    0.42%    0.29%    1.17%    0.23%   
Other services 0.71%    1.87%    3.05%    1.81%    0.70%    0.06%    1.53%    0.33%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.25%    1.16%    1.48%    0.83%    0.31%    0.11%    0.81%    0.14%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.78%    1.70%    2.84%    1.63%    0.76%    0.12%    1.46%    0.35%   
Nonprofit 0.30%    3.86%    4.53%    0.92%    0.52%    0.04%    2.07%    0.17%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.86%    1.82%    3.78%    2.80%    2.38%    1.80%    1.77%    1.58%   
5-9 years 1.49%    2.10%    3.29%    2.05%    1.03%    1.61%    1.80%    0.95%   
10-19 years 0.87%    1.79%    2.33%    1.64%    0.75%    0.23%    1.33%    0.58%   
20 or more years 0.16%    1.67%    1.76%    0.69%    0.25%    0.09%    0.95%    0.10%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.09%    10.39%    3.65%    0.82%    0.26%    0.09%    1.78%    0.08%   
1 location only 0.53%    0.94%    1.31%    0.79%    0.49%    0.50%    0.70%    0.43%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.51%    4.50%    3.77%    3.71%    2.86%    0.32%    2.65%    1.09%   
25-49 % 1.10%    2.57%    3.85%    3.09%    0.46%    0.07%    2.11%    0.65%   
50-74 % 0.76%    1.94%    3.05%    2.19%    0.52%    0.10%    1.63%    0.28%   
75% or more 0.22%    1.10%    1.42%    0.70%    0.30%    0.10%    0.76%    0.12%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.24%    0.93%    1.29%    0.70%    0.26%    0.12%    0.68%    0.14%   
Has union employees 0.20%    6.94%    4.06%    1.02%    1.07%    0.00%    3.01%    0.13%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.75%    1.81%    4.04%    2.36%    0.97%    0.06%    1.84%    0.40%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.20%    1.05%    1.29%    0.60%    0.24%    0.10%    0.70%    0.11%   

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.