Table I.B.3.b.(1) Percent of private-sector full-time 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 89.2%    92.4%    91.1%    92.8%    91.1%    87.3%    91.9%    88.8%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 88.1%    96.8%    --    86.7%    91.3%    83.0%    90.9%    86.6%   
Mining and manufacturing 93.1%    95.0%    95.3%    97.1%    94.9%    91.0%    96.3%    92.7%   
Construction 87.6%    85.6%    89.9%    90.3%    87.5%    79.6%    88.1%    87.2%   
Utilities and transp. 91.9%    95.8%    97.8%    91.1%    97.6%    90.6%    94.2%    91.6%   
Wholesale trade 93.8%    91.9%    93.2%    94.0%    97.1%    92.3%    94.7%    93.6%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 94.4%    95.3%    97.4%    96.5%    96.5%    93.5%    96.8%    94.1%   
Retail trade 84.7%    90.5%    90.9%    95.7%    89.9%    80.7%    92.2%    83.4%   
Professional services 90.7%    92.6%    93.1%    93.6%    91.9%    89.3%    93.2%    90.3%   
Other services 81.5%    94.1%    82.9%    88.1%    83.1%    77.5%    87.0%    80.4%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 89.3%    92.0%    90.9%    93.6%    91.7%    87.1%    92.1%    88.7%   
For profit, unincorporated 88.6%    92.3%    92.0%    91.4%    89.6%    85.6%    91.6%    87.8%   
Nonprofit 89.7%    95.3%    90.8%    90.1%    90.7%    88.9%    90.3%    89.6%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 92.2%    92.3%    96.4%    93.1%    89.4%    93.5%    93.1%    91.6%   
5-9 years 90.8%    94.2%    92.7%    88.5%    92.0%    88.4%    91.8%    90.0%   
10-19 years 90.1%    91.3%    91.1%    93.6%    89.6%    85.7%    92.0%    89.1%   
20 or more years 88.9%    92.5%    90.0%    93.4%    91.5%    87.3%    91.6%    88.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 88.4%    89.6%    96.6%    94.2%    91.9%    87.2%    94.0%    88.2%   
1 location only 91.2%    92.4%    90.7%    92.4%    90.1%    89.4%    91.7%    90.9%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 88.9%    99.2%    93.5%    91.8%    86.3%    88.5%    94.3%    88.1%   
25-49 % 89.1%    94.9%    85.6%    90.2%    88.1%    89.3%    90.0%    88.9%   
50-74 % 90.8%    89.1%    94.4%    91.9%    89.7%    90.9%    91.0%    90.8%   
75% or more 89.1%    92.7%    90.9%    93.0%    91.5%    86.7%    92.0%    88.5%   
Union presence
No union employees 89.6%    93.0%    91.3%    93.3%    92.2%    86.7%    92.3%    89.0%   
Has union employees 87.7%    79.5%    88.1%    85.8%    82.7%    88.6%    83.5%    87.8%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 80.1%    90.9%    71.7%    85.5%    84.0%    77.3%    81.4%    79.9%   
Less than 50% low-wage 90.8%    92.5%    92.9%    93.8%    92.5%    89.0%    93.0%    90.3%   

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.

-- 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.3.b.(1) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time 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 0.32%    0.70%    1.19%    0.51%    0.55%    0.50%    0.54%    0.36%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 2.72%    1.98%    --    5.45%    3.98%    6.37%    3.32%    3.83%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.86%    1.48%    1.15%    0.57%    0.94%    1.45%    0.59%    0.95%   
Construction 1.44%    3.74%    1.87%    1.88%    3.24%    5.32%    1.50%    2.18%   
Utilities and transp. 1.62%    2.18%    0.90%    1.91%    0.72%    2.11%    1.41%    1.76%   
Wholesale trade 0.77%    2.40%    2.23%    1.52%    0.78%    1.46%    1.04%    0.94%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.63%    1.14%    1.15%    1.48%    0.72%    0.85%    0.63%    0.69%   
Retail trade 1.31%    2.12%    2.07%    0.67%    1.96%    1.88%    1.00%    1.51%   
Professional services 0.43%    1.10%    1.15%    0.89%    0.75%    0.67%    0.62%    0.49%   
Other services 0.92%    1.22%    4.93%    1.54%    1.77%    1.40%    2.10%    1.03%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.40%    0.91%    1.53%    0.57%    0.71%    0.61%    0.68%    0.46%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.80%    1.23%    1.54%    1.26%    1.49%    1.52%    0.90%    0.99%   
Nonprofit 0.66%    1.34%    2.85%    1.68%    0.93%    1.00%    1.65%    0.71%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.10%    1.73%    1.09%    1.26%    2.85%    2.77%    0.97%    1.70%   
5-9 years 1.07%    1.09%    2.18%    1.95%    2.14%    3.70%    1.12%    1.64%   
10-19 years 0.66%    1.77%    1.24%    0.97%    1.36%    1.86%    0.81%    0.92%   
20 or more years 0.38%    0.87%    2.05%    0.64%    0.63%    0.52%    0.90%    0.41%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.42%    5.95%    1.01%    0.95%    0.64%    0.51%    1.31%    0.42%   
1 location only 0.44%    0.70%    1.26%    0.59%    0.94%    2.05%    0.58%    0.64%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.67%    0.85%    3.11%    2.59%    4.35%    2.15%    1.72%    1.90%   
25-49 % 1.27%    1.87%    4.54%    2.16%    3.30%    1.73%    1.99%    1.44%   
50-74 % 0.60%    1.84%    1.36%    1.20%    1.40%    0.86%    0.98%    0.68%   
75% or more 0.36%    0.78%    1.34%    0.57%    0.60%    0.57%    0.61%    0.42%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.36%    0.58%    1.26%    0.49%    0.48%    0.64%    0.54%    0.42%   
Has union employees 0.70%    8.21%    3.20%    3.14%    2.92%    0.71%    3.16%    0.72%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.11%    2.46%    9.08%    1.88%    1.57%    1.62%    3.61%    1.17%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.32%    0.73%    0.66%    0.50%    0.57%    0.50%    0.40%    0.37%   

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.