Table I.B.3.b.(1).(a) Percent of private-sector full-time 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 74.9%    75.1%    71.1%    68.8%    73.3%    77.4%    71.5%    75.5%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 76.8%    83.0%    --    74.7%    76.4%    82.0%    66.1%    82.3%   
Mining and manufacturing 81.9%    78.3%    72.1%    70.9%    79.3%    86.9%    71.8%    83.2%   
Construction 70.0%    72.9%    71.9%    66.3%    68.5%    79.0%    69.7%    70.3%   
Utilities and transp. 82.3%    70.7%    66.0%    78.7%    79.3%    84.2%    73.3%    83.1%   
Wholesale trade 79.7%    77.7%    74.6%    75.5%    75.6%    84.9%    76.1%    80.7%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 79.4%    78.9%    78.1%    81.5%    80.9%    78.9%    79.2%    79.4%   
Retail trade 64.0%    71.7%    66.1%    60.0%    63.0%    64.4%    65.9%    63.6%   
Professional services 77.7%    74.1%    72.6%    71.3%    75.9%    80.6%    72.9%    78.5%   
Other services 64.1%    75.8%    67.0%    61.5%    62.7%    64.2%    68.3%    63.2%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 74.0%    73.3%    70.6%    67.9%    72.1%    76.6%    70.9%    74.6%   
For profit, unincorporated 72.2%    76.8%    71.6%    68.8%    70.1%    74.7%    72.0%    72.3%   
Nonprofit 80.7%    84.8%    74.7%    73.4%    79.9%    82.6%    74.9%    81.3%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 67.3%    70.7%    69.3%    63.6%    67.5%    73.1%    67.0%    67.5%   
5-9 years 67.2%    74.0%    72.3%    64.1%    65.1%    69.4%    71.0%    64.6%   
10-19 years 71.1%    77.2%    68.7%    68.0%    72.5%    72.0%    71.4%    71.0%   
20 or more years 76.2%    75.3%    72.4%    70.9%    74.7%    77.8%    72.4%    76.7%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 76.9%    80.4%    72.0%    76.7%    75.0%    77.4%    76.4%    76.9%   
1 location only 70.4%    75.1%    71.0%    66.8%    70.9%    80.2%    71.0%    70.0%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 64.3%    81.7%    75.6%    68.5%    65.0%    60.4%    77.0%    62.3%   
25-49 % 62.4%    84.9%    72.1%    62.0%    59.8%    61.6%    70.4%    61.0%   
50-74 % 67.9%    77.6%    67.8%    60.5%    67.2%    68.9%    69.7%    67.6%   
75% or more 76.4%    74.4%    71.4%    70.0%    74.7%    79.4%    71.6%    77.3%   
Union presence
No union employees 73.7%    75.0%    70.1%    68.4%    73.2%    76.2%    71.0%    74.4%   
Has union employees 79.5%    77.1%    84.4%    74.0%    74.3%    80.4%    79.8%    79.5%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 58.1%    70.0%    62.0%    55.4%    56.5%    58.8%    58.6%    58.1%   
Less than 50% low-wage 77.3%    75.5%    71.8%    70.5%    76.2%    80.2%    72.7%    78.2%   

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).(a) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time 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%    1.01%    0.87%    0.77%    0.77%    0.49%    0.55%    0.39%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 4.05%    4.10%    --    11.52%    7.15%    4.00%    7.20%    3.65%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.68%    3.31%    3.11%    1.87%    1.61%    0.67%    1.60%    0.73%   
Construction 1.60%    3.22%    2.26%    2.71%    3.31%    5.42%    1.77%    2.40%   
Utilities and transp. 1.07%    4.53%    6.10%    3.02%    2.51%    1.26%    3.11%    1.11%   
Wholesale trade 0.96%    4.34%    2.66%    2.46%    2.31%    1.13%    1.75%    1.13%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.45%    2.78%    3.77%    1.86%    1.61%    1.98%    1.90%    1.59%   
Retail trade 0.82%    3.10%    2.79%    2.08%    2.08%    1.08%    1.61%    0.93%   
Professional services 0.45%    1.86%    1.38%    1.28%    1.05%    0.57%    0.91%    0.50%   
Other services 1.03%    2.30%    2.09%    1.95%    2.65%    1.50%    1.31%    1.23%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.44%    1.27%    1.04%    0.94%    1.04%    0.63%    0.66%    0.51%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.84%    1.96%    2.01%    1.88%    1.85%    1.30%    1.31%    1.02%   
Nonprofit 0.53%    2.11%    2.23%    1.83%    1.08%    0.66%    1.39%    0.56%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.87%    3.53%    3.37%    3.54%    3.88%    4.98%    2.31%    2.71%   
5-9 years 1.72%    2.61%    2.43%    2.45%    3.84%    7.07%    1.68%    2.68%   
10-19 years 0.92%    1.75%    1.60%    1.69%    1.82%    2.52%    1.01%    1.31%   
20 or more years 0.38%    1.46%    1.20%    0.91%    0.84%    0.51%    0.72%    0.42%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.42%    10.66%    2.84%    1.21%    0.79%    0.50%    1.45%    0.42%   
1 location only 0.58%    1.02%    0.91%    0.91%    1.44%    1.68%    0.58%    0.97%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.63%    7.06%    5.76%    3.88%    3.96%    1.96%    3.06%    1.83%   
25-49 % 1.29%    3.91%    3.79%    2.82%    3.10%    1.75%    2.23%    1.45%   
50-74 % 0.82%    2.73%    2.73%    2.47%    2.01%    1.04%    1.68%    0.92%   
75% or more 0.39%    1.11%    0.95%    0.85%    0.86%    0.56%    0.60%    0.45%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.39%    1.03%    0.87%    0.78%    0.80%    0.64%    0.55%    0.46%   
Has union employees 0.66%    5.61%    3.25%    3.98%    2.79%    0.66%    3.08%    0.68%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.97%    4.89%    3.35%    2.47%    1.91%    1.36%    2.10%    1.06%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.36%    1.00%    0.89%    0.81%    0.81%    0.52%    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.