Table III.G.3(2011) Employer cost distributions (in dollars) for employees enrolled in single, employee-plus-one, and family coverage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles through State and local government jobs by government type: United States, 2011
  All State and local governments State governments Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees
Single Coverage:
Average (mean) 5,526    5,312    5,605    5,699    5,597    5,493    5,569   
10th percentile 3,348    3,540    3,528    3,348    3,348    3,348    3,492   
25th percentile 4,428    4,500    4,440    4,320    4,250    4,380    4,767   
50th percentile (median) 5,292    5,196    5,364    5,388    5,232    5,244    5,626   
75th percentile 6,396    6,036    6,480    6,708    6,636    6,470    6,370   
90th percentile 7,620    6,600    7,824    8,172    7,920    7,464    7,168   
Employee-plus-one Coverage:
Average (mean) 9,111    9,143    9,818    9,773    9,038    8,365    8,361   
10th percentile 4,908    5,316    4,440    4,590    4,230    4,095    4,500   
25th percentile 6,602    7,128    5,880    6,686    5,652    5,388    6,324   
50th percentile (median) 8,918    9,048    9,888    9,729    8,748    8,172    8,452   
75th percentile 11,076    10,636    12,888    12,680    11,268    10,852    10,524   
90th percentile 13,695    12,936    16,194    14,748    14,472    12,948    11,748   
Family Coverage:
Average (mean) 13,071    12,873    13,594    13,474    12,717    13,231    12,911   
10th percentile 7,464    8,626    7,008    7,200    6,612    7,032    6,912   
25th percentile 10,356    10,920    9,636    10,272    9,600    10,036    11,052   
50th percentile (median) 13,272    13,272    13,740    13,548    12,922    13,428    13,620   
75th percentile 15,444    14,544    17,112    16,344    15,480    16,020    14,617   
90th percentile 18,029    16,776    19,980    19,348    19,174    18,996    17,043   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

 

Table III.G.3(2011) Standard error for employer cost distributions (in dollars) for employees enrolled in single, employee-plus-one, and family coverage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles through State and local government jobs by government type: United States, 2011
  All State and local governments State governments Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees
Single Coverage:
Average (mean) 25.70    0.00    78.57    93.96    112.59    73.95    0.00   
10th percentile 43.27    0.00    125.93    119.55    128.78    73.45    0.00   
25th percentile 31.33    0.00    124.08    121.13    72.11    55.08    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 14.89    0.00    111.15    59.19    94.63    134.33    0.00   
75th percentile 26.07    0.00    149.29    98.12    164.41    127.54    0.00   
90th percentile 81.33    0.00    179.45    180.99    500.85    250.77    0.00   
Employee-plus-one Coverage:
Average (mean) 33.23    0.00    299.68    101.63    194.07    150.29    0.00   
10th percentile 77.61    0.00    221.75    199.71    393.37    142.36    0.00   
25th percentile 52.54    0.00    451.94    207.94    160.55    239.77    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 52.60    0.00    398.22    270.84    194.90    300.68    0.00   
75th percentile 104.41    0.00    433.13    324.66    353.90    197.20    0.00   
90th percentile 94.30    0.00    532.32    289.10    614.78    255.21    0.00   
Family Coverage:
Average (mean) 87.24    0.00    266.71    226.63    352.85    169.84    0.00   
10th percentile 170.89    0.00    437.99    476.68    417.54    262.08    0.00   
25th percentile 163.33    0.00    489.62    324.33    449.55    317.04    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 63.64    0.00    323.36    179.35    495.91    273.13    0.00   
75th percentile 100.56    0.00    291.63    279.57    448.24    175.45    0.00   
90th percentile 211.19    0.00    806.91    456.87    767.97    530.69    0.00   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

Standard errors of zero indicate that all governments in the category are in the survey.