United States

114,690,765

13,221,869

10,154,691

16,065,378

21,386,808

53,862,019

31,579,626

83,111,139

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

1,322,322

415,013

148,356

212,776

345,900

*

200,278

*

719,180

603,142

Mining and manufacturing

13,978,611

594,613

848,008

2,030,536

3,480,673

7,024,781

2,428,968

11,549,643

Construction

6,757,743

1,678,603

1,253,823

1,790,572

1,399,103

635,641

3,891,356

2,866,387

Utilities and transp.

4,744,479

301,538

299,262

459,814

605,361

3,078,505

812,501

3,931,979

Wholesale trade

5,869,100

662,594

604,258

957,956

1,294,703

2,349,590

1,839,924

4,029,177

Fin. svs. and real estate

11,544,263

1,213,866

503,166

643,235

1,676,362

7,507,635

2,041,812

9,502,451

Retail trade

15,225,751

1,564,393

1,239,039

1,479,039

1,416,960

9,526,320

3,539,929

11,685,822

Professional services

28,555,864

3,204,389

2,214,910

3,696,473

6,230,349

13,209,743

7,182,993

21,372,871

Other services

26,692,630

3,586,859

3,043,870

4,794,977

4,937,396

10,329,528

9,122,963

17,569,667

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

83,452,917

8,384,786

7,559,310

11,434,876

14,479,162

41,594,782

21,918,588

61,534,329

For profit, unincorporated

16,019,725

3,883,504

1,742,123

2,374,229

2,526,718

5,493,151

6,913,792

9,105,932

Nonprofit

15,218,123

953,578

853,258

2,256,273

4,380,927

6,774,086

2,747,245

12,470,878

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

5,801,125

2,397,688

1,226,531

1,120,688

614,168

442,050

*

4,240,579

1,560,546

5-9 years

7,400,896

2,206,617

1,403,117

1,771,436

1,306,923

712,802

4,561,011

2,839,885

10-19 years

14,569,857

3,105,392

2,496,012

3,411,612

3,305,620

2,251,221

7,334,822

7,235,035

20 or more years

61,269,571

5,292,453

4,891,005

9,563,425

15,112,747

26,409,940

14,976,943

46,292,629

Unknown

25,649,315

219,718

138,026

198,217

1,047,349

24,046,006

466,271

25,183,044

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

67,455,563

123,850

516,425

2,676,942

12,319,648

51,818,698

1,582,157

65,873,406

1 location only

47,235,202

13,098,019

9,638,266

13,388,436

9,067,159

2,043,321

29,997,468

17,237,733

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

8,518,009

1,833,879

1,176,743

1,299,059

1,721,036

2,487,292

3,718,410

4,799,598

25-49 %

8,627,702

1,038,845

790,356

1,483,000

1,450,994

3,864,507

2,650,176

5,977,526

50-74 %

14,563,635

2,398,475

1,495,939

1,916,924

2,260,348

6,491,949

4,859,013

9,704,622

75% or more

82,981,418

7,950,670

6,691,652

11,366,395

15,954,430

41,018,271

20,352,026

62,629,392

Union presence

No union employees

84,831,748

12,573,217

9,534,067

14,704,734

18,046,172

29,973,558

29,765,433

55,066,315

Has union employees

17,246,989

349,044

417,855

1,058,729

2,665,827

12,755,535

1,156,392

16,090,598

Unknown

12,612,027

299,608

202,769

301,915

674,809

11,132,926

657,801

11,954,226

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

32,412,271

4,144,567

3,055,722

4,715,018

5,818,571

14,678,395

9,545,893

22,866,379

Less than 50% low wage

82,278,493

9,077,302

7,098,969

11,350,360

15,568,237

39,183,624

22,033,733

60,244,760

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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.

** 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.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

United States

1,095,196

141,419

198,833

388,659

786,131

985,619

273,240

1,163,085

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

139,226

19,416

19,004

29,807

115,267

*

83,571

*

34,527

127,226

Mining and manufacturing

212,809

39,914

61,974

104,728

211,762

237,981

124,131

196,505

Construction

327,442

53,513

107,940

127,552

268,806

93,902

133,591

265,606

Utilities and transp.

260,235

37,666

36,099

90,204

64,214

248,115

62,975

276,125

Wholesale trade

286,419

30,524

74,248

92,105

201,881

140,397

116,678

302,920

Fin. svs. and real estate

458,511

139,341

43,854

64,302

109,860

441,799

172,666

510,171

Retail trade

361,180

44,098

92,392

139,443

126,737

330,592

141,455

317,761

Professional services

438,202

68,894

108,098

225,794

320,197

431,948

142,307

524,092

Other services

531,749

94,613

154,065

189,904

486,112

510,142

173,556

486,838

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

1,255,780

160,516

158,672

403,802

739,575

992,127

312,642

1,311,558

For profit, unincorporated

450,888

99,558

108,149

214,398

213,728

316,368

144,351

432,199

Nonprofit

441,471

39,254

50,929

294,830

277,797

359,439

81,045

420,565

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

303,343

81,192

151,311

138,998

104,728

164,976

*

190,032

225,190

5-9 years

271,093

103,282

140,508

137,570

139,532

100,468

178,489

156,439

10-19 years

330,946

70,504

87,477

268,199

265,262

239,151

142,720

368,226

20 or more years

1,028,710

139,701

120,970

343,627

594,670

743,539

222,977

985,727

Unknown

1,034,443

22,341

28,251

37,687

63,459

1,046,270

49,868

1,043,817

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,235,204

16,101

44,608

118,709

473,365

954,934

73,625

1,254,079

1 location only

698,776

138,811

212,292

385,511

601,716

275,865

270,969

652,865

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

310,133

103,751

121,562

112,663

240,019

194,685

136,338

342,509

25-49 %

255,381

40,007

81,330

129,687

171,383

318,928

130,651

327,747

50-74 %

633,008

66,891

58,891

135,455

230,839

544,339

115,523

646,236

75% or more

1,086,769

144,659

128,283

409,816

691,138

737,551

200,842

1,031,514

Union presence

No union employees

1,198,436

131,170

171,019

353,245

671,859

747,362

278,076

1,213,911

Has union employees

388,004

24,419

57,916

141,666

367,969

344,472

98,962

362,804

Unknown

548,199

22,245

21,204

67,138

104,132

539,889

29,686

547,832

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

645,271

64,558

179,337

234,145

386,116

419,201

225,088

677,397

Less than 50% low wage

823,801

139,065

99,281

402,692

496,079

906,625

147,116

849,481

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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.

** 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.

Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.