United States

78.3%

81.3%

76.5%

75.8%

77.1%

79.3%

77.4%

78.6%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

83.6%

87.1%

79.9%

77.9%

83.5%

86.9%

81.2%

85.0%

Mining and manufacturing

85.4%

80.8%

79.8%

78.0%

83.6%

89.0%

78.0%

86.6%

Construction

79.2%

81.0%

77.4%

81.1%

74.1%

84.4%

78.9%

79.5%

Utilities and transp.

81.2%

75.1%

74.6%

80.7%

76.1%

83.0%

77.3%

81.8%

Wholesale trade

83.3%

81.9%

80.6%

78.1%

81.3%

87.5%

79.5%

84.9%

Fin. svs. and real estate

85.5%

87.2%

81.9%

83.1%

85.1%

85.9%

84.5%

85.7%

Retail trade

71.6%

79.1%

73.0%

68.5%

75.4%

70.8%

73.1%

71.4%

Professional services

81.4%

80.1%

74.9%

76.5%

80.1%

84.3%

77.1%

82.5%

Other services

62.4%

80.4%

74.1%

68.5%

59.5%

57.9%

73.8%

59.3%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

77.9%

81.3%

75.9%

75.6%

77.5%

78.6%

77.1%

78.1%

For profit, unincorporated

78.5%

80.5%

79.2%

73.0%

75.5%

80.8%

77.6%

78.8%

Nonprofit

80.4%

83.7%

77.9%

79.5%

76.7%

82.7%

79.4%

80.5%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

75.8%

81.8%

77.4%

68.1%

74.8%

73.9%

77.7%

73.0%

5-9 years

77.7%

83.0%

73.5%

75.5%

80.2%

75.5%

78.5%

76.8%

10-19 years

72.8%

79.6%

75.7%

73.7%

68.3%

70.7%

75.7%

70.8%

20 or more years

78.2%

81.6%

77.5%

76.9%

78.4%

78.2%

77.9%

78.3%

Unknown

81.4%

70.8%

64.1%

76.7%

82.3%

81.5%

65.7%

81.5%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

79.1%

76.7%

75.8%

81.1%

77.6%

79.4%

78.0%

79.1%

1 location only

76.8%

81.3%

76.6%

74.5%

76.3%

78.6%

77.3%

76.1%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

46.1%

85.1%

47.9%

57.9%

39.5%

44.3%

66.4%

43.1%

25-49 %

62.9%

72.5%

68.1%

61.8%

59.8%

62.7%

65.3%

62.4%

50-74 %

70.8%

78.0%

72.3%

67.0%

70.8%

70.4%

72.3%

70.5%

75% or more

80.9%

82.1%

78.0%

77.7%

80.0%

82.3%

78.8%

81.4%

Union presence

No union employees

77.4%

81.2%

76.4%

74.9%

76.7%

78.4%

77.1%

77.5%

Has union employees

82.5%

83.8%

81.8%

88.5%

80.0%

82.6%

83.8%

82.5%

Unknown

77.5%

81.0%

63.5%

67.1%

75.6%

77.8%

75.1%

77.5%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

64.5%

79.5%

65.7%

64.1%

60.4%

64.8%

67.9%

64.0%

Less than 50% low wage

81.6%

81.5%

77.9%

78.0%

81.0%

83.3%

78.7%

82.4%

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.

** 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.

United States

0.27%

0.78%

0.71%

0.62%

1.08%

0.47%

0.69%

0.40%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.03%

2.95%

4.66%

4.65%

13.40%

13.19%

2.38%

9.35%

Mining and manufacturing

0.75%

1.81%

2.05%

1.50%

1.49%

0.58%

1.89%

0.70%

Construction

1.30%

1.33%

2.86%

2.06%

3.35%

3.24%

1.32%

2.27%

Utilities and transp.

1.70%

4.94%

4.94%

2.67%

5.03%

1.84%

3.14%

1.75%

Wholesale trade

0.91%

2.39%

1.68%

1.94%

2.05%

0.95%

1.43%

0.92%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.55%

1.70%

2.75%

2.08%

1.30%

0.72%

1.61%

0.57%

Retail trade

0.72%

2.65%

2.10%

1.98%

2.09%

1.06%

1.27%

0.95%

Professional services

0.40%

1.45%

1.96%

1.01%

0.94%

0.54%

0.94%

0.43%

Other services

0.98%

1.74%

2.42%

2.24%

2.44%

2.39%

1.57%

1.24%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.33%

0.94%

0.79%

0.65%

1.05%

0.56%

0.85%

0.40%

For profit, unincorporated

0.75%

1.36%

2.49%

2.86%

1.54%

1.67%

1.48%

1.15%

Nonprofit

0.94%

1.64%

3.08%

1.03%

2.54%

0.73%

0.91%

1.07%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.39%

2.87%

3.61%

4.70%

6.58%

4.52%

1.70%

3.72%

5-9 years

1.13%

1.56%

2.28%

3.03%

3.17%

2.43%

1.22%

3.05%

10-19 years

0.68%

1.27%

1.99%

1.54%

2.55%

3.04%

0.88%

1.39%

20 or more years

0.45%

1.08%

0.77%

0.75%

1.42%

0.61%

0.75%

0.63%

Unknown

0.39%

4.24%

10.25%

6.02%

2.19%

0.46%

5.01%

0.41%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.37%

5.02%

2.00%

0.78%

0.75%

0.41%

0.79%

0.38%

1 location only

0.35%

0.81%

0.75%

0.71%

1.78%

3.50%

0.75%

1.22%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.55%

3.12%

8.01%

6.86%

4.96%

2.89%

4.10%

2.75%

25-49 %

2.00%

3.04%

3.14%

3.93%

3.44%

3.32%

2.06%

2.75%

50-74 %

1.14%

1.26%

1.99%

2.00%

2.84%

1.35%

1.18%

1.28%

75% or more

0.26%

0.80%

0.73%

0.51%

1.01%

0.40%

0.69%

0.39%

Union presence

No union employees

0.37%

0.76%

0.73%

0.52%

0.74%

0.79%

0.72%

0.48%

Has union employees

1.05%

3.82%

5.01%

2.61%

4.33%

0.98%

2.93%

1.11%

Unknown

1.21%

3.55%

13.15%

10.13%

4.20%

1.16%

5.42%

1.22%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.79%

1.34%

3.36%

2.58%

1.47%

1.49%

1.35%

0.93%

Less than 50% low wage

0.26%

0.86%

0.59%

0.63%

1.30%

0.45%

0.69%

0.40%

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.

** 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.