United States

60.7%

66.6%

58.4%

55.9%

59.5%

62.1%

60.1%

60.9%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

55.8%

66.5%

45.3%

57.8%

47.1%

68.3%

58.6%

54.2%

Mining and manufacturing

79.0%

70.1%

71.2%

70.7%

77.7%

83.0%

70.1%

80.5%

Construction

61.2%

69.0%

61.3%

64.7%

51.8%

63.5%

64.3%

58.4%

Utilities and transp.

68.4%

66.0%

61.1%

64.4%

65.7%

70.1%

66.3%

68.7%

Wholesale trade

72.0%

73.3%

71.3%

68.0%

70.0%

74.6%

71.5%

72.2%

Fin. svs. and real estate

76.3%

76.5%

74.6%

69.1%

75.8%

77.1%

74.3%

76.6%

Retail trade

47.5%

60.6%

48.4%

49.1%

55.4%

45.3%

51.7%

46.8%

Professional services

66.0%

67.3%

61.4%

60.9%

61.8%

69.7%

62.3%

66.9%

Other services

38.2%

57.9%

44.2%

35.1%

36.7%

36.8%

45.4%

36.4%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

60.9%

68.0%

59.1%

57.4%

60.8%

61.3%

61.4%

60.8%

For profit, unincorporated

59.6%

66.6%

61.6%

51.8%

56.6%

61.6%

60.9%

59.2%

Nonprofit

60.7%

55.2%

48.5%

52.8%

57.2%

67.1%

49.7%

62.6%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

51.3%

66.0%

57.9%

39.3%

46.0%

45.6%

58.3%

43.1%

5-9 years

58.2%

68.7%

58.4%

52.4%

57.2%

57.3%

60.5%

56.0%

10-19 years

54.6%

66.1%

57.5%

54.4%

50.6%

50.8%

59.6%

51.3%

20 or more years

61.5%

66.3%

58.9%

58.2%

62.1%

62.1%

60.6%

61.7%

Unknown

63.3%

64.2%

49.9%

57.4%

60.6%

63.4%

50.8%

63.4%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

62.6%

63.7%

62.5%

66.1%

62.5%

62.4%

62.8%

62.6%

1 location only

57.1%

66.6%

58.1%

53.8%

55.5%

52.1%

59.9%

53.9%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

16.8%

33.3%

13.5%

12.0%

16.4%

17.6%

17.8%

16.6%

25-49 %

29.0%

34.1%

27.5%

23.3%

23.3%

32.2%

27.9%

29.3%

50-74 %

46.0%

53.4%

45.9%

39.3%

45.5%

46.8%

46.5%

45.9%

75% or more

68.7%

73.6%

66.2%

65.0%

68.1%

69.6%

68.0%

68.8%

Union presence

No union employees

59.5%

66.5%

58.6%

55.1%

59.1%

60.5%

60.0%

59.4%

Has union employees

66.9%

68.0%

55.2%

67.5%

63.7%

67.8%

63.7%

67.0%

Unknown

58.9%

65.9%

53.4%

49.3%

52.6%

59.4%

56.8%

59.0%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

38.9%

52.6%

34.4%

32.9%

35.8%

40.8%

37.6%

39.1%

Less than 50% low wage

67.8%

69.0%

63.3%

63.0%

67.4%

69.8%

64.9%

68.6%

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

0.33%

0.83%

0.90%

0.97%

1.12%

0.71%

0.63%

0.41%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4.59%

4.60%

7.19%

6.11%

12.39%

12.54%

3.26%

9.41%

Mining and manufacturing

0.87%

1.30%

2.20%

1.28%

1.57%

0.84%

1.83%

0.89%

Construction

2.15%

1.47%

2.36%

2.02%

5.09%

5.14%

1.12%

3.78%

Utilities and transp.

1.73%

3.52%

5.26%

4.44%

4.20%

1.77%

2.91%

1.74%

Wholesale trade

1.11%

2.82%

2.54%

1.66%

2.04%

2.29%

1.87%

1.33%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.81%

2.07%

2.29%

3.61%

1.72%

0.81%

1.83%

0.89%

Retail trade

0.86%

2.84%

1.22%

2.19%

3.02%

0.91%

1.17%

0.97%

Professional services

0.76%

1.28%

2.04%

1.06%

1.60%

1.19%

0.97%

0.81%

Other services

0.44%

1.67%

2.64%

2.74%

1.99%

1.26%

1.45%

0.70%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.40%

1.10%

0.83%

0.98%

1.70%

0.78%

0.65%

0.50%

For profit, unincorporated

0.74%

1.13%

2.62%

3.46%

2.60%

1.72%

1.77%

1.28%

Nonprofit

1.10%

2.04%

3.39%

2.46%

2.47%

1.52%

1.79%

1.26%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.53%

2.85%

2.60%

4.73%

7.74%

8.38%

1.55%

5.53%

5-9 years

1.47%

1.47%

2.89%

3.59%

3.91%

2.82%

2.00%

2.92%

10-19 years

1.43%

1.46%

2.18%

2.04%

3.09%

2.88%

0.88%

2.22%

20 or more years

0.41%

1.05%

1.19%

0.72%

1.12%

0.89%

0.80%

0.56%

Unknown

0.96%

4.44%

10.18%

8.16%

2.60%

1.02%

4.73%

0.96%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.41%

6.25%

1.86%

1.39%

1.26%

0.61%

2.17%

0.41%

1 location only

0.29%

0.84%

0.93%

1.11%

1.32%

5.20%

0.71%

0.61%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

0.88%

3.08%

0.82%

1.40%

2.98%

0.70%

1.30%

0.90%

25-49 %

1.17%

1.62%

0.98%

1.50%

2.25%

2.13%

0.84%

1.51%

50-74 %

0.66%

1.04%

1.61%

1.59%

2.04%

1.59%

0.73%

0.88%

75% or more

0.37%

0.84%

0.89%

0.81%

1.32%

0.72%

0.69%

0.49%

Union presence

No union employees

0.43%

0.86%

0.96%

0.91%

0.97%

1.22%

0.66%

0.59%

Has union employees

1.16%

4.84%

7.30%

3.12%

4.25%

1.08%

3.66%

1.21%

Unknown

1.50%

4.66%

12.57%

7.13%

5.06%

1.46%

5.68%

1.44%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.87%

1.84%

1.92%

2.57%

2.26%

0.95%

1.01%

1.03%

Less than 50% low wage

0.39%

0.77%

0.94%

0.65%

1.54%

0.80%

0.58%

0.48%

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.