United States

91,940,179

9,465,600

7,620,655

12,684,054

17,334,204

44,835,665

23,506,162

68,434,017

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

925,040

252,939

111,017

152,108

215,591

*

193,385

*

473,709

451,330

Mining and manufacturing

13,579,739

471,323

783,638

1,966,275

3,415,142

6,943,361

2,204,643

11,375,096

Construction

6,323,872

1,445,671

1,175,849

1,705,973

1,364,448

631,932

3,536,068

2,787,804

Utilities and transp.

3,936,007

213,295

250,446

382,557

513,107

2,576,603

654,157

3,281,850

Wholesale trade

5,360,949

546,127

537,299

896,906

1,205,598

2,175,020

1,615,532

3,745,417

Fin. svs. and real estate

10,469,688

1,000,577

451,325

560,241

1,569,409

6,888,136

1,744,563

8,725,125

Retail trade

10,732,939

1,011,642

789,312

1,180,991

1,098,805

6,652,189

2,399,942

8,332,997

Professional services

23,084,341

2,377,305

1,804,120

2,955,260

4,933,363

11,014,292

5,536,228

17,548,113

Other services

17,527,603

2,146,722

1,717,650

2,883,744

3,018,741

7,760,746

5,341,319

12,186,284

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

68,510,315

6,386,897

5,909,497

9,416,221

11,931,702

34,865,998

17,199,642

51,310,674

For profit, unincorporated

12,032,321

2,572,978

1,180,717

1,659,886

1,989,143

4,629,595

4,614,633

7,417,687

Nonprofit

11,397,543

505,724

530,442

1,607,946

3,413,359

5,340,072

1,691,887

9,705,656

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

3,850,132

1,624,681

731,475

722,198

391,046

380,730

*

2,722,042

1,128,091

5-9 years

5,425,979

1,624,474

1,032,084

1,285,449

906,967

577,005

3,310,098

2,115,881

10-19 years

11,368,816

2,243,995

1,981,542

2,657,973

2,701,697

1,783,609

5,586,000

5,782,816

20 or more years

49,038,498

3,819,758

3,793,004

7,859,743

12,485,078

21,080,915

11,575,475

37,463,023

Unknown

22,256,754

152,692

82,550

158,691

849,416

21,013,405

312,548

21,944,206

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

55,754,051

90,499

403,520

2,218,844

9,925,385

43,115,803

1,255,807

54,498,243

1 location only

36,186,128

9,375,101

7,217,136

10,465,210

7,408,819

1,719,862

22,250,355

13,935,773

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

829,175

67,554

109,617

157,518

185,775

308,712

262,075

567,100

25-49 %

3,183,420

347,945

280,352

545,247

541,084

1,468,792

937,380

2,246,040

50-74 %

9,020,135

1,399,151

906,196

1,185,514

1,393,113

4,136,161

2,901,991

6,118,144

75% or more

78,907,448

7,650,950

6,324,490

10,795,775

15,214,232

38,922,001

19,404,716

59,502,732

Union presence

No union employees

66,663,374

9,012,010

7,116,540

11,470,787

14,473,453

24,590,584

22,074,336

44,589,038

Has union employees

14,750,011

259,236

360,430

956,913

2,360,096

10,813,335

972,308

13,777,702

Unknown

10,526,794

194,355

143,685

256,353

500,655

9,431,746

459,518

10,067,276

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

19,813,751

2,179,852

1,539,023

2,819,011

3,401,214

9,874,651

5,085,404

14,728,347

Less than 50% low wage

72,126,427

7,285,748

6,081,632

9,865,044

13,932,990

34,961,014

18,420,758

53,705,669

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

964,399

140,384

115,563

410,385

681,393

842,950

227,025

919,386

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

130,468

11,884

14,356

25,967

99,755

*

82,135

*

25,974

119,000

Mining and manufacturing

204,857

35,995

57,159

101,796

214,004

231,437

99,667

198,594

Construction

334,227

55,924

94,506

133,498

267,635

93,948

123,186

269,266

Utilities and transp.

180,828

25,401

30,248

77,596

55,372

177,958

51,673

180,906

Wholesale trade

242,599

27,014

65,472

95,014

176,811

136,909

99,860

257,710

Fin. svs. and real estate

440,284

137,449

46,885

43,766

109,084

438,245

172,063

489,452

Retail trade

262,417

33,505

45,648

108,301

113,817

253,977

108,622

258,849

Professional services

391,317

52,793

87,427

221,463

235,181

346,587

143,148

438,552

Other services

520,765

59,614

95,584

194,888

398,126

432,860

167,321

408,730

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

1,207,282

140,477

109,830

368,804

622,742

916,531

195,510

1,164,184

For profit, unincorporated

398,685

64,815

85,431

134,829

180,831

243,180

131,212

348,484

Nonprofit

368,641

23,720

38,679

234,612

192,066

282,112

73,428

344,779

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

258,550

75,318

64,871

106,195

46,541

147,335

*

130,989

177,565

5-9 years

158,739

76,082

90,351

114,034

75,631

85,285

124,403

114,896

10-19 years

313,609

46,300

66,282

197,313

237,046

191,359

105,578

318,724

20 or more years

1,067,135

142,587

90,067

318,787

516,707

711,505

222,946

1,003,437

Unknown

916,797

18,548

23,692

30,009

61,841

926,166

35,101

925,285

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,074,700

15,124

29,639

111,022

418,553

835,387

59,919

1,084,262

1 location only

639,937

141,881

131,530

404,931

503,853

217,605

213,059

575,192

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

27,461

7,000

13,151

13,992

32,911

37,155

19,672

38,212

25-49 %

106,058

13,637

29,116

44,494

67,464

131,382

46,663

130,356

50-74 %

405,264

44,258

35,072

90,244

148,023

345,020

71,860

412,931

75% or more

1,018,577

143,880

122,532

412,752

656,835

728,044

204,398

959,987

Union presence

No union employees

1,055,552

137,118

86,408

378,544

569,599

679,190

224,185

1,012,904

Has union employees

346,511

16,353

52,432

131,416

354,581

327,544

100,045

279,279

Unknown

474,945

17,798

22,775

64,921

71,918

447,085

23,855

471,330

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

495,441

70,357

79,078

182,805

315,799

321,224

139,937

475,244

Less than 50% low wage

711,385

145,013

81,274

419,151

432,808

835,309

182,343

751,641

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.