United States

86.9%

91.4%

87.8%

86.4%

87.6%

86.2%

88.8%

86.4%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

83.0%

86.6%

75.1%

83.2%

85.7%

80.6%

84.9%

82.0%

Mining and manufacturing

93.8%

94.2%

94.2%

92.8%

94.2%

93.8%

94.2%

93.7%

Construction

78.7%

89.5%

82.0%

80.9%

70.5%

75.2%

84.2%

73.9%

Utilities and transp.

89.8%

93.5%

88.2%

90.2%

92.2%

89.3%

90.7%

89.7%

Wholesale trade

91.4%

95.3%

93.9%

90.7%

91.6%

90.3%

94.7%

90.1%

Fin. svs. and real estate

92.5%

91.7%

95.7%

92.2%

92.3%

92.5%

92.7%

92.5%

Retail trade

81.6%

89.1%

83.6%

84.9%

86.3%

79.6%

85.5%

80.9%

Professional services

89.9%

93.3%

91.9%

92.2%

89.3%

88.8%

92.1%

89.3%

Other services

76.7%

88.4%

80.3%

74.5%

80.2%

74.2%

81.6%

75.4%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

86.8%

91.3%

87.6%

85.8%

87.7%

86.3%

88.8%

86.4%

For profit, unincorporated

86.7%

91.5%

89.8%

87.9%

88.4%

84.0%

90.4%

85.4%

Nonprofit

87.4%

91.9%

86.9%

88.1%

86.9%

87.3%

85.9%

87.6%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

81.0%

89.5%

90.4%

71.3%

82.9%

70.4%

88.3%

72.4%

5-9 years

88.1%

91.5%

91.2%

86.4%

89.1%

81.4%

89.2%

87.0%

10-19 years

84.7%

92.6%

85.4%

85.9%

83.0%

79.7%

88.2%

82.4%

20 or more years

88.6%

91.2%

87.9%

87.7%

89.0%

88.5%

89.0%

88.5%

Unknown

84.6%

93.5%

90.8%

82.4%

82.1%

84.7%

86.8%

84.6%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

87.7%

92.7%

93.9%

91.9%

91.1%

86.7%

92.0%

87.6%

1 location only

85.3%

91.4%

87.4%

85.2%

83.0%

72.2%

88.6%

81.7%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

86.2%

91.1%

94.4%

84.8%

90.9%

82.7%

88.1%

85.8%

25-49 %

85.1%

92.7%

87.6%

85.5%

80.7%

85.4%

88.7%

84.2%

50-74 %

85.0%

88.9%

87.6%

85.1%

89.6%

82.5%

87.3%

84.4%

75% or more

87.2%

91.7%

87.8%

86.6%

87.6%

86.6%

89.0%

86.7%

Union presence

No union employees

87.7%

91.6%

88.8%

87.0%

88.4%

86.8%

89.3%

87.2%

Has union employees

85.7%

84.4%

73.2%

80.8%

84.8%

86.7%

80.8%

86.0%

Unknown

83.7%

92.7%

83.7%

81.5%

79.0%

83.9%

82.9%

83.7%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

78.4%

84.8%

76.7%

75.1%

80.9%

78.1%

77.3%

78.6%

Less than 50% low wage

88.9%

92.3%

89.3%

88.9%

89.1%

88.4%

90.6%

88.5%

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

0.31%

0.57%

1.19%

0.91%

0.97%

0.55%

0.47%

0.37%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

1.48%

2.75%

6.77%

6.29%

15.37%

13.63%

1.85%

9.06%

Mining and manufacturing

0.44%

1.55%

0.82%

0.92%

0.89%

0.59%

0.50%

0.49%

Construction

2.33%

1.36%

2.39%

2.45%

4.87%

5.36%

1.36%

3.68%

Utilities and transp.

1.14%

1.70%

3.37%

2.89%

1.84%

1.52%

2.37%

1.15%

Wholesale trade

0.91%

0.97%

1.27%

2.09%

1.74%

1.80%

0.84%

1.29%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.76%

0.80%

1.18%

2.01%

1.52%

0.96%

0.94%

0.85%

Retail trade

0.94%

1.34%

1.29%

1.68%

1.25%

1.21%

0.81%

1.14%

Professional services

0.36%

0.78%

1.40%

0.80%

0.83%

0.67%

0.60%

0.40%

Other services

0.83%

1.22%

3.62%

3.25%

2.68%

1.50%

1.93%

1.26%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.30%

0.75%

1.43%

0.90%

1.29%

0.57%

0.59%

0.37%

For profit, unincorporated

0.78%

1.05%

2.32%

2.17%

1.77%

1.60%

1.24%

1.06%

Nonprofit

1.04%

1.14%

2.65%

2.40%

1.35%

0.97%

1.83%

1.00%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.19%

2.08%

2.06%

7.06%

5.00%

8.37%

1.52%

6.82%

5-9 years

0.85%

1.11%

1.71%

2.91%

1.92%

3.60%

1.39%

1.10%

10-19 years

1.78%

0.65%

2.68%

1.63%

3.52%

3.80%

1.03%

2.65%

20 or more years

0.30%

0.72%

1.06%

0.57%

0.52%

0.64%

0.58%

0.44%

Unknown

0.82%

2.07%

10.60%

6.87%

2.95%

0.80%

5.83%

0.81%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.51%

3.75%

1.46%

0.64%

0.76%

0.63%

1.25%

0.52%

1 location only

0.53%

0.55%

1.33%

1.10%

1.88%

3.96%

0.54%

0.84%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.36%

6.05%

2.37%

4.10%

2.06%

3.48%

2.50%

2.79%

25-49 %

1.67%

1.50%

3.30%

2.89%

3.99%

2.22%

1.87%

2.00%

50-74 %

0.93%

1.52%

1.67%

2.22%

0.76%

1.78%

0.88%

1.13%

75% or more

0.31%

0.52%

1.23%

0.91%

1.05%

0.62%

0.53%

0.39%

Union presence

No union employees

0.35%

0.61%

0.91%

0.99%

0.83%

0.74%

0.42%

0.44%

Has union employees

0.98%

2.88%

6.81%

4.39%

2.33%

0.74%

3.60%

0.94%

Unknown

0.96%

3.89%

14.44%

9.64%

4.66%

0.93%

4.24%

0.93%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.14%

1.87%

3.47%

2.43%

1.63%

1.25%

1.61%

1.26%

Less than 50% low wage

0.31%

0.45%

0.95%

0.84%

1.08%

0.58%

0.37%

0.39%

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.