United States

80.6%

82.7%

78.3%

77.2%

79.3%

81.9%

78.9%

81.0%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

84.1%

88.8%

79.4%

78.2%

83.6%

87.9%

81.5%

85.5%

Mining and manufacturing

85.6%

82.0%

80.3%

78.1%

83.7%

89.0%

78.5%

86.7%

Construction

79.4%

82.5%

77.6%

81.1%

74.2%

84.4%

79.4%

79.5%

Utilities and transp.

85.5%

75.3%

77.5%

81.6%

80.6%

88.0%

78.9%

86.5%

Wholesale trade

83.9%

83.8%

81.6%

78.5%

81.6%

87.9%

80.5%

85.2%

Fin. svs. and real estate

86.2%

87.6%

82.3%

84.1%

85.9%

86.5%

85.1%

86.3%

Retail trade

74.8%

80.9%

77.1%

69.5%

76.1%

74.9%

75.4%

74.7%

Professional services

83.3%

81.4%

76.3%

78.3%

81.7%

86.6%

78.7%

84.5%

Other services

67.1%

82.4%

78.2%

72.2%

66.0%

62.4%

77.1%

64.4%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

80.2%

82.7%

77.7%

76.8%

79.9%

81.2%

78.5%

80.6%

For profit, unincorporated

80.5%

81.6%

80.8%

75.7%

77.4%

83.2%

79.7%

80.8%

Nonprofit

82.6%

85.9%

80.6%

80.9%

78.5%

85.8%

81.3%

82.8%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

76.6%

82.9%

78.3%

70.0%

74.2%

73.9%

79.1%

72.8%

5-9 years

78.8%

84.2%

76.2%

76.8%

80.3%

75.8%

80.5%

77.1%

10-19 years

76.0%

81.0%

77.7%

76.5%

71.7%

76.9%

77.6%

74.9%

20 or more years

80.8%

83.1%

79.1%

77.8%

80.7%

81.9%

79.2%

81.2%

Unknown

82.6%

72.5%

65.0%

78.7%

82.7%

82.7%

68.0%

82.7%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

81.8%

79.7%

76.6%

82.2%

80.8%

82.0%

79.3%

81.8%

1 location only

78.1%

82.7%

78.4%

76.0%

77.2%

79.8%

78.9%

77.2%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

78.1%

92.1%

77.2%

80.6%

69.4%

81.3%

82.5%

77.1%

25-49 %

71.6%

84.2%

76.4%

70.5%

64.0%

72.4%

76.1%

70.4%

50-74 %

75.0%

82.6%

76.4%

69.9%

72.6%

75.9%

76.2%

74.7%

75% or more

81.5%

82.6%

78.6%

78.1%

80.5%

82.9%

79.3%

82.0%

Union presence

No union employees

79.7%

82.5%

78.1%

76.4%

79.2%

81.2%

78.6%

80.1%

Has union employees

84.9%

86.6%

82.8%

88.9%

80.0%

85.7%

84.9%

84.9%

Unknown

79.1%

84.3%

76.3%

67.1%

78.5%

79.4%

80.3%

79.1%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

70.2%

81.2%

73.1%

67.7%

65.7%

71.3%

71.8%

70.0%

Less than 50% low wage

82.7%

82.9%

78.9%

78.9%

82.1%

84.6%

79.9%

83.5%

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

0.29%

0.75%

0.64%

0.54%

1.11%

0.47%

0.64%

0.41%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.06%

2.45%

4.76%

4.98%

13.41%

13.37%

2.60%

9.40%

Mining and manufacturing

0.74%

2.18%

2.04%

1.47%

1.46%

0.58%

1.89%

0.69%

Construction

1.33%

1.24%

3.05%

2.01%

3.33%

3.29%

1.30%

2.28%

Utilities and transp.

1.05%

5.53%

4.64%

2.54%

4.64%

1.01%

3.39%

1.03%

Wholesale trade

0.87%

1.92%

1.61%

1.95%

2.19%

0.99%

1.26%

0.97%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.59%

1.62%

2.93%

1.91%

1.32%

0.77%

1.56%

0.63%

Retail trade

0.68%

2.81%

1.88%

1.95%

1.96%

0.99%

1.54%

0.86%

Professional services

0.36%

1.34%

2.08%

0.99%

1.04%

0.56%

0.92%

0.41%

Other services

1.23%

1.71%

2.66%

2.44%

3.41%

2.39%

1.71%

1.40%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.34%

0.92%

0.75%

0.42%

1.00%

0.56%

0.80%

0.40%

For profit, unincorporated

0.61%

1.43%

2.49%

2.85%

1.45%

1.46%

1.54%

0.88%

Nonprofit

1.12%

1.76%

2.65%

1.15%

2.68%

0.57%

0.74%

1.26%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.38%

2.66%

3.29%

4.78%

6.54%

4.53%

1.50%

3.84%

5-9 years

1.12%

1.44%

1.81%

3.04%

3.50%

2.33%

1.04%

3.07%

10-19 years

0.53%

1.11%

1.54%

1.15%

2.41%

2.40%

0.65%

1.18%

20 or more years

0.42%

1.06%

0.74%

0.72%

1.42%

0.54%

0.77%

0.64%

Unknown

0.44%

5.21%

11.21%

5.77%

2.24%

0.50%

4.91%

0.45%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.34%

4.54%

1.99%

0.87%

0.68%

0.41%

0.74%

0.35%

1 location only

0.38%

0.76%

0.67%

0.64%

1.84%

3.84%

0.71%

1.20%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.90%

2.47%

4.42%

2.50%

3.24%

3.14%

2.73%

2.43%

25-49 %

1.40%

3.68%

3.24%

3.53%

3.02%

2.41%

2.06%

2.03%

50-74 %

1.09%

0.94%

2.03%

1.94%

3.17%

1.33%

0.99%

1.22%

75% or more

0.25%

0.80%

0.75%

0.49%

1.06%

0.39%

0.67%

0.38%

Union presence

No union employees

0.32%

0.75%

0.69%

0.48%

0.67%

0.71%

0.67%

0.38%

Has union employees

1.02%

3.42%

4.89%

2.69%

4.46%

0.63%

2.87%

1.04%

Unknown

1.33%

3.40%

13.26%

10.10%

2.64%

1.31%

4.67%

1.34%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.78%

1.99%

2.01%

2.21%

1.70%

1.58%

1.46%

0.96%

Less than 50% low wage

0.28%

0.81%

0.65%

0.56%

1.39%

0.45%

0.63%

0.43%

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.