United States

70.0%

75.6%

68.8%

66.7%

69.5%

70.6%

70.1%

70.0%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

69.8%

76.9%

59.7%

65.1%

71.6%

70.9%

69.2%

70.2%

Mining and manufacturing

80.3%

77.2%

75.7%

72.5%

78.8%

83.5%

73.9%

81.3%

Construction

62.6%

73.8%

63.6%

65.6%

52.3%

63.5%

66.9%

58.8%

Utilities and transp.

76.8%

70.4%

68.4%

73.6%

74.3%

78.6%

71.5%

77.6%

Wholesale trade

76.7%

79.9%

76.6%

71.2%

74.8%

79.4%

76.3%

76.8%

Fin. svs. and real estate

79.7%

80.3%

78.7%

77.5%

79.3%

80.0%

78.8%

79.8%

Retail trade

61.1%

72.1%

64.5%

59.0%

65.7%

59.6%

64.4%

60.5%

Professional services

74.9%

75.9%

70.1%

72.2%

73.0%

76.9%

72.5%

75.4%

Other services

51.5%

72.8%

62.8%

53.8%

52.9%

46.3%

62.9%

48.5%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

69.6%

75.5%

68.1%

65.9%

70.1%

70.0%

69.7%

69.6%

For profit, unincorporated

69.8%

74.6%

72.5%

66.6%

68.4%

69.8%

72.0%

69.0%

Nonprofit

72.2%

79.0%

70.0%

71.3%

68.2%

74.9%

69.8%

72.6%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

62.0%

74.2%

70.9%

49.9%

61.5%

52.0%

69.9%

52.7%

5-9 years

69.5%

77.1%

69.5%

66.3%

71.5%

61.7%

71.8%

67.1%

10-19 years

64.4%

75.0%

66.4%

65.7%

59.5%

61.3%

68.5%

61.7%

20 or more years

71.6%

75.8%

69.5%

68.3%

71.8%

72.4%

70.5%

71.8%

Unknown

69.9%

67.8%

59.1%

64.9%

67.9%

70.1%

59.0%

70.0%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

71.7%

73.9%

71.9%

75.5%

73.6%

71.1%

73.0%

71.7%

1 location only

66.7%

75.6%

68.6%

64.7%

64.0%

57.6%

69.9%

63.1%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

67.4%

83.9%

72.9%

68.3%

63.1%

67.2%

72.6%

66.2%

25-49 %

60.9%

78.0%

66.9%

60.3%

51.7%

61.8%

67.6%

59.3%

50-74 %

63.7%

73.4%

66.9%

59.5%

65.0%

62.6%

66.5%

63.0%

75% or more

71.0%

75.8%

69.0%

67.7%

70.5%

71.8%

70.6%

71.1%

Union presence

No union employees

70.0%

75.6%

69.3%

66.5%

70.0%

70.5%

70.2%

69.9%

Has union employees

72.8%

73.1%

60.6%

71.8%

67.8%

74.3%

68.6%

73.0%

Unknown

66.2%

78.2%

63.9%

54.7%

62.0%

66.6%

66.6%

66.2%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

55.1%

68.9%

56.1%

50.8%

53.1%

55.7%

55.5%

55.0%

Less than 50% low wage

73.6%

76.5%

70.5%

70.2%

73.2%

74.8%

72.3%

73.9%

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

0.34%

0.89%

0.93%

0.93%

1.30%

0.64%

0.59%

0.42%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.59%

2.88%

8.62%

6.59%

13.42%

12.15%

2.95%

8.29%

Mining and manufacturing

0.81%

1.89%

1.96%

1.17%

1.41%

0.86%

1.79%

0.83%

Construction

2.29%

1.33%

2.61%

1.89%

5.13%

5.17%

1.22%

3.86%

Utilities and transp.

1.21%

4.78%

5.14%

3.92%

4.16%

1.29%

3.19%

1.06%

Wholesale trade

1.04%

2.22%

1.83%

1.79%

2.07%

1.62%

1.50%

1.31%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.80%

1.41%

2.35%

2.45%

1.83%

1.01%

1.45%

0.93%

Retail trade

0.88%

3.12%

1.42%

2.49%

2.00%

1.23%

1.73%

1.03%

Professional services

0.44%

1.20%

1.99%

0.77%

1.27%

0.96%

0.76%

0.48%

Other services

0.74%

2.02%

3.49%

2.81%

2.06%

1.95%

1.82%

1.15%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.36%

0.86%

1.17%

0.81%

1.66%

0.70%

0.72%

0.41%

For profit, unincorporated

0.74%

1.58%

2.91%

3.03%

1.86%

2.04%

1.69%

1.42%

Nonprofit

1.29%

1.12%

2.64%

2.61%

2.28%

0.83%

1.43%

1.35%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.10%

2.40%

2.94%

5.73%

6.15%

7.53%

1.70%

5.62%

5-9 years

0.94%

1.38%

2.07%

2.80%

4.42%

3.78%

1.63%

2.52%

10-19 years

1.65%

1.35%

2.42%

1.84%

3.93%

3.30%

0.91%

2.72%

20 or more years

0.53%

1.21%

1.00%

0.80%

1.17%

0.85%

0.64%

0.78%

Unknown

0.77%

5.88%

10.37%

6.59%

1.92%

0.78%

3.92%

0.77%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.44%

5.64%

1.73%

0.93%

0.95%

0.61%

1.49%

0.45%

1 location only

0.55%

0.87%

0.93%

1.12%

1.98%

5.53%

0.66%

1.17%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.74%

5.15%

4.43%

4.45%

3.81%

3.84%

2.83%

3.48%

25-49 %

0.54%

3.72%

3.45%

3.36%

2.75%

1.45%

2.55%

0.87%

50-74 %

0.90%

1.53%

2.46%

2.53%

3.15%

1.74%

0.91%

1.02%

75% or more

0.35%

0.87%

0.93%

0.76%

1.37%

0.65%

0.67%

0.48%

Union presence

No union employees

0.45%

0.92%

0.97%

0.90%

1.08%

1.10%

0.66%

0.53%

Has union employees

1.10%

4.54%

6.75%

2.80%

4.06%

0.61%

3.56%

1.09%

Unknown

1.23%

4.09%

13.32%

7.22%

4.90%

1.21%

3.86%

1.20%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.92%

2.88%

2.32%

3.18%

1.28%

1.43%

1.69%

1.02%

Less than 50% low wage

0.34%

0.83%

0.84%

0.74%

1.65%

0.58%

0.56%

0.46%

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.