United States

22,750,586

3,756,269

2,534,035

3,381,324

4,052,603

9,026,354

8,073,464

14,677,122

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

397,283

162,074

37,339

60,667

130,309

*

6,893

*

245,471

151,812

*

Mining and manufacturing

398,872

123,290

64,370

64,261

65,531

81,419

224,325

174,547

Construction

433,871

232,932

77,975

84,600

34,655

*

3,709

*

355,288

78,583

*

Utilities and transp.

808,472

88,244

48,816

77,257

92,253

501,902

158,343

650,129

Wholesale trade

508,151

116,467

66,959

61,050

89,105

*

174,570

224,392

283,760

Fin. svs. and real estate

1,074,576

213,290

51,841

82,993

*

106,954

619,498

297,249

777,326

Retail trade

4,492,812

552,751

449,727

298,048

318,155

2,874,131

1,139,987

3,352,824

Professional services

5,471,523

827,084

410,789

741,214

1,296,986

2,195,450

1,646,764

3,824,758

Other services

9,165,027

1,440,137

1,326,220

1,911,233

1,918,655

2,568,782

3,781,644

5,383,383

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

14,942,602

1,997,889

1,649,814

2,018,654

2,547,460

6,728,784

4,718,947

10,223,655

For profit, unincorporated

3,987,404

1,310,526

561,405

714,343

537,575

863,556

2,299,159

1,688,245

Nonprofit

3,820,580

447,854

322,816

648,327

967,568

1,434,014

1,055,358

2,765,222

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1,950,993

773,007

495,055

398,490

223,122

*

61,319

*

1,518,537

432,456

5-9 years

1,974,917

582,144

371,033

485,987

399,957

135,797

1,250,913

724,004

10-19 years

3,201,041

861,397

514,470

753,639

603,923

467,612

1,748,823

1,452,219

20 or more years

12,231,074

1,472,695

1,098,001

1,703,682

2,627,669

5,329,025

3,401,468

8,829,606

Unknown

3,392,561

67,026

55,476

39,526

*

197,933

3,032,601

153,722

3,238,839

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

11,701,512

33,351

112,905

458,098

2,394,264

8,702,895

326,350

11,375,162

1 location only

11,049,074

3,722,918

2,421,131

2,923,226

1,658,340

323,459

7,747,114

3,301,960

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

7,688,834

1,766,325

1,067,126

1,141,541

1,535,261

2,178,580

3,456,335

4,232,498

25-49 %

5,444,282

690,900

510,004

937,753

909,910

2,395,715

1,712,796

3,731,485

50-74 %

5,543,500

999,324

589,743

731,409

867,235

2,355,788

1,957,022

3,586,478

75% or more

4,073,970

299,720

367,162

570,620

740,198

2,096,271

947,310

3,126,660

Union presence

No union employees

18,168,374

3,561,208

2,417,527

3,233,947

3,572,719

5,382,975

7,691,098

10,477,277

Has union employees

2,496,979

89,808

57,425

*

101,816

*

305,730

1,942,199

184,083

2,312,895

Unknown

2,085,233

105,253

59,084

45,562

174,154

*

1,701,180

198,283

1,886,950

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

12,598,520

1,964,714

1,516,698

1,896,007

2,417,356

4,803,744

4,460,489

8,138,032

Less than 50% low wage

10,152,066

1,791,555

1,017,337

1,485,317

1,635,247

4,222,610

3,612,975

6,539,091

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

338,374

100,627

141,457

75,822

206,415

286,611

122,827

411,973

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

77,404

15,006

5,592

15,845

76,124

*

2,738

*

18,810

76,312

*

Mining and manufacturing

52,203

31,675

10,973

7,696

10,924

10,916

42,445

18,118

Construction

25,008

12,385

14,515

19,415

11,196

*

1,336

*

16,902

27,865

*

Utilities and transp.

127,438

25,128

9,217

20,372

24,052

109,603

21,460

134,267

Wholesale trade

56,352

11,543

14,324

12,256

31,110

*

44,511

30,238

61,131

Fin. svs. and real estate

133,960

20,964

10,947

27,677

*

9,638

127,609

16,139

134,374

Retail trade

165,052

23,376

61,129

38,609

29,713

105,019

63,815

119,579

Professional services

263,687

25,242

35,287

46,251

128,395

171,241

29,525

252,567

Other services

146,239

77,065

90,081

57,216

196,640

181,995

112,009

234,769

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

359,543

79,085

110,373

122,841

210,892

222,497

165,856

413,210

For profit, unincorporated

119,822

70,452

49,194

113,892

88,235

84,207

78,734

121,313

Nonprofit

163,200

21,989

43,766

86,424

122,758

137,759

45,125

175,718

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

142,443

37,900

108,650

50,909

83,380

*

23,250

*

108,028

103,334

5-9 years

162,935

38,035

56,665

67,467

93,668

26,904

73,476

105,836

10-19 years

118,335

44,936

44,574

79,557

61,274

74,946

64,069

102,483

20 or more years

271,691

48,321

72,832

67,529

163,556

249,474

90,165

245,397

Unknown

215,655

6,780

11,836

13,917

*

58,498

208,175

21,731

208,952

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

276,699

6,359

18,961

24,481

146,677

264,769

28,130

284,261

1 location only

147,032

96,865

144,863

73,416

167,649

80,227

117,115

187,606

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

292,311

99,798

109,868

101,698

213,471

165,163

123,891

311,515

25-49 %

155,597

26,798

52,913

87,972

106,531

191,660

84,804

200,774

50-74 %

231,862

24,258

26,649

45,835

86,371

202,154

48,092

238,424

75% or more

124,422

12,829

22,496

31,710

51,208

99,389

25,749

117,671

Union presence

No union employees

235,451

103,928

134,166

69,628

197,805

251,388

120,763

290,489

Has union employees

200,311

10,921

19,731

*

32,301

*

69,391

155,630

25,596

197,862

Unknown

200,618

12,950

10,166

12,355

56,205

*

198,858

14,383

197,610

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

288,444

60,804

124,188

88,211

180,407

177,631

142,782

306,168

Less than 50% low wage

304,714

85,985

64,272

45,608

92,246

268,797

63,963

286,128

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.