United States

14.6%

22.1%

8.6%

5.4%

12.0%

18.2%

11.3%

15.5%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4.5%

*

26.6%

6.4%

*

4.4%

*

0.3%

*

3.6%

*

13.6%

0.5%

*

Mining and manufacturing

20.4%

22.6%

6.7%

*

13.3%

17.7%

34.2%

11.9%

26.4%

Construction

27.9%

24.8%

13.9%

*

42.6%

19.9%

*

65.6%

23.3%

40.9%

Utilities and transp.

23.0%

43.3%

12.5%

*

4.9%

*

11.7%

*

26.6%

22.9%

23.0%

Wholesale trade

12.0%

26.3%

12.9%

*

12.7%

6.4%

*

10.2%

*

18.3%

9.1%

*

Fin. svs. and real estate

33.6%

32.5%

29.3%

12.0%

*

23.3%

39.4%

25.6%

35.0%

Retail trade

11.5%

16.1%

6.0%

3.5%

*

18.5%

*

11.7%

7.6%

12.1%

Professional services

23.4%

25.9%

12.1%

9.1%

16.3%

32.6%

14.5%

25.6%

Other services

6.3%

15.7%

5.5%

1.2%

*

7.4%

*

7.1%

6.4%

6.3%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

12.3%

22.6%

9.0%

5.8%

9.8%

14.1%

11.6%

12.5%

For profit, unincorporated

13.6%

28.0%

11.7%

4.3%

10.3%

16.9%

15.2%

13.0%

Nonprofit

23.0%

13.0%

4.9%

*

5.4%

17.7%

37.9%

6.5%

27.0%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

11.1%

26.8%

7.4%

*

3.9%

*

11.3%

*

6.1%

*

13.0%

9.2%

*

5-9 years

13.0%

22.4%

10.7%

2.2%

*

9.6%

*

37.2%

11.8%

14.2%

*

10-19 years

8.4%

22.4%

8.3%

*

4.1%

6.9%

*

7.5%

12.7%

5.9%

20 or more years

16.3%

20.5%

8.2%

6.8%

13.5%

20.8%

10.2%

17.6%

Unknown

14.2%

37.2%

22.9%

*

3.9%

*

10.5%

*

14.4%

16.8%

*

14.2%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

17.1%

13.2%

*

14.7%

9.6%

*

14.1%

18.2%

10.7%

17.2%

1 location only

9.9%

22.2%

8.2%

4.7%

8.5%

19.9%

*

11.3%

8.3%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

9.2%

27.1%

3.7%

2.2%

*

10.2%

*

9.8%

8.9%

9.2%

25-49 %

10.1%

11.1%

5.5%

2.3%

6.6%

*

14.0%

5.4%

11.3%

50-74 %

16.3%

24.5%

11.1%

5.7%

13.8%

19.2%

15.0%

16.6%

75% or more

24.0%

24.4%

14.4%

13.2%

18.5%

29.7%

15.9%

25.8%

Union presence

No union employees

11.6%

22.1%

8.8%

4.8%

10.1%

14.3%

11.2%

11.7%

Has union employees

31.0%

27.8%

*

4.9%

*

23.3%

*

31.9%

31.7%

15.1%

*

31.5%

Unknown

14.2%

12.7%

*

1.0%

*

1.9%

*

11.9%

*

14.7%

5.2%

*

14.5%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

8.0%

21.7%

4.9%

*

1.4%

8.7%

*

8.9%

7.4%

8.1%

Less than 50% low wage

21.4%

22.2%

11.2%

9.2%

16.2%

28.5%

13.7%

23.8%

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.

United States

0.57%

0.93%

0.50%

0.53%

1.61%

1.18%

0.51%

0.70%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

3.75%

*

7.81%

6.56%

*

9.10%

*

1.57%

*

10.22%

*

3.47%

10.57%

*

Mining and manufacturing

2.65%

4.14%

2.79%

*

3.70%

3.40%

6.33%

2.10%

3.83%

Construction

5.12%

4.85%

4.71%

*

10.79%

7.72%

*

15.57%

3.50%

9.65%

Utilities and transp.

2.43%

11.41%

6.66%

*

3.48%

*

7.35%

*

2.55%

5.14%

2.46%

Wholesale trade

1.94%

4.87%

8.99%

*

2.19%

4.52%

*

3.83%

*

4.81%

3.07%

*

Fin. svs. and real estate

4.14%

5.27%

6.88%

5.68%

*

4.50%

5.20%

4.13%

4.67%

Retail trade

1.26%

2.39%

1.26%

1.95%

*

6.79%

*

1.57%

0.64%

1.47%

Professional services

1.75%

2.33%

2.53%

1.39%

2.07%

2.97%

1.27%

2.11%

Other services

0.80%

1.99%

0.93%

0.39%

*

2.45%

*

0.98%

1.07%

0.83%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.61%

1.80%

0.56%

0.59%

2.44%

0.97%

0.82%

0.81%

For profit, unincorporated

1.41%

2.66%

3.48%

0.98%

2.00%

3.14%

1.71%

2.29%

Nonprofit

2.38%

2.47%

1.94%

*

1.26%

3.11%

4.74%

0.89%

2.82%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.89%

3.10%

2.73%

*

1.85%

*

9.15%

*

4.96%

*

1.49%

6.14%

*

5-9 years

2.41%

2.88%

3.17%

1.14%

*

7.25%

*

7.68%

2.10%

4.68%

*

10-19 years

1.12%

3.23%

2.59%

*

0.59%

2.91%

*

1.93%

1.72%

1.13%

20 or more years

0.75%

1.58%

1.02%

0.64%

1.51%

1.27%

0.64%

0.83%

Unknown

1.86%

9.33%

9.94%

*

14.41%

*

4.41%

*

1.99%

5.87%

*

1.88%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.71%

8.05%

*

3.38%

3.24%

*

1.86%

1.13%

2.22%

0.74%

1 location only

0.69%

1.04%

0.60%

0.70%

1.60%

6.57%

*

0.60%

1.12%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.13%

3.85%

0.96%

0.95%

*

3.49%

*

1.08%

1.59%

1.22%

25-49 %

1.67%

1.79%

0.88%

0.65%

2.07%

*

2.84%

0.97%

1.97%

50-74 %

1.00%

1.40%

2.22%

1.01%

1.79%

2.07%

0.78%

1.26%

75% or more

0.74%

2.56%

1.20%

1.51%

1.35%

1.13%

1.03%

0.86%

Union presence

No union employees

0.53%

0.85%

0.59%

0.39%

1.52%

0.96%

0.55%

0.75%

Has union employees

2.90%

9.63%

*

4.03%

*

8.56%

*

6.69%

3.40%

5.17%

*

2.97%

Unknown

1.71%

12.80%

*

0.57%

*

11.83%

*

9.04%

*

1.71%

7.12%

*

1.75%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.87%

2.45%

1.59%

*

0.30%

3.07%

*

0.93%

0.84%

0.99%

Less than 50% low wage

1.28%

0.82%

0.84%

1.04%

2.05%

2.28%

0.54%

1.75%

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.