Table I.C.2


Table I.C.2(2006) Average total employee contribution (in dollars) per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2006

Characteristics	Total	Less than 10 employees		10-24 employees		25-99 employees	100-999 employees	1000 or more employees		Less than 50 employees	50 or more employees

United States	788	595		669		797	833	815		705	812

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	485	.		.		.	.	.		540	432
Mining and manufacturing	675	502		586		752	635	692		661	678
Construction	652	477		725		591	719	809		607	697
Utilities and transp.	848	1,149		1,411		1,059	930	733		1,291	769
Wholesale trade	740	520		535		768	870	762		605	805
Fin. svs. and real estate	796	600		448		924	732	846		651	821
Retail trade	923	640		757		1,090	984	925		797	950
Professional services	724	531		621		715	850	713		632	751
Other services	979	775		752		886	1,082	1,061		860	1,023

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	809	591		715		817	855	838		723	836
For profit, unincorporated	787	691		609		850	763	841		722	815
Nonprofit	688	348		325		664	806	674		530	713

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	711	617		723		864	772	658	*	682	766
5-9 years	768	625		747		955	801	636		715	835
10-19 years	807	631		688		783	1,048	762		745	860
20 or more years	782	563		638		779	805	825		691	807
Unknown	808	404	*	529	*	478	700	816		487	810

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	816	580	*	601		763	838	816		818	816
1 location only	739	596		674		805	825	793		696	799

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	1,019	545		822		1,115	1,081	1,057		838	1,057
25-49 %	856	839		893		893	813	854		924	835
50-74 %	850	705		699		903	839	895		750	884
75% or more	773	568		653		776	827	799		686	798

Union presence
No union employees	794	601		670		818	856	828		711	829
Has union employees	689	424		548	*	483	691	712		527	697
Unknown	893	449	*	1,154	*	810	741	905		706	898

Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage	866	777		696		902	843	890		842	871
Less than 50% low wage	771	568		666		775	831	795		684	798

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.
. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** 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.


Table I.C.2(2006) Standard error for average total employee contribution (in dollars) per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2006

Characteristics	Total	Less than 10 employees		10-24 employees		25-99 employees	100-999 employees	1000 or more employees		Less than 50 employees	50 or more employees

United States	16.23	40.89		36.48		29.40	55.72	15.30		25.73	18.53

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	100.00	.		.		.	.	.		109.33	112.66
Mining and manufacturing	16.46	111.84		98.32		49.93	23.56	26.67		54.25	16.36
Construction	51.07	73.39		107.00		81.38	48.56	107.41		59.68	54.91
Utilities and transp.	81.17	214.35		363.07		217.89	126.56	39.66		280.21	45.75
Wholesale trade	37.16	96.96		83.73		69.47	82.06	52.76		52.94	51.63
Fin. svs. and real estate	25.23	92.53		108.91		143.52	66.04	15.17		104.28	22.39
Retail trade	31.59	84.93		43.14		98.00	93.84	49.82		47.30	39.68
Professional services	41.28	62.06		61.33		80.23	94.37	29.59		45.82	45.86
Other services	37.93	81.00		109.12		72.96	138.31	48.04		87.45	40.64

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	9.84	39.29		42.52		30.55	33.50	10.69		25.14	10.23
For profit, unincorporated	41.98	86.71		90.81		54.75	82.17	60.61		64.03	55.20
Nonprofit	49.95	91.81		76.15		70.99	108.09	32.77		49.32	60.71

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	57.74	101.45		131.30		182.69	85.64	277.86	*	57.28	78.84
5-9 years	38.63	52.07		64.65		106.70	81.52	83.51		46.10	62.95
10-19 years	56.94	105.72		44.44		84.90	131.38	73.83		58.63	84.07
20 or more years	22.81	55.26		59.54		25.75	50.39	30.40		25.00	27.73
Unknown	14.10	135.96	*	180.83	*	101.15	51.32	15.01		100.36	14.25

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	13.58	282.95	*	108.19		81.31	50.07	15.16		61.75	14.07
1 location only	30.75	42.18		35.72		28.40	80.77	102.45		27.97	51.41

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	78.05	129.59		212.66		215.34	148.54	92.29		181.52	80.61
25-49 %	51.36	179.40		126.09		131.83	112.92	65.55		81.82	52.08
50-74 %	27.05	79.80		68.70		49.05	69.95	38.89		68.79	31.06
75% or more	16.71	40.48		43.95		33.67	62.60	16.33		29.28	20.00

Union presence
No union employees	15.24	40.47		38.47		32.35	65.17	17.55		26.24	19.82
Has union employees	27.46	105.77		166.31	*	84.08	40.77	33.64		95.53	27.58
Unknown	37.50	402.59	*	497.42	*	234.97	107.11	33.59		173.73	36.42

Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage	17.98	61.07		84.03		44.61	46.78	30.78		41.01	24.82
Less than 50% low wage	19.04	41.60		38.42		30.66	68.41	14.12		27.01	22.11

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.
. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** 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.