United States

19.1%

13.2%

15.8%

19.7%

20.3%

20.0%

16.5%

19.9%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

11.3%

.

.

.

.

.

13.0%

9.7%

*

Mining and manufacturing

17.3%

12.0%

15.2%

20.5%

16.9%

17.1%

17.6%

17.2%

Construction

17.2%

10.8%

19.1%

16.3%

20.4%

20.6%

15.2%

19.3%

Utilities and transp.

19.5%

24.4%

30.0%

27.9%

19.7%

17.0%

30.5%

17.6%

Wholesale trade

18.6%

11.8%

13.4%

19.1%

23.1%

19.2%

14.8%

20.5%

Fin. svs. and real estate

18.9%

12.9%

10.3%

20.7%

16.7%

20.6%

14.3%

19.7%

Retail trade

25.1%

14.8%

19.0%

29.2%

26.8%

25.8%

19.7%

26.4%

Professional services

16.5%

11.5%

13.8%

16.5%

19.5%

16.3%

14.1%

17.2%

Other services

23.6%

17.2%

16.6%

21.0%

25.3%

27.4%

19.2%

25.4%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

20.3%

13.3%

17.2%

21.0%

21.7%

21.2%

17.3%

21.2%

For profit, unincorporated

18.7%

15.6%

14.1%

20.1%

17.9%

20.6%

16.5%

19.7%

Nonprofit

14.9%

6.7%

6.5%

14.7%

17.8%

14.4%

11.1%

15.5%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

18.5%

15.1%

19.0%

21.7%

24.2%

16.7%

*

17.3%

20.7%

5-9 years

19.7%

15.0%

18.4%

25.1%

20.2%

19.3%

17.4%

23.0%

10-19 years

19.7%

13.8%

17.4%

19.6%

26.2%

18.6%

17.9%

21.2%

20 or more years

18.7%

12.0%

14.3%

19.1%

19.3%

20.1%

15.8%

19.6%

Unknown

19.9%

9.1%

*

12.1%

*

12.2%

16.6%

20.2%

11.6%

20.0%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

20.1%

11.4%

*

14.0%

18.4%

20.4%

20.2%

19.6%

20.1%

1 location only

17.6%

13.3%

15.9%

20.1%

20.1%

16.9%

16.3%

19.3%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

27.3%

11.8%

18.6%

25.2%

29.5%

31.1%

17.6%

30.0%

25-49 %

21.5%

17.0%

20.3%

21.7%

20.6%

22.6%

20.9%

21.7%

50-74 %

20.2%

15.3%

15.5%

20.6%

20.1%

22.1%

16.6%

21.5%

75% or more

18.8%

12.7%

15.6%

19.5%

20.1%

19.5%

16.3%

19.5%

Union presence

No union employees

19.5%

13.4%

16.0%

20.5%

21.1%

20.8%

16.8%

20.7%

Has union employees

15.9%

8.6%

*

9.6%

*

10.4%

*

15.8%

16.8%

10.3%

16.2%

Unknown

21.8%

8.8%

*

25.9%

*

21.0%

16.5%

22.3%

16.0%

22.0%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

22.6%

17.3%

15.2%

22.3%

22.0%

24.4%

19.4%

23.3%

Less than 50% low wage

18.4%

12.6%

15.9%

19.2%

19.9%

19.0%

16.1%

19.2%

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.

United States

0.39%

0.96%

1.04%

0.72%

1.19%

0.37%

0.67%

0.46%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.60%

.

.

.

.

.

2.86%

3.96%

*

Mining and manufacturing

0.40%

2.42%

2.64%

1.54%

0.63%

0.63%

1.52%

0.38%

Construction

1.43%

1.70%

2.11%

2.19%

1.45%

2.63%

1.54%

1.70%

Utilities and transp.

1.57%

4.55%

5.98%

5.01%

2.50%

0.81%

5.41%

0.95%

Wholesale trade

0.96%

2.21%

2.02%

1.51%

2.05%

1.58%

1.54%

1.25%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.46%

1.84%

2.42%

2.95%

1.45%

0.45%

2.10%

0.43%

Retail trade

0.67%

2.13%

0.88%

1.92%

2.75%

0.91%

1.03%

0.73%

Professional services

0.87%

1.30%

1.35%

1.74%

1.85%

0.72%

0.94%

0.99%

Other services

0.84%

1.63%

2.55%

1.44%

3.19%

0.88%

1.43%

1.05%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.23%

0.99%

1.17%

0.69%

0.77%

0.25%

0.69%

0.24%

For profit, unincorporated

1.07%

1.89%

1.79%

1.66%

1.90%

1.39%

1.49%

1.38%

Nonprofit

0.96%

1.91%

1.68%

1.74%

2.16%

0.69%

1.16%

1.20%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.42%

2.23%

3.76%

3.75%

2.99%

5.68%

*

1.54%

2.52%

5-9 years

1.09%

1.40%

1.30%

3.31%

2.14%

2.69%

1.20%

1.39%

10-19 years

1.25%

2.32%

1.22%

2.12%

2.76%

1.99%

1.26%

1.97%

20 or more years

0.50%

1.12%

1.44%

0.65%

1.02%

0.73%

0.65%

0.61%

Unknown

0.35%

3.82%

*

7.15%

*

2.60%

1.33%

0.37%

2.50%

0.36%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.33%

6.58%

*

2.39%

2.09%

1.09%

0.37%

1.77%

0.34%

1 location only

0.73%

0.99%

1.03%

0.69%

1.72%

2.79%

0.73%

1.19%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.26%

2.64%

4.99%

5.00%

3.42%

1.98%

3.76%

2.32%

25-49 %

1.58%

3.27%

2.35%

2.88%

2.09%

2.48%

1.81%

1.81%

50-74 %

0.62%

1.46%

1.78%

0.84%

1.88%

0.77%

1.57%

0.74%

75% or more

0.41%

0.99%

1.25%

0.81%

1.35%

0.47%

0.77%

0.51%

Union presence

No union employees

0.37%

0.96%

1.01%

0.78%

1.34%

0.47%

0.65%

0.49%

Has union employees

0.72%

2.77%

*

3.62%

*

3.51%

*

1.00%

0.86%

2.08%

0.70%

Unknown

0.93%

10.08%

*

10.74%

*

5.11%

2.30%

0.96%

3.57%

0.94%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.52%

1.19%

1.83%

1.49%

1.00%

0.72%

0.95%

0.69%

Less than 50% low wage

0.44%

1.00%

1.11%

0.72%

1.42%

0.39%

0.70%

0.52%

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.