United States

48.9%

59.5%

57.4%

56.9%

51.7%

43.7%

57.7%

46.8%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

37.1%

52.2%

53.1%

44.0%

28.2%

31.8%

50.0%

29.8%

Mining and manufacturing

42.9%

62.3%

54.8%

53.1%

44.7%

38.1%

55.0%

41.2%

Construction

51.3%

52.5%

54.0%

51.3%

49.7%

49.0%

51.3%

51.4%

Utilities and transp.

41.5%

53.9%

47.1%

53.3%

45.9%

38.5%

53.2%

40.0%

Wholesale trade

45.3%

60.0%

51.0%

51.3%

48.1%

38.0%

54.6%

41.8%

Fin. svs. and real estate

44.6%

51.7%

51.8%

52.4%

49.9%

41.8%

52.5%

43.4%

Retail trade

55.4%

62.7%

63.1%

61.4%

56.2%

53.2%

63.2%

54.0%

Professional services

50.9%

63.8%

62.0%

60.9%

57.0%

43.1%

62.0%

48.4%

Other services

55.6%

62.1%

60.2%

62.6%

56.7%

50.8%

60.4%

54.0%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

47.8%

58.5%

57.5%

55.0%

49.8%

43.2%

56.8%

45.6%

For profit, unincorporated

51.2%

61.6%

56.0%

60.4%

49.8%

45.7%

59.3%

48.2%

Nonprofit

52.4%

63.3%

58.9%

63.6%

59.0%

44.9%

61.7%

51.2%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

56.3%

62.8%

57.6%

53.6%

53.7%

47.0%

59.7%

51.1%

5-9 years

54.9%

60.6%

56.4%

58.7%

47.4%

49.3%

58.6%

50.8%

10-19 years

55.9%

61.3%

59.1%

59.4%

55.1%

44.3%

59.0%

53.6%

20 or more years

49.2%

57.5%

56.9%

56.2%

51.4%

43.8%

56.6%

47.5%

Unknown

43.6%

62.8%

67.3%

46.5%

51.6%

43.2%

61.6%

43.5%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

45.7%

66.9%

57.2%

56.0%

52.3%

43.5%

56.1%

45.5%

1 location only

55.7%

59.5%

57.5%

57.2%

50.9%

48.0%

57.8%

53.0%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

59.1%

49.9%

60.7%

58.8%

63.4%

58.2%

55.3%

59.9%

25-49 %

55.5%

65.3%

64.4%

73.1%

65.2%

47.8%

67.1%

52.7%

50-74 %

54.1%

63.6%

62.0%

64.2%

55.5%

48.9%

63.8%

51.5%

75% or more

47.9%

58.9%

56.6%

55.6%

50.8%

42.7%

56.6%

45.9%

Union presence

No union employees

51.7%

60.1%

58.0%

58.4%

53.0%

45.4%

58.5%

49.4%

Has union employees

40.9%

44.3%

46.9%

41.4%

43.8%

40.1%

40.3%

41.0%

Unknown

44.2%

54.4%

53.2%

57.2%

54.1%

43.5%

56.3%

44.0%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

56.7%

66.9%

67.7%

70.1%

59.3%

51.9%

67.4%

55.0%

Less than 50% low wage

47.4%

58.6%

56.3%

54.8%

50.4%

41.9%

56.4%

45.1%

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

0.23%

1.08%

1.01%

0.66%

0.78%

0.32%

0.66%

0.26%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4.34%

5.53%

8.64%

8.23%

7.22%

7.27%

4.74%

6.14%

Mining and manufacturing

0.59%

3.52%

2.94%

2.53%

1.55%

0.62%

1.56%

0.58%

Construction

0.91%

2.26%

2.94%

1.89%

1.57%

2.11%

1.65%

1.27%

Utilities and transp.

0.93%

5.80%

5.84%

5.60%

2.46%

1.14%

2.96%

0.97%

Wholesale trade

0.79%

2.38%

4.58%

2.69%

2.12%

1.33%

1.50%

1.21%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.79%

2.49%

3.46%

3.09%

1.83%

0.80%

2.37%

0.78%

Retail trade

0.44%

3.24%

1.62%

2.50%

1.80%

0.45%

1.45%

0.42%

Professional services

0.52%

1.46%

1.88%

0.95%

1.34%

0.66%

0.62%

0.56%

Other services

0.83%

2.02%

2.61%

1.65%

1.67%

1.35%

1.34%

1.04%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.33%

1.28%

1.09%

0.87%

0.50%

0.36%

0.77%

0.37%

For profit, unincorporated

0.96%

1.50%

2.75%

3.08%

3.19%

0.92%

1.47%

1.04%

Nonprofit

0.78%

2.66%

2.87%

2.72%

1.71%

0.86%

1.48%

0.81%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.17%

3.31%

3.42%

6.74%

4.58%

5.50%

1.89%

2.87%

5-9 years

1.25%

1.48%

2.34%

2.41%

3.56%

1.72%

1.25%

2.15%

10-19 years

0.57%

1.68%

2.14%

1.04%

1.95%

1.61%

0.89%

0.87%

20 or more years

0.32%

1.67%

1.49%

0.96%

0.80%

0.58%

1.17%

0.32%

Unknown

0.51%

8.13%

11.67%

7.14%

2.74%

0.47%

4.35%

0.53%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.31%

4.51%

2.76%

1.71%

0.62%

0.32%

0.78%

0.32%

1 location only

0.49%

1.09%

1.06%

0.73%

1.51%

1.53%

0.71%

0.63%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.06%

6.61%

7.15%

3.58%

3.50%

2.71%

4.33%

1.79%

25-49 %

1.61%

2.98%

3.29%

1.57%

1.43%

1.90%

2.27%

1.72%

50-74 %

1.22%

2.71%

4.58%

1.40%

1.99%

1.52%

1.28%

1.40%

75% or more

0.29%

1.16%

1.14%

0.77%

0.88%

0.40%

0.74%

0.34%

Union presence

No union employees

0.28%

1.10%

0.91%

0.57%

0.79%

0.47%

0.57%

0.37%

Has union employees

0.60%

3.61%

5.87%

3.75%

2.07%

0.64%

3.08%

0.59%

Unknown

0.76%

8.89%

11.86%

6.73%

4.12%

0.63%

4.53%

0.70%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.68%

2.23%

3.46%

1.84%

1.45%

0.67%

1.68%

0.71%

Less than 50% low wage

0.28%

1.22%

0.97%

0.76%

0.90%

0.35%

0.67%

0.33%

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.