United States

21.9%

65.1%

49.4%

34.7%

20.0%

7.7%

50.6%

13.5%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

49.6%

.

.

.

.

.

65.3%

34.7%

*

Mining and manufacturing

18.2%

54.0%

47.4%

25.9%

18.5%

10.1%

39.4%

14.1%

Construction

42.5%

69.7%

45.3%

46.7%

29.8%

13.9%

54.7%

30.3%

Utilities and transp.

19.0%

55.1%

34.5%

*

36.5%

21.5%

12.5%

39.7%

15.3%

Wholesale trade

25.6%

70.1%

50.7%

44.0%

9.5%

7.6%

55.3%

11.1%

Fin. svs. and real estate

15.0%

61.0%

56.1%

35.7%

18.8%

4.1%

54.4%

8.1%

Retail trade

13.2%

64.4%

43.4%

22.2%

15.1%

*

3.6%

*

44.8%

6.3%

Professional services

25.7%

68.7%

52.6%

38.2%

21.6%

11.2%

54.4%

17.4%

Other services

21.6%

60.1%

50.0%

30.4%

20.4%

4.0%

47.9%

11.9%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

20.3%

64.3%

46.8%

35.0%

16.9%

6.6%

49.1%

11.6%

For profit, unincorporated

26.2%

62.9%

54.8%

25.3%

26.0%

8.5%

53.1%

14.4%

Nonprofit

26.0%

78.3%

65.9%

41.1%

26.0%

12.6%

57.6%

20.9%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

39.3%

65.6%

42.9%

26.2%

14.8%

7.3%

*

51.3%

17.1%

5-9 years

36.9%

62.0%

47.8%

30.9%

19.8%

11.7%

*

51.9%

17.9%

10-19 years

34.9%

66.2%

45.4%

36.5%

17.8%

13.3%

*

51.7%

20.8%

20 or more years

23.2%

65.4%

52.4%

35.0%

20.8%

8.6%

49.6%

15.7%

Unknown

6.9%

64.8%

49.2%

*

43.1%

15.9%

6.1%

56.2%

6.6%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

11.2%

56.3%

43.6%

35.9%

17.1%

7.6%

39.1%

10.5%

1 location only

40.6%

65.2%

49.8%

34.4%

24.7%

9.1%

51.4%

25.6%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

22.1%

77.9%

62.4%

35.4%

24.1%

4.2%

62.1%

13.8%

25-49 %

21.8%

65.6%

41.8%

35.9%

14.9%

*

11.4%

*

46.7%

14.3%

50-74 %

21.9%

65.1%

43.1%

26.1%

24.3%

7.1%

49.3%

12.6%

75% or more

21.9%

64.8%

50.3%

35.6%

19.6%

7.6%

50.7%

13.6%

Union presence

No union employees

24.2%

65.0%

49.1%

33.4%

18.8%

5.5%

50.4%

13.3%

Has union employees

19.7%

62.7%

59.3%

53.0%

25.9%

13.9%

56.3%

17.8%

Unknown

9.0%

73.6%

36.4%

*

41.1%

33.2%

6.3%

49.2%

7.9%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

15.1%

62.6%

53.7%

26.2%

15.8%

4.0%

48.6%

8.7%

Less than 50% low wage

23.4%

65.4%

48.8%

36.5%

20.9%

8.6%

50.9%

14.7%

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

0.94%

2.05%

2.60%

1.92%

1.99%

0.47%

1.67%

0.89%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

7.47%

.

.

.

.

.

7.04%

11.06%

*

Mining and manufacturing

1.28%

6.54%

5.97%

5.64%

1.74%

1.28%

3.79%

1.15%

Construction

3.31%

3.40%

4.32%

5.07%

6.09%

3.75%

3.43%

4.03%

Utilities and transp.

1.56%

9.24%

10.69%

*

9.46%

6.21%

2.07%

6.95%

1.63%

Wholesale trade

1.90%

3.97%

3.99%

5.19%

2.39%

2.05%

2.57%

1.35%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.17%

6.00%

8.38%

6.22%

4.15%

0.67%

4.80%

0.87%

Retail trade

1.44%

3.92%

3.63%

3.95%

5.00%

*

1.09%

*

2.93%

1.28%

Professional services

1.72%

2.55%

2.67%

3.81%

2.90%

1.42%

2.24%

1.90%

Other services

1.68%

3.05%

5.24%

4.14%

4.29%

1.16%

2.38%

1.82%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.81%

2.29%

2.66%

2.02%

1.48%

0.30%

1.83%

0.56%

For profit, unincorporated

1.69%

2.46%

5.76%

2.98%

5.38%

1.61%

2.78%

2.33%

Nonprofit

2.17%

3.69%

6.17%

4.69%

4.22%

2.33%

2.85%

2.64%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

3.30%

5.17%

7.24%

6.53%

4.18%

4.48%

*

3.59%

4.82%

5-9 years

2.85%

2.58%

5.22%

3.96%

5.57%

5.13%

*

3.50%

3.32%

10-19 years

3.44%

3.64%

2.35%

4.65%

4.75%

4.30%

*

2.01%

4.37%

20 or more years

1.01%

2.94%

3.55%

1.74%

1.94%

0.54%

1.89%

1.05%

Unknown

0.68%

9.51%

15.92%

*

11.65%

2.77%

0.67%

8.67%

0.73%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.60%

9.94%

5.10%

3.25%

1.72%

0.43%

3.54%

0.62%

1 location only

1.79%

2.13%

2.63%

2.02%

3.16%

2.58%

1.80%

2.52%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

4.00%

3.58%

8.52%

8.88%

5.53%

1.10%

4.41%

3.86%

25-49 %

3.31%

4.60%

8.27%

8.43%

5.71%

*

4.64%

*

4.00%

4.14%

50-74 %

1.55%

2.81%

2.47%

3.66%

3.69%

1.22%

2.09%

1.53%

75% or more

0.96%

2.14%

2.69%

2.24%

2.13%

0.40%

1.74%

0.90%

Union presence

No union employees

0.97%

2.09%

2.37%

1.82%

2.00%

0.46%

1.54%

0.95%

Has union employees

1.93%

8.13%

11.74%

7.79%

3.89%

1.79%

7.17%

1.74%

Unknown

1.42%

14.73%

12.87%

*

11.65%

6.47%

1.10%

9.19%

1.35%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.74%

2.49%

3.25%

5.02%

2.11%

0.63%

1.89%

1.00%

Less than 50% low wage

1.06%

2.35%

2.86%

1.49%

2.18%

0.63%

1.91%

0.99%

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.