United States

33.2%

28.4%

28.2%

28.7%

32.6%

35.5%

28.7%

34.2%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

48.6%

34.1%

27.8%

48.2%

53.5%

55.9%

38.9%

54.2%

Mining and manufacturing

37.9%

22.0%

28.7%

31.5%

37.2%

41.0%

28.9%

39.2%

Construction

32.0%

33.3%

29.8%

31.6%

34.8%

29.5%

32.5%

31.5%

Utilities and transp.

38.0%

34.6%

34.0%

30.0%

34.4%

40.0%

31.3%

38.9%

Wholesale trade

36.0%

27.5%

35.2%

33.5%

35.8%

38.6%

31.4%

37.7%

Fin. svs. and real estate

34.4%

35.0%

30.7%

31.4%

33.7%

35.0%

32.9%

34.6%

Retail trade

27.2%

26.8%

23.1%

26.7%

30.7%

27.1%

24.3%

27.8%

Professional services

32.0%

25.4%

25.4%

25.6%

28.6%

36.6%

25.7%

33.5%

Other services

29.2%

27.0%

28.0%

24.6%

29.5%

31.2%

27.6%

29.8%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

33.9%

28.9%

28.6%

30.3%

34.0%

35.8%

29.4%

34.9%

For profit, unincorporated

31.5%

28.1%

27.4%

24.7%

34.5%

33.7%

27.3%

33.0%

Nonprofit

30.9%

24.9%

26.1%

24.1%

26.9%

35.5%

25.0%

31.7%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

30.9%

27.1%

28.9%

34.4%

33.2%

34.9%

29.1%

33.7%

5-9 years

28.8%

27.0%

28.0%

24.7%

35.6%

28.8%

26.8%

31.0%

10-19 years

28.7%

27.6%

27.4%

26.3%

29.5%

33.1%

28.1%

29.1%

20 or more years

32.8%

29.7%

28.7%

29.5%

32.8%

34.8%

29.3%

33.7%

Unknown

36.6%

26.5%

14.8%

*

40.7%

34.5%

36.7%

25.4%

36.6%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

34.6%

18.9%

29.2%

28.7%

32.0%

35.6%

29.3%

34.7%

1 location only

30.1%

28.6%

28.2%

28.7%

33.6%

34.8%

28.6%

31.9%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

28.0%

41.4%

20.4%

25.1%

28.5%

26.7%

32.3%

27.0%

25-49 %

28.6%

20.7%

23.2%

17.6%

21.8%

33.7%

21.4%

30.3%

50-74 %

29.8%

25.0%

25.7%

23.9%

32.0%

31.6%

23.8%

31.4%

75% or more

33.8%

29.0%

28.8%

29.6%

33.0%

36.2%

29.5%

34.8%

Union presence

No union employees

31.3%

27.7%

27.6%

27.5%

31.1%

34.3%

27.9%

32.5%

Has union employees

38.9%

46.9%

40.8%

41.1%

41.4%

38.0%

43.9%

38.6%

Unknown

35.3%

36.1%

30.1%

*

28.3%

32.0%

35.6%

30.7%

35.4%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

27.0%

23.2%

20.4%

18.4%

27.3%

29.2%

21.3%

27.9%

Less than 50% low wage

34.3%

29.1%

29.1%

30.3%

33.5%

36.9%

29.6%

35.5%

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

0.28%

0.92%

1.01%

0.62%

0.68%

0.41%

0.53%

0.28%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

3.31%

5.03%

5.94%

7.93%

11.09%

10.72%

4.34%

7.25%

Mining and manufacturing

0.69%

2.67%

2.62%

2.11%

1.05%

0.87%

1.53%

0.67%

Construction

1.05%

2.16%

2.94%

2.17%

1.61%

2.55%

1.49%

1.05%

Utilities and transp.

0.87%

7.41%

3.75%

3.82%

2.79%

1.04%

2.34%

0.83%

Wholesale trade

0.64%

2.88%

4.62%

3.04%

1.24%

1.64%

1.61%

1.04%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.96%

2.72%

2.95%

2.84%

2.37%

0.99%

2.45%

1.00%

Retail trade

0.59%

2.84%

1.31%

2.29%

2.13%

0.97%

1.36%

0.74%

Professional services

0.45%

1.27%

1.99%

0.60%

0.98%

0.49%

0.68%

0.53%

Other services

0.88%

1.53%

2.31%

1.35%

2.48%

1.16%

1.04%

1.02%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.38%

1.03%

0.93%

0.91%

0.41%

0.53%

0.62%

0.43%

For profit, unincorporated

1.07%

1.57%

3.44%

3.28%

4.13%

1.34%

1.93%

1.04%

Nonprofit

0.70%

2.10%

2.77%

1.97%

1.13%

1.06%

1.02%

0.78%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

0.87%

2.63%

2.15%

8.05%

5.38%

6.98%

1.56%

3.24%

5-9 years

1.41%

1.72%

2.15%

1.82%

3.85%

1.84%

1.42%

2.51%

10-19 years

0.92%

1.68%

1.72%

0.71%

1.76%

2.85%

0.94%

1.21%

20 or more years

0.47%

1.69%

1.55%

0.90%

0.68%

0.74%

1.10%

0.42%

Unknown

0.52%

7.90%

5.43%

*

8.31%

2.74%

0.55%

4.80%

0.53%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.36%

4.08%

2.35%

1.46%

0.58%

0.42%

1.44%

0.37%

1 location only

0.51%

0.93%

1.07%

0.83%

1.37%

2.56%

0.61%

0.74%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.22%

6.23%

5.74%

3.81%

3.99%

2.48%

4.22%

2.00%

25-49 %

1.34%

3.09%

2.99%

1.65%

1.38%

1.94%

1.98%

1.60%

50-74 %

0.87%

2.57%

4.18%

1.41%

2.07%

0.84%

1.45%

0.95%

75% or more

0.34%

0.92%

1.16%

0.76%

0.73%

0.50%

0.58%

0.36%

Union presence

No union employees

0.33%

0.93%

0.89%

0.63%

0.71%

0.58%

0.49%

0.36%

Has union employees

0.72%

3.65%

6.90%

3.49%

1.91%

0.76%

3.19%

0.74%

Unknown

0.95%

7.99%

9.37%

*

4.40%

4.14%

0.91%

4.58%

0.92%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.63%

1.53%

2.66%

1.05%

1.49%

0.93%

1.48%

0.68%

Less than 50% low wage

0.32%

1.00%

1.05%

0.69%

0.74%

0.42%

0.51%

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.

* 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.