United States

12.6%

51.7%

34.1%

20.5%

10.3%

6.3%

35.1%

8.2%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

49.0%

.

.

.

.

.

64.9%

42.5%

*

Mining and manufacturing

10.1%

40.3%

29.9%

12.4%

9.4%

8.2%

19.6%

9.1%

Construction

34.6%

64.9%

34.1%

40.9%

17.6%

*

10.4%

*

44.0%

24.7%

Utilities and transp.

15.7%

43.2%

18.3%

19.2%

*

13.2%

14.8%

25.9%

14.6%

Wholesale trade

13.6%

54.4%

36.2%

16.7%

3.3%

*

8.0%

*

33.1%

7.5%

Fin. svs. and real estate

8.1%

31.3%

*

37.8%

17.2%

*

12.8%

3.0%

31.1%

5.0%

Retail trade

9.6%

60.4%

31.5%

12.2%

*

7.2%

*

4.3%

*

35.0%

5.5%

*

Professional services

10.9%

54.8%

33.4%

17.0%

6.0%

5.8%

37.4%

6.3%

Other services

14.0%

53.8%

39.8%

20.5%

13.1%

2.2%

36.4%

7.1%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

12.2%

52.1%

32.2%

21.2%

9.1%

6.0%

34.1%

7.7%

For profit, unincorporated

16.4%

47.6%

33.5%

16.0%

*

17.6%

7.2%

36.2%

10.6%

Nonprofit

12.0%

61.4%

55.8%

20.3%

*

10.3%

6.9%

42.7%

8.8%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

17.4%

41.9%

27.0%

3.7%

*

0.9%

*

.

29.6%

0.9%

*

5-9 years

27.7%

47.6%

41.0%

20.1%

17.3%

*

14.7%

*

38.9%

17.2%

10-19 years

20.6%

55.1%

36.0%

19.6%

4.8%

*

6.0%

38.5%

7.4%

20 or more years

14.2%

53.7%

32.8%

21.0%

11.2%

8.3%

33.7%

10.3%

Unknown

4.6%

41.5%

*

34.6%

*

64.4%

6.2%

*

4.1%

46.7%

4.4%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

7.1%

49.9%

29.1%

19.3%

7.8%

6.2%

23.7%

6.8%

1 location only

26.4%

51.7%

34.5%

20.8%

14.1%

6.9%

*

36.0%

15.4%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

18.0%

73.1%

57.8%

30.3%

9.9%

*

1.2%

*

60.8%

6.5%

*

25-49 %

10.2%

63.3%

52.8%

8.8%

*

9.5%

*

4.2%

*

41.1%

5.0%

50-74 %

14.6%

53.4%

39.2%

18.9%

*

10.1%

*

7.8%

41.3%

9.1%

75% or more

12.5%

50.5%

32.8%

20.8%

10.4%

6.3%

33.9%

8.2%

Union presence

No union employees

11.1%

50.1%

30.9%

15.6%

6.2%

2.5%

32.5%

4.7%

Has union employees

19.7%

82.7%

71.2%

53.0%

28.0%

12.8%

67.7%

16.9%

Unknown

8.2%

44.8%

*

68.8%

*

34.5%

*

16.1%

*

7.0%

39.3%

7.7%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

8.2%

56.7%

32.2%

12.9%

8.3%

*

3.6%

33.6%

5.2%

Less than 50% low wage

13.3%

51.2%

34.3%

21.3%

10.6%

6.7%

35.2%

8.6%

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

0.37%

3.17%

2.52%

1.81%

1.24%

0.52%

1.76%

0.45%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

8.85%

.

.

.

.

.

10.21%

13.36%

*

Mining and manufacturing

1.31%

5.34%

5.72%

3.39%

1.64%

1.66%

2.82%

1.46%

Construction

1.83%

3.56%

4.66%

5.56%

5.63%

*

3.91%

*

2.80%

3.34%

Utilities and transp.

2.09%

11.91%

4.68%

8.14%

*

3.96%

2.45%

3.97%

2.29%

Wholesale trade

1.34%

6.22%

7.49%

4.21%

1.57%

*

2.44%

*

3.38%

1.34%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.93%

9.77%

*

10.59%

5.86%

*

3.33%

0.62%

6.13%

0.75%

Retail trade

1.59%

2.81%

4.63%

4.55%

*

4.35%

*

1.46%

*

2.21%

1.72%

*

Professional services

0.65%

2.84%

3.31%

2.15%

1.62%

0.87%

2.26%

0.74%

Other services

0.98%

5.41%

3.81%

4.71%

3.60%

0.64%

3.13%

1.21%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.38%

4.07%

2.80%

1.98%

1.25%

0.65%

1.80%

0.32%

For profit, unincorporated

1.32%

3.04%

5.28%

7.63%

*

4.81%

1.54%

3.06%

1.94%

Nonprofit

0.95%

5.54%

5.83%

6.11%

*

2.37%

1.32%

4.07%

1.28%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.02%

5.67%

5.95%

1.71%

*

0.58%

*

.

3.08%

0.99%

*

5-9 years

2.28%

3.88%

5.72%

4.63%

5.87%

*

5.79%

*

4.22%

4.05%

10-19 years

1.39%

2.85%

3.74%

2.41%

1.65%

*

1.69%

2.34%

1.46%

20 or more years

0.69%

4.79%

2.76%

2.55%

1.52%

0.63%

2.55%

0.81%

Unknown

0.91%

13.47%

*

12.93%

*

13.92%

2.44%

*

0.84%

9.32%

0.90%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.53%

11.22%

5.27%

3.95%

1.23%

0.54%

4.71%

0.49%

1 location only

1.46%

3.17%

2.57%

2.69%

1.97%

2.22%

*

1.88%

1.78%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.66%

9.05%

14.80%

8.63%

6.87%

*

1.15%

*

5.45%

2.69%

*

25-49 %

1.99%

5.75%

6.35%

2.76%

*

7.10%

*

1.56%

*

5.25%

1.33%

50-74 %

1.89%

3.43%

5.14%

7.05%

*

4.16%

*

2.24%

2.61%

2.31%

75% or more

0.36%

3.40%

2.45%

2.16%

1.43%

0.60%

1.74%

0.48%

Union presence

No union employees

0.52%

3.24%

2.35%

1.46%

0.53%

0.37%

1.56%

0.39%

Has union employees

0.85%

5.40%

11.80%

4.98%

4.94%

1.44%

5.79%

1.35%

Unknown

1.01%

13.57%

*

22.01%

*

11.18%

*

6.72%

*

1.20%

11.61%

0.93%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.77%

5.83%

5.39%

3.62%

2.74%

*

0.88%

2.70%

0.81%

Less than 50% low wage

0.43%

3.32%

2.78%

1.89%

1.37%

0.60%

1.90%

0.59%

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.