United States

7,988

8,538

8,220

7,702

8,141

7,936

8,105

7,969

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

8,195

.

.

.

.

.

7,328

8,542

Mining and manufacturing

7,740

8,547

8,026

7,365

7,733

7,767

7,725

7,742

Construction

7,469

8,435

7,604

6,914

7,601

7,479

7,760

7,190

Utilities and transp.

7,867

8,211

8,405

6,781

9,188

7,714

7,981

7,856

Wholesale trade

7,826

9,034

8,192

7,984

7,410

7,777

8,283

7,710

Fin. svs. and real estate

8,240

8,808

9,011

8,623

8,735

8,080

8,716

8,194

Retail trade

6,954

8,482

8,087

7,491

6,808

6,793

8,084

6,810

Professional services

8,618

8,659

8,598

8,259

8,448

8,722

8,446

8,645

Other services

7,827

7,988

8,192

7,743

8,542

7,548

7,855

7,820

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

7,782

8,456

8,091

7,595

7,870

7,721

8,039

7,738

For profit, unincorporated

8,092

8,784

8,210

7,126

8,607

8,022

8,006

8,114

Nonprofit

9,071

8,721

9,406

8,954

8,887

9,156

8,870

9,092

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

7,248

7,179

7,641

6,542

6,587

8,053

7,172

7,337

5-9 years

7,515

8,250

7,588

7,298

7,269

7,395

7,850

7,222

10-19 years

8,068

8,442

8,272

7,224

8,132

8,509

8,002

8,105

20 or more years

8,021

8,921

8,417

7,968

8,256

7,839

8,297

7,973

Unknown

8,014

9,562

8,813

7,193

7,860

8,018

8,627

8,012

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

7,946

10,214

8,956

7,813

8,140

7,910

8,173

7,943

1 location only

8,113

8,514

8,171

7,670

8,142

8,953

8,100

8,127

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

7,739

8,566

7,001

9,877

6,176

7,728

7,817

7,723

25-49 %

7,877

8,634

8,558

8,224

7,892

7,737

8,440

7,786

50-74 %

8,081

8,278

8,419

8,217

8,481

7,932

8,369

8,024

75% or more

7,986

8,573

8,210

7,620

8,142

7,946

8,070

7,972

Union presence

No union employees

7,910

8,572

8,149

7,613

8,012

7,826

8,079

7,866

Has union employees

8,184

7,295

9,573

8,384

8,892

8,065

8,458

8,173

Unknown

8,074

7,972

9,224

8,044

8,632

8,052

8,625

8,066

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

7,184

8,137

8,209

7,330

7,524

7,009

7,668

7,134

Less than 50% low wage

8,122

8,580

8,221

7,747

8,232

8,112

8,150

8,117

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.

. 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

48.23

166.92

168.05

100.91

61.11

81.70

112.84

56.31

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

697.06

.

.

.

.

.

697.90

1,137.77

Mining and manufacturing

75.29

451.55

512.36

218.77

196.73

114.65

256.17

84.57

Construction

186.80

478.20

426.96

312.83

337.82

274.42

310.78

164.39

Utilities and transp.

137.94

1,347.61

1,183.83

426.71

501.67

150.04

485.62

132.23

Wholesale trade

151.26

720.77

477.25

413.05

289.80

143.90

258.01

161.56

Fin. svs. and real estate

133.85

440.89

409.20

504.84

353.95

167.90

261.20

145.61

Retail trade

136.00

692.63

698.11

282.11

333.67

158.38

266.34

149.59

Professional services

68.94

303.91

199.71

195.55

218.67

108.18

153.64

87.43

Other services

216.26

385.29

409.30

231.59

772.69

209.47

188.01

243.83

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

55.82

182.47

195.62

91.54

91.41

71.54

118.09

60.33

For profit, unincorporated

120.49

409.28

393.51

193.28

382.64

151.74

307.02

130.12

Nonprofit

129.78

590.76

494.39

224.28

170.31

213.79

216.61

145.33

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

129.39

332.88

619.28

882.91

710.21

822.63

237.19

620.88

5-9 years

252.10

378.31

289.28

291.94

169.90

774.28

164.29

374.68

10-19 years

201.79

190.85

327.70

238.32

448.21

298.41

212.61

267.70

20 or more years

53.76

172.48

236.01

138.68

93.12

88.59

158.11

65.63

Unknown

118.51

2,019.90

2,199.49

1,224.99

379.31

113.33

1,608.29

119.57

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

66.10

1,662.96

547.16

173.77

64.92

84.24

408.53

71.44

1 location only

70.84

160.58

162.73

100.41

97.88

630.56

103.07

91.83

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

571.68

1,669.01

1,056.22

893.95

913.14

622.10

823.16

628.85

25-49 %

307.70

851.32

656.68

453.36

322.98

424.51

246.33

381.81

50-74 %

141.45

303.19

396.71

138.26

538.45

277.88

231.02

235.04

75% or more

46.73

188.17

188.79

104.63

73.53

71.21

122.08

52.31

Union presence

No union employees

48.06

181.61

193.98

95.43

84.51

92.83

122.94

67.01

Has union employees

141.13

1,133.04

1,226.04

938.11

254.09

159.49

575.07

149.75

Unknown

127.45

1,476.04

2,018.56

1,320.73

505.00

148.35

560.94

130.46

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

116.37

438.32

927.48

324.78

296.93

112.51

302.05

127.02

Less than 50% low wage

48.92

177.33

156.64

93.32

52.94

78.06

116.89

57.31

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.

. 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.