United States

23.8%

21.9%

26.3%

31.4%

26.3%

21.9%

26.7%

23.3%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

11.0%

*

.

.

.

.

.

20.7%

*

7.7%

*

Mining and manufacturing

20.9%

20.0%

22.3%

34.7%

21.6%

18.4%

27.7%

20.1%

Construction

26.9%

13.6%

29.1%

29.5%

30.1%

27.8%

23.5%

30.4%

Utilities and transp.

19.8%

24.2%

*

32.3%

31.7%

17.5%

18.4%

32.1%

18.6%

Wholesale trade

23.4%

21.5%

16.5%

31.2%

28.5%

21.0%

24.0%

23.3%

Fin. svs. and real estate

23.5%

29.9%

19.7%

26.4%

25.4%

22.8%

26.3%

23.2%

Retail trade

29.8%

11.8%

34.5%

36.9%

44.2%

27.9%

27.8%

30.1%

Professional services

22.7%

25.6%

30.7%

30.6%

27.5%

19.4%

29.3%

21.7%

Other services

28.9%

21.9%

23.0%

30.8%

30.0%

29.7%

25.6%

29.8%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

24.4%

22.2%

27.4%

31.7%

26.9%

22.6%

27.2%

23.9%

For profit, unincorporated

24.4%

23.3%

25.9%

34.6%

26.4%

21.9%

27.5%

23.7%

Nonprofit

20.4%

14.8%

17.8%

27.3%

24.2%

18.3%

21.6%

20.3%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

31.6%

26.8%

34.9%

34.8%

34.0%

29.5%

31.1%

32.2%

5-9 years

30.3%

25.2%

28.3%

34.6%

37.1%

22.9%

28.0%

32.4%

10-19 years

26.6%

24.1%

26.7%

35.4%

29.6%

17.9%

27.7%

26.0%

20 or more years

23.4%

19.4%

24.5%

29.8%

24.6%

21.7%

25.7%

23.0%

Unknown

22.5%

2.7%

*

48.6%

20.1%

*

30.3%

22.3%

28.0%

*

22.5%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

22.7%

13.8%

*

21.6%

29.4%

26.0%

21.9%

26.4%

22.6%

1 location only

27.1%

22.0%

26.6%

32.0%

26.6%

22.4%

26.8%

27.5%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

33.1%

22.5%

*

24.4%

21.5%

*

32.5%

39.1%

28.6%

34.1%

25-49 %

25.3%

10.2%

27.7%

37.0%

33.8%

23.5%

24.2%

25.5%

50-74 %

23.8%

19.8%

23.1%

28.4%

29.8%

22.3%

23.1%

24.0%

75% or more

23.7%

22.7%

26.6%

31.7%

25.8%

21.6%

27.2%

23.1%

Union presence

No union employees

25.9%

22.3%

26.8%

33.5%

28.0%

23.3%

27.6%

25.4%

Has union employees

17.2%

9.5%

*

14.4%

*

17.2%

17.4%

17.2%

13.9%

17.3%

Unknown

24.4%

3.8%

*

32.0%

21.7%

*

19.7%

24.6%

22.7%

24.4%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

27.1%

17.2%

20.2%

33.0%

32.0%

26.1%

25.2%

27.3%

Less than 50% low wage

23.3%

22.4%

26.8%

31.2%

25.5%

21.2%

26.9%

22.7%

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

0.36%

1.61%

1.79%

1.21%

0.96%

0.35%

0.78%

0.41%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

3.71%

*

.

.

.

.

.

7.35%

*

3.63%

*

Mining and manufacturing

0.92%

2.32%

2.81%

3.86%

1.65%

0.97%

2.97%

0.91%

Construction

0.93%

2.82%

2.55%

2.93%

1.98%

3.50%

1.66%

2.39%

Utilities and transp.

0.78%

8.82%

*

7.05%

5.31%

2.79%

0.89%

3.24%

1.00%

Wholesale trade

1.11%

3.32%

4.90%

2.19%

3.03%

1.19%

2.11%

1.15%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.91%

3.47%

4.71%

3.26%

2.97%

0.69%

2.61%

0.82%

Retail trade

1.04%

2.70%

3.94%

4.01%

4.03%

1.63%

2.21%

1.16%

Professional services

0.50%

2.37%

1.73%

2.05%

1.13%

0.83%

1.15%

0.65%

Other services

1.50%

3.93%

3.51%

1.76%

3.54%

1.52%

1.84%

1.71%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.39%

2.28%

1.96%

1.16%

1.12%

0.38%

1.23%

0.44%

For profit, unincorporated

0.67%

3.08%

2.73%

2.16%

2.22%

1.04%

1.96%

0.65%

Nonprofit

1.03%

3.32%

2.41%

1.89%

1.20%

1.35%

1.50%

1.16%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.59%

1.86%

4.67%

5.40%

3.31%

7.58%

1.78%

2.74%

5-9 years

1.82%

4.32%

4.73%

4.07%

3.73%

1.56%

3.45%

1.93%

10-19 years

1.55%

2.83%

2.62%

1.94%

2.76%

2.39%

1.43%

2.61%

20 or more years

0.51%

2.05%

2.07%

1.37%

1.01%

0.69%

1.06%

0.60%

Unknown

0.61%

10.40%

*

13.62%

7.94%

*

2.86%

0.58%

9.39%

*

0.61%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.38%

4.39%

*

3.51%

2.36%

0.89%

0.36%

2.51%

0.38%

1 location only

0.66%

1.59%

1.71%

1.28%

1.81%

3.24%

0.79%

1.16%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.74%

7.05%

*

6.78%

9.63%

*

6.09%

5.07%

6.66%

1.91%

25-49 %

1.35%

2.57%

6.84%

3.28%

2.87%

2.15%

3.70%

1.61%

50-74 %

0.86%

2.91%

3.83%

2.61%

2.32%

1.01%

2.06%

0.97%

75% or more

0.37%

1.78%

1.95%

1.29%

1.02%

0.36%

0.84%

0.44%

Union presence

No union employees

0.32%

1.63%

1.90%

1.30%

0.97%

0.36%

0.79%

0.31%

Has union employees

1.01%

3.59%

*

4.57%

*

2.95%

1.78%

1.15%

3.32%

1.06%

Unknown

1.12%

5.13%

*

9.58%

7.34%

*

3.81%

1.17%

5.82%

1.10%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.12%

2.53%

2.83%

2.59%

3.22%

1.08%

1.46%

1.27%

Less than 50% low wage

0.40%

1.82%

1.90%

1.17%

1.03%

0.43%

0.89%

0.49%

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.