United States

18.0%

12.0%

14.3%

14.4%

15.7%

20.8%

13.7%

19.0%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

14.2%

13.7%

*

19.1%

7.8%

*

18.2%

12.3%

11.2%

16.0%

Mining and manufacturing

19.2%

15.7%

16.5%

15.4%

18.1%

20.9%

16.1%

19.6%

Construction

16.7%

14.1%

16.2%

17.1%

15.5%

21.5%

16.3%

17.1%

Utilities and transp.

20.5%

11.6%

18.8%

16.7%

19.6%

21.5%

15.6%

21.1%

Wholesale trade

18.7%

12.5%

13.8%

15.1%

16.1%

23.4%

13.9%

20.5%

Fin. svs. and real estate

21.0%

13.3%

17.5%

16.2%

16.5%

23.3%

14.5%

21.9%

Retail trade

17.3%

10.6%

13.9%

11.9%

13.1%

19.7%

12.6%

18.2%

Professional services

17.1%

10.8%

12.6%

13.5%

14.4%

20.3%

12.2%

18.2%

Other services

15.2%

10.9%

11.8%

12.8%

13.9%

18.0%

12.0%

16.3%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

18.3%

12.6%

13.9%

14.7%

16.2%

21.0%

13.8%

19.4%

For profit, unincorporated

17.3%

10.3%

16.7%

14.8%

15.7%

20.6%

13.4%

18.7%

Nonprofit

16.7%

11.8%

15.0%

12.2%

14.1%

19.6%

13.3%

17.1%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

12.8%

10.1%

13.5%

12.0%

13.1%

18.1%

11.2%

15.2%

5-9 years

16.4%

12.4%

15.6%

16.6%

17.1%

21.9%

14.6%

18.2%

10-19 years

15.4%

11.1%

13.5%

14.3%

15.4%

22.7%

12.9%

17.4%

20 or more years

18.0%

12.8%

14.5%

14.3%

15.8%

21.3%

14.1%

18.9%

Unknown

19.8%

10.8%

*

17.9%

12.8%

13.9%

20.1%

13.0%

19.8%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

19.7%

14.3%

13.6%

15.3%

15.8%

20.9%

14.5%

19.8%

1 location only

14.3%

12.0%

14.4%

14.1%

15.6%

17.2%

13.6%

15.1%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

12.9%

8.7%

*

18.9%

16.1%

8.2%

15.1%

12.4%

13.1%

25-49 %

15.9%

14.0%

12.4%

9.3%

13.0%

18.5%

11.5%

17.0%

50-74 %

16.1%

11.4%

12.3%

11.9%

12.4%

19.5%

12.4%

17.1%

75% or more

18.3%

12.1%

14.6%

14.8%

16.2%

21.1%

13.9%

19.4%

Union presence

No union employees

17.0%

12.1%

14.4%

14.1%

15.9%

20.2%

13.6%

18.2%

Has union employees

20.2%

8.8%

12.2%

17.6%

14.7%

21.9%

15.7%

20.5%

Unknown

20.5%

9.4%

*

16.7%

14.5%

*

13.8%

21.0%

13.0%

*

20.6%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

16.3%

9.9%

11.9%

11.4%

13.5%

18.8%

11.4%

17.1%

Less than 50% low wage

18.3%

12.3%

14.6%

14.9%

16.1%

21.2%

13.9%

19.4%

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

0.14%

0.40%

0.32%

0.40%

0.31%

0.28%

0.28%

0.20%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.12%

4.15%

*

5.02%

2.70%

*

4.81%

3.11%

2.71%

2.63%

Mining and manufacturing

0.52%

1.90%

1.53%

1.00%

1.01%

0.94%

0.33%

0.62%

Construction

0.54%

1.20%

2.13%

1.44%

0.82%

1.92%

1.14%

0.87%

Utilities and transp.

0.91%

3.21%

3.63%

3.02%

1.69%

0.91%

1.76%

0.89%

Wholesale trade

0.75%

1.11%

1.91%

1.42%

1.29%

0.98%

0.80%

0.88%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.64%

0.78%

1.89%

1.64%

1.30%

0.83%

0.89%

0.67%

Retail trade

0.43%

2.47%

0.85%

0.61%

0.61%

0.66%

0.69%

0.51%

Professional services

0.39%

0.74%

0.57%

0.58%

0.79%

0.65%

0.35%

0.45%

Other services

0.63%

1.17%

0.51%

1.31%

1.45%

0.74%

0.83%

0.83%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.17%

0.72%

0.34%

0.51%

0.37%

0.34%

0.27%

0.23%

For profit, unincorporated

0.51%

0.98%

1.23%

1.44%

1.47%

1.10%

0.89%

0.61%

Nonprofit

0.60%

1.42%

1.45%

1.27%

0.93%

1.02%

1.17%

0.75%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

0.61%

1.13%

2.24%

2.45%

2.08%

3.32%

0.84%

1.18%

5-9 years

0.62%

1.22%

1.49%

1.76%

1.24%

1.58%

0.72%

0.91%

10-19 years

0.73%

0.81%

0.66%

1.09%

0.84%

2.28%

0.60%

1.14%

20 or more years

0.22%

0.45%

0.52%

0.60%

0.40%

0.40%

0.42%

0.22%

Unknown

0.38%

7.40%

*

4.82%

3.02%

1.19%

0.40%

3.12%

0.38%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.23%

2.86%

1.21%

1.17%

0.30%

0.31%

0.94%

0.24%

1 location only

0.21%

0.42%

0.34%

0.43%

0.52%

1.52%

0.30%

0.42%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

0.78%

2.86%

*

4.34%

3.01%

2.06%

1.19%

1.76%

0.82%

25-49 %

0.65%

2.38%

2.99%

1.25%

1.07%

0.73%

1.40%

0.61%

50-74 %

0.53%

0.89%

1.25%

0.96%

0.93%

1.15%

0.64%

0.66%

75% or more

0.16%

0.50%

0.35%

0.41%

0.34%

0.33%

0.33%

0.23%

Union presence

No union employees

0.18%

0.43%

0.29%

0.40%

0.33%

0.42%

0.28%

0.27%

Has union employees

0.51%

1.48%

2.13%

3.16%

1.01%

0.61%

2.52%

0.50%

Unknown

0.49%

3.60%

*

3.94%

4.70%

*

2.16%

0.51%

3.92%

*

0.48%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.25%

1.14%

1.53%

1.27%

0.99%

0.55%

0.85%

0.23%

Less than 50% low wage

0.17%

0.48%

0.33%

0.46%

0.36%

0.31%

0.31%

0.23%

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.