United States

11.6%

49.5%

30.8%

17.1%

10.5%

6.9%

31.1%

8.3%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

61.0%

.

.

.

.

.

62.0%

60.5%

Mining and manufacturing

12.0%

46.0%

24.3%

6.9%

*

12.0%

11.1%

19.1%

11.1%

Construction

27.0%

61.0%

29.1%

28.3%

13.3%

11.6%

*

34.9%

19.4%

Utilities and transp.

13.2%

24.6%

*

7.9%

*

8.9%

*

22.2%

*

12.2%

12.7%

*

13.2%

Wholesale trade

12.2%

47.5%

48.8%

14.4%

5.0%

*

6.2%

35.9%

6.1%

Fin. svs. and real estate

7.0%

34.6%

38.2%

20.3%

6.0%

*

3.8%

33.5%

4.5%

Retail trade

6.6%

71.5%

20.2%

19.6%

5.6%

*

2.2%

*

35.7%

2.9%

*

Professional services

11.1%

46.2%

26.4%

18.0%

6.5%

*

7.8%

29.9%

8.2%

Other services

13.0%

50.6%

42.6%

17.1%

14.6%

*

3.8%

34.6%

7.7%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

10.9%

48.4%

28.8%

17.7%

9.7%

6.2%

30.5%

7.5%

For profit, unincorporated

15.7%

50.2%

35.8%

10.6%

*

17.1%

*

9.3%

31.8%

11.6%

Nonprofit

12.4%

59.4%

39.4%

19.6%

9.7%

*

9.1%

*

35.1%

10.0%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

17.5%

48.5%

11.8%

12.4%

*

6.3%

*

.

26.9%

6.7%

*

5-9 years

16.1%

44.4%

32.1%

6.8%

*

4.2%

*

4.0%

*

29.2%

4.6%

*

10-19 years

21.3%

46.8%

31.1%

14.0%

16.1%

17.3%

*

30.6%

16.1%

20 or more years

11.9%

52.2%

32.8%

19.4%

10.4%

6.3%

32.1%

8.3%

Unknown

7.1%

89.0%

25.1%

*

49.9%

*

6.7%

*

6.8%

38.0%

7.0%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

7.5%

42.0%

27.4%

*

17.8%

7.9%

6.9%

21.3%

7.3%

1 location only

23.8%

49.6%

31.0%

16.8%

14.7%

6.1%

*

31.9%

14.5%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

16.4%

69.3%

39.2%

*

44.6%

6.9%

*

3.8%

*

45.9%

10.1%

*

25-49 %

11.2%

69.2%

38.5%

11.7%

*

10.7%

*

5.3%

*

41.7%

6.3%

50-74 %

12.5%

53.7%

34.8%

18.1%

5.4%

7.5%

36.8%

7.7%

75% or more

11.5%

47.8%

30.0%

16.7%

11.0%

6.9%

29.9%

8.4%

Union presence

No union employees

10.6%

49.2%

30.4%

14.0%

8.2%

3.2%

30.4%

5.5%

Has union employees

17.1%

50.6%

41.3%

39.6%

23.7%

14.3%

42.9%

16.1%

Unknown

7.5%

83.7%

21.6%

*

37.8%

*

23.0%

*

6.5%

32.8%

*

7.2%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

8.1%

60.7%

47.9%

16.3%

7.4%

3.5%

38.9%

4.9%

Less than 50% low wage

12.2%

48.4%

29.2%

17.2%

11.0%

7.5%

30.3%

8.9%

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

0.65%

3.11%

3.14%

1.50%

1.37%

0.79%

1.74%

0.72%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

9.18%

.

.

.

.

.

8.41%

15.83%

Mining and manufacturing

1.11%

8.33%

4.66%

2.48%

*

2.37%

1.90%

3.86%

1.18%

Construction

3.16%

6.73%

3.30%

7.22%

3.69%

3.79%

*

4.12%

2.94%

Utilities and transp.

3.02%

12.88%

*

4.38%

*

3.16%

*

6.78%

*

2.67%

5.07%

*

3.18%

Wholesale trade

1.01%

7.43%

8.55%

2.93%

1.67%

*

1.61%

5.23%

1.03%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.18%

7.78%

9.60%

4.90%

3.47%

*

0.80%

5.59%

0.94%

Retail trade

1.38%

7.09%

5.37%

5.55%

3.18%

*

1.23%

*

5.49%

0.97%

*

Professional services

1.30%

3.01%

2.77%

2.03%

2.05%

*

1.85%

2.08%

1.67%

Other services

1.14%

5.32%

6.01%

2.54%

5.19%

*

0.99%

2.81%

1.10%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.64%

3.87%

3.36%

1.57%

1.01%

0.77%

2.16%

0.61%

For profit, unincorporated

2.03%

6.03%

6.40%

6.41%

*

5.35%

*

1.53%

3.88%

1.95%

Nonprofit

1.78%

7.33%

8.19%

4.10%

3.16%

*

2.83%

*

5.28%

2.11%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

3.64%

3.88%

2.77%

4.43%

*

5.07%

*

.

4.70%

3.39%

*

5-9 years

2.02%

6.49%

8.09%

3.54%

*

2.89%

*

3.19%

*

4.35%

1.53%

*

10-19 years

3.17%

3.64%

3.76%

2.89%

3.71%

6.35%

*

2.54%

4.43%

20 or more years

0.77%

3.87%

3.89%

1.95%

1.58%

0.90%

2.81%

0.78%

Unknown

1.02%

19.12%

13.04%

*

16.03%

*

2.11%

*

1.01%

10.84%

1.02%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.73%

11.71%

8.63%

*

4.23%

1.04%

0.83%

4.61%

0.73%

1 location only

1.13%

3.12%

3.00%

1.73%

2.24%

2.83%

*

1.58%

1.33%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

3.06%

14.36%

14.15%

*

13.33%

3.16%

*

2.51%

*

11.78%

3.79%

*

25-49 %

1.70%

6.16%

9.89%

5.38%

*

5.33%

*

1.82%

*

7.10%

1.73%

50-74 %

1.48%

5.38%

6.04%

4.35%

1.42%

1.59%

3.33%

1.37%

75% or more

0.65%

3.23%

3.04%

1.92%

1.48%

0.81%

1.77%

0.73%

Union presence

No union employees

0.39%

3.04%

3.11%

1.05%

0.90%

0.49%

1.63%

0.45%

Has union employees

2.37%

12.27%

10.08%

8.23%

6.70%

2.42%

6.28%

2.27%

Unknown

1.18%

18.14%

13.16%

*

13.24%

*

7.66%

*

1.10%

12.29%

*

1.17%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.93%

5.30%

3.91%

3.35%

2.17%

0.47%

3.78%

0.74%

Less than 50% low wage

0.75%

3.43%

3.33%

1.83%

1.41%

0.92%

2.12%

0.80%

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.