| Characteristics | Total | Less than 10 employees | 10-24 employees | 25-99 employees | 100-999 employees | 1000 or more employees | Less than 50 employees | 50 or more employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86.5% | 84.2% | 80.5% | 80.1% | 84.4% | 90.5% | 81.5% | 88.1% |
| Industry group ** | ||||||||
| Agric., fish., forest. | 79.3% | 79.4% | 78.4% | 67.3% | 78.6% | 82.5% | 76.5% | 80.9% |
| Mining | 95.2% | 86.8% | 86.5% | 93.5% | 90.4% | 98.3% | 89.8% | 95.6% |
| Construction | 80.9% | 82.1% | 79.2% | 78.6% | 80.3% | 90.3% | 79.4% | 83.1% |
| Manufacturing | 91.6% | 89.6% | 83.0% | 83.2% | 88.9% | 95.2% | 84.7% | 92.7% |
| Transp., commu., util. | 91.8% | 85.6% | 78.3% | 77.2% | 90.2% | 95.7% | 79.0% | 94.0% |
| Wholesale trade | 91.1% | 81.8% | 83.8% | 86.5% | 87.9% | 96.3% | 83.5% | 93.8% |
| Retail Trade | 82.2% | 84.3% | 78.5% | 76.2% | 77.5% | 85.2% | 79.8% | 82.8% |
| Fin., ins., real est. | 86.3% | 80.8% | 83.2% | 85.5% | 87.9% | 86.9% | 83.7% | 86.8% |
| Services | 83.4% | 84.5% | 79.8% | 78.3% | 81.4% | 87.0% | 81.3% | 84.3% |
| Unknown | 61.1% * | 61.1% * | -- | -- | -- | -- | 61.1% * | -- |
| Ownership | ||||||||
| For profit, incorporated | 86.6% | 84.3% | 80.1% | 80.4% | 84.5% | 90.4% | 81.4% | 88.1% |
| For profit, unincorporated | 83.2% | 81.6% | 80.7% | 78.2% | 82.5% | 90.8% | 80.6% | 85.6% |
| Nonprofit | 85.9% | 88.7% | 84.1% | 78.7% | 84.2% | 90.6% | 83.8% | 86.6% |
| Unknown | 92.2% | -- | -- | 91.9% | 94.6% | 92.0% | 65.9% | 92.3% |
| Age of firm | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | 79.6% | 82.5% | 82.1% | 76.5% | 75.2% | 80.0% | 81.2% | 77.2% |
| 5-9 years | 78.6% | 82.1% | 77.9% | 76.3% | 79.9% | 75.3% | 79.2% | 77.8% |
| 10-19 years | 81.6% | 83.0% | 80.0% | 79.7% | 82.7% | 82.7% | 81.0% | 82.2% |
| 20 or more years | 84.5% | 86.5% | 81.3% | 81.2% | 85.0% | 85.8% | 82.6% | 85.1% |
| Unknown | 95.1% | 59.5% | 74.1% | 86.3% | 91.9% | 95.5% | 81.1% | 95.2% |
| Multi/single status | ||||||||
| 2 or more locations | 88.9% | 77.2% | 80.3% | 83.6% | 85.5% | 90.6% | 82.1% | 89.2% |
| 1 location only | 81.5% | 84.4% | 80.5% | 78.7% | 81.8% | 88.5% | 81.5% | 81.5% |
| Percent full-time employees | ||||||||
| Less than 25% | 82.3% | 87.8% | 80.9% | 81.6% | 81.2% | 83.2% | 82.8% | 82.0% |
| 25-49 % | 81.9% | 88.6% | 82.0% | 74.4% | 77.0% | 84.2% | 82.0% | 81.9% |
| 50-74 % | 80.8% | 82.0% | 77.4% | 70.5% | 81.7% | 83.7% | 77.0% | 82.1% |
| 75% or more | 87.2% | 84.3% | 80.7% | 81.0% | 85.0% | 91.3% | 81.9% | 88.8% |
| Union presence | ||||||||
| No union employees | 84.6% | 83.4% | 80.0% | 79.3% | 82.6% | 89.5% | 80.9% | 86.2% |
| Has union employees | 90.1% | 88.3% | 91.2% | 88.4% | 91.8% | 89.9% | 88.1% | 90.3% |
| Unknown | 94.2% | 95.0% | 77.8% | 84.6% | 89.3% | 95.6% | 86.4% | 94.8% |
| Percent low wage employees ** | ||||||||
| 50% or more low wage | 67.2% | 86.4% | 68.4% | 66.6% | 64.7% | 63.1% | 74.1% | 64.2% |
| Less than 50% low wage | 83.8% | 83.9% | 81.5% | 80.6% | 84.7% | 86.1% | 81.9% | 84.8% |
| Unknown | 93.6% | 90.7% | 68.2% | 86.8% | 89.9% | 94.2% | 82.3% | 93.8% |
| Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1998 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. | ||||||||
| Characteristics | Total | Less than 10 employees | 10-24 employees | 25-99 employees | 100-999 employees | 1000 or more employees | Less than 50 employees | 50 or more employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 0.18% | 0.69% | 0.75% | 0.75% | 0.59% | 0.32% | 0.58% | 0.30% |
| Industry group ** | ||||||||
| Agric., fish., forest. | 1.71% | 2.00% | 4.53% | 5.80% | 12.79% | 5.35% | 2.41% | 4.22% |
| Mining | 0.98% | 14.65% | 18.56% | 14.40% | 3.46% | 0.64% | 3.02% | 1.32% |
| Construction | 1.65% | 2.64% | 2.03% | 1.97% | 4.05% | 4.88% | 2.41% | 2.20% |
| Manufacturing | 0.36% | 1.97% | 1.98% | 1.27% | 0.67% | 0.43% | 1.05% | 0.35% |
| Transp., commu., util. | 0.66% | 3.48% | 4.89% | 5.55% | 1.58% | 0.64% | 3.22% | 0.57% |
| Wholesale trade | 1.05% | 3.28% | 1.50% | 1.55% | 1.23% | 1.78% | 0.79% | 1.28% |
| Retail Trade | 0.57% | 1.49% | 2.19% | 1.66% | 0.72% | 1.08% | 1.53% | 0.89% |
| Fin., ins., real est. | 1.19% | 1.98% | 2.65% | 1.93% | 1.64% | 2.06% | 1.16% | 1.38% |
| Services | 0.48% | 0.92% | 1.11% | 1.38% | 1.06% | 0.81% | 0.71% | 0.61% |
| Unknown | 18.71% * | 18.71% * | -- | -- | -- | -- | 18.71% * | -- |
| Ownership | ||||||||
| For profit, incorporated | 0.20% | 0.90% | 0.99% | 0.84% | 0.84% | 0.33% | 0.81% | 0.37% |
| For profit, unincorporated | 1.06% | 0.83% | 1.71% | 2.78% | 2.18% | 0.98% | 0.96% | 1.19% |
| Nonprofit | 0.90% | 1.75% | 1.79% | 2.31% | 1.29% | 0.78% | 1.33% | 0.93% |
| Unknown | 1.33% | -- | -- | 4.74% | 1.58% | 1.40% | 18.45% | 1.33% |
| Age of firm | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | 0.77% | 1.46% | 1.81% | 2.01% | 3.10% | 3.45% | 1.06% | 1.77% |
| 5-9 years | 0.80% | 1.04% | 1.43% | 1.49% | 1.19% | 3.80% | 0.84% | 1.44% |
| 10-19 years | 0.64% | 1.15% | 1.38% | 1.28% | 1.26% | 1.30% | 1.35% | 0.59% |
| 20 or more years | 0.26% | 1.26% | 0.78% | 0.77% | 0.84% | 0.65% | 0.62% | 0.34% |
| Unknown | 0.46% | 17.16% | 14.63% | 3.67% | 1.47% | 0.52% | 3.88% | 0.46% |
| Multi/single status | ||||||||
| 2 or more locations | 0.29% | 3.89% | 2.65% | 0.87% | 0.66% | 0.33% | 1.35% | 0.30% |
| 1 location only | 0.49% | 0.68% | 0.79% | 0.97% | 0.76% | 2.82% | 0.69% | 0.55% |
| Percent full-time employees | ||||||||
| Less than 25% | 1.48% | 3.44% | 4.15% | 1.46% | 2.89% | 2.69% | 2.08% | 1.80% |
| 25-49 % | 1.44% | 2.12% | 2.49% | 1.86% | 1.92% | 2.40% | 1.44% | 1.77% |
| 50-74 % | 0.95% | 2.12% | 1.96% | 2.72% | 2.59% | 0.75% | 1.14% | 1.09% |
| 75% or more | 0.14% | 0.80% | 0.77% | 0.81% | 0.56% | 0.32% | 0.63% | 0.25% |
| Union presence | ||||||||
| No union employees | 0.34% | 0.65% | 0.82% | 0.80% | 0.55% | 0.77% | 0.57% | 0.56% |
| Has union employees | 0.80% | 5.47% | 1.69% | 1.81% | 1.48% | 1.14% | 2.78% | 0.87% |
| Unknown | 0.61% | 4.32% | 4.02% | 1.90% | 3.59% | 0.64% | 2.53% | 0.62% |
| Percent low wage employees ** | ||||||||
| 50% or more low wage | 0.95% | 1.79% | 3.65% | 3.71% | 2.91% | 2.75% | 1.54% | 1.27% |
| Less than 50% low wage | 0.31% | 0.76% | 0.90% | 0.71% | 0.63% | 0.64% | 0.67% | 0.33% |
| Unknown | 0.56% | 4.87% | 6.84% | 2.45% | 1.19% | 0.64% | 4.40% | 0.53% |
| Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 1998 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. | ||||||||