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

58.3%

   38.6%

   67.4%

   83.2%

   95.4%

   99.4%

   46.0%

   96.9%

Industry group ** 

Agric., fish., forest.

30.7%

   25.4%

   52.2%

   67.6%

   76.7%

   100.0%

   28.5%

   83.8%

Mining and manufacturing

73.8%

   47.8%

   83.3%

   93.6%

   99.2%

   100.0%

   63.2%

   98.7%

Construction              

48.5%

   38.1%

   75.2%

   86.1%

   91.1%

   100.0%

   45.9%

   93.5%

Utilities and transp.

64.3%

   39.7%

   77.0%

   85.2%

   99.1%

   99.2%

   48.4%

   98.7%

Wholesale trade

66.9%

   48.8%

   77.2%

   90.9%

   99.6%

   99.6%

   56.5%

   98.6%

Fin. svs. and real est.

71.5%

   42.0%

   82.1%

   92.8%

   97.2%

   99.5%

   49.4%

   98.7%

Retail trade                  

63.7%

   36.2%

   67.1%

   84.1%

   96.4%

   99.7%

   44.7%

   98.1%

Professional services

63.3%

   49.2%

   78.3%

   90.4%

   97.2%

   99.7%

   55.6%

   97.8%

Other Services 

47.2%

   28.0%

   48.2%

   70.9%

   91.1%

   98.5%

   34.4%

   93.2%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated 

66.3%

   44.8%

   70.3%

   83.4%

   95.3%

   99.5%

   52.9%

   97.2%

For profit, unincorporated 

34.5%

   28.5%

   49.2%

   73.7%

   90.5%

   98.1%

   31.2%

   90.2%

Nonprofit                       

59.1%

   39.9%

   72.2%

   88.8%

   98.0%

   98.2%

   48.9%

   97.0%

Unknown                       

90.1%

   7.0%*

   100.0%*

   100.0%

   96.8%

   99.1%

   17.2%*

   98.9%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years         

35.3%

   30.4%

   43.6%

   66.2%

   89.0%

   88.7%

   32.9%

   85.0%

5-9 years                    

44.4%

   36.0%

   57.6%

   74.1%

   83.7%

   98.4%

   40.7%

   88.6%

10-19 years                 

50.7%

   39.3%

   69.3%

   79.1%

   91.9%

   97.3%

   46.1%

   91.4%

20 or more years          

68.0%

   43.9%

   76.5%

   89.3%

   97.9%

   99.6%

   54.3%

   97.9%

Unknown                     

97.1%

   18.5%*

   15.2%*

   72.6%

   95.0%

   99.7%

   23.9%*

   99.3%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations        

95.3%

   70.4%

   77.4%

   86.3%

   96.0%

   99.4%

   78.2%

   97.8%

1 location only             

46.0%

   38.3%

   66.3%

   81.4%

   91.9%

   98.7%

   44.5%

   89.2%

Percent full-time employees 

Less than 25% 

23.1%

   8.9%

   28.1%

   60.2%

   85.1%

   96.4%

   13.5%

   89.0%

25-49%                         

57.8%

   32.8%

   50.8%

   68.8%

   96.2%

   99.4%

   39.3%

   96.9%

50-74%                        

54.4%

   36.5%

   59.2%

   80.0%

   92.6%

   99.7%

   42.3%

   95.4%

75% or more                 

65.9%

   46.7%

   78.5%

   89.2%

   97.1%

   99.6%

   54.7%

   98.0%

Union presence 

No union employees 

57.2%

   39.2%

   67.5%

   83.3%

   95.4%

   99.3%

   46.4%

   96.6%

Has union employees

89.2%

   54.9%

   84.2%

   90.8%

   99.1%

   99.9%

   67.8%

   99.6%

Unknown                     

46.6%

   12.4%

   38.0%

   55.4%

   81.3%

   99.4%

   16.6%

   96.0%

Percent low-wage employees ** 

50% or more low wage

40.7%

   22.5%

   44.2%

   69.2%

   92.9%

   98.7%

   28.5%

   92.7%

Less than 50% low wage 

64.7%

   50.1%

   82.6%

   92.3%

   97.5%

   99.0%

   58.3%

   97.7%

Unknown                  

74.8%

   16.6%

   31.0%

   64.7%

   93.9%

   99.8%

   20.1%

   99.0%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 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.

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            

0.33%

   0.45%

   0.84%

   1.08%

   0.50%

   0.08%

   0.34%

   0.26%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.          

1.71%

   1.43%

   6.69%

   9.20%

   10.78%

   0.00%

   1.84%

   6.51%

Mining and manufacturing 

1.17%

   2.17%

   2.28%

   1.48%

   0.59%

   0.00%

   1.67%

   0.40%

Construction                    

1.49%

   1.76%

   2.35%

   1.82%

   3.64%

   0.00%

   1.60%

   2.22%

Utilities and transp.

2.05%

   3.80%

   5.85%

   3.31%

   0.84%

   0.88%

   1.75%

   0.73%

Wholesale trade

1.90%

   3.02%

   3.54%

   1.65%

   0.27%

   0.40%

   2.34%

   0.42%

Fin. svs. and real est.

1.24%

   2.16%

   3.35%

   2.09%

   1.25%

   0.29%

   1.77%

   0.34%

Retail trade                  

0.62%

   1.50%

   1.83%

   1.79%

   0.66%

   0.08%

   1.08%

   0.41%

Professional services

0.76%

   0.92%

   2.53%

   1.44%

   0.84%

   0.24%

   0.72%

   0.43%

Other Services 

0.59%

   0.99%

   2.04%

   2.17%

   1.60%

   0.30%

   0.81%

   0.72%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated      

0.46%

   0.59%

   0.93%

   0.86%

   0.57%

   0.07%

   0.55%

   0.19%

For profit, unincorporated    

0.92%

   1.11%

   3.29%

   4.46%

   2.34%

   1.40%

   0.86%

   2.48%

Nonprofit                       

1.21%

   2.11%

   2.34%

   2.10%

   0.74%

   1.11%

   1.62%

   0.47%

Unknown                         

1.15%

   3.83%*

   31.62%*

   18.26%

   2.39%

   0.40%

   6.77%*

   0.38%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years             

1.05%

   1.37%

   3.57%

   3.32%

   3.43%

   5.70%

   1.07%

   2.41%

5-9 years                     

1.12%

   1.22%

   2.20%

   2.79%

   3.88%

   2.21%

   0.97%

   2.93%

10-19 years                   

0.66%

   1.01%

   1.19%

   1.88%

   1.74%

   0.86%

   0.87%

   1.02%

20 or more years              

0.67%

   0.79%

   1.19%

   0.90%

   0.38%

   0.15%

   0.79%

   0.30%

Unknown                         

0.51%

   8.16%*

   9.92%*

   12.66%

   3.40%

   0.11%

   10.40%*

   0.27%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations           

0.29%

   4.14%

   2.32%

   1.42%

   0.68%

   0.08%

   1.52%

   0.23%

1 location only               

0.36%

   0.46%

   0.98%

   1.15%

   1.17%

   0.50%

   0.37%

   1.06%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%                    

0.93%

   0.66%

   2.59%

   4.15%

   3.19%

   1.18%

   0.36%

   1.95%

25-49%                          

1.57%

   3.02%

   4.81%

   4.10%

   1.58%

   0.44%

   2.30%

   0.71%

50-74%                          

1.09%

   1.41%

   3.20%

   2.50%

   1.81%

   0.14%

   1.24%

   0.85%

75% or more                   

0.41%

   0.61%

   0.74%

   0.69%

   0.46%

   0.11%

   0.40%

   0.22%

Union presence

No union employees 

0.33%

   0.49%

   0.86%

   1.15%

   0.57%

   0.09%

   0.40%

   0.34%

Has union employees  

1.24%

   4.63%

   4.94%

   3.64%

   0.50%

   0.05%

   3.87%

   0.13%

Unknown                         

2.57%

   2.51%

   4.63%

   9.62%

   5.42%

   0.32%

   1.78%

   0.93%

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage 

0.51%

   0.70%

   1.70%

   2.42%

   1.00%

   0.42%

   0.58%

   0.96%

Less than 50% low wage 

0.53%

   0.70%

   0.87%

   0.68%

   0.57%

   0.26%

   0.56%

   0.35%

Unknown                         

0.98%

   1.48%

   4.71%

   4.00%

   3.72%

   0.08%

   1.09%

   0.26%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 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.