Less than 100 employees

100 - 499 employees

500 or more employees

Less than 50 employees

50 or more employees

United States            

 30.7%

   12.3%

   27.5%

   75.5%

   12.0%

   58.3%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.          

 12.8%

   9.0%

   32.7%*

   86.7%

   8.2%*

   49.3%

Mining and manufacturing

 26.9%

   10.4%

   40.9%

   78.5%

   8.5%

   54.6%

Construction                    

 19.1%

   16.7%

   32.2%

   73.2%

   16.7%

   39.5%

Utilities and transp.

 38.3%

   9.4%*

   39.1%

   85.5%

   9.2%*

   69.0%

Wholesale trade

 30.4%

   11.9%

   46.2%

   82.5%

   11.6%

   63.5%

Fin. svs. and real est.

 45.2%

   10.5%

   21.1%

   78.7%

   10.1%

   67.0%

Retail trade                  

 40.2%

   11.7%

   25.5%

   76.7%

   11.4%

   64.0%

Professional services

 22.0%

   10.7%

   25.4%

   70.3%

   10.2%

   52.1%

Other Services                      

 29.8%

   14.6%

   22.1%

   70.2%

   14.8%

   49.7%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated    

 33.4%

   11.2%

   30.1%

   77.6%

   10.8%

   62.2%

For profit, unincorporated  

 15.1%

   11.3%

   21.9%

   60.2%

   11.1%

   38.1%

Nonprofit                    

22.7%

   20.2%

   20.6%

   44.4%

   20.6%

   26.5%

Unknown                     

 72.4%

   19.0%*

   37.6%*

   75.9%

   26.8%*

   73.4%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years           

 12.3%

   10.4%

   16.6%

   52.7%

   10.3%

   27.6%

5-9 years                   

 13.8%

   10.6%

   20.6%*

   51.0%

   10.5%

   32.4%

10-19 years                 

 15.1%

   11.8%

   21.4%

   53.4%

   11.3%

   31.9%

20 or more years            

 32.7%

   13.5%

   29.3%

   78.1%

   13.2%

   56.3%

Unknown                      

 75.8%

   40.0%*

   40.8%

   77.3%

   44.4%*

   76.0%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations         

 57.3%

   14.7%

   28.6%

   75.7%

   14.1%

   62.5%

1 location only             

 12.3%

   12.0%

   21.6%

   39.0%

   11.8%

   19.1%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%               

 33.4%

   17.1%

   19.7%

   70.6%

   18.5%

   49.1%

25-49%                      

 36.5%

   10.7%

   16.2%

   74.7%

   10.6%

   58.7%

50-74%                      

 27.7%

   9.8%

   26.9%

   71.7%

   9.6%

   54.8%

75% or more                 

 30.5%

   12.6%

   29.7%

   76.8%

   12.2%

   59.8%

Union presence

No union employees          

 26.5%

   11.5%

   27.2%

   71.2%

   11.2%

   53.2%

Has union employees         

 69.3%

   32.8%

   30.4%

   90.9%

   35.2%

   80.6%

Unknown                      

 67.9%

   21.7%

   32.2%

   86.0%

   20.5%

   81.3%

Percent low wage employees**

50% or more low wage        

 27.9%

   13.4%

   22.7%

   73.3%

   13.2%

   47.1%

Less than 50% low wage      

 20.6%

   11.8%

   30.4%

   75.1%

   11.4%

   48.6%

Unknown                     

 69.9%

   19.3%

   30.3%

   76.5%

   17.6%

   74.6%

Source: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 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 100 employees

100 - 499 employees

500 or more employees

Less than 50 employees

50 or more employees

United States               

  0.67%

   0.56%

   1.06%

   1.07%

   0.57%

   0.90%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.          

  2.12%

   2.46%

   10.89%*

   8.30%

   2.50%*

   9.37%

Mining and manufacturing 

  1.56%

   1.17%

   4.05%

   1.42%

   1.42%

   2.53%

Construction                    

  1.25%

   1.43%

   7.28%

   8.01%

   1.52%

   4.55%

Utilities and transp.

  2.33%

   3.19%*

   9.00%

   2.91%

   3.52%*

   3.69%

Wholesale trade

  2.33%

   1.60%

   4.00%

   3.45%

   1.61%

   3.11%

Fin. svs. and real est.

  1.50%

   1.59%

   4.68%

   2.05%

   1.86%

   1.70%

Retail trade                  

  1.22%

   1.07%

   3.67%

   1.93%

   1.11%

   1.69%

Professional services

  1.00%

   0.50%

   3.06%

   4.20%

   0.53%

   2.81%

Other Services 

  1.25%

   0.95%

   2.00%

   2.56%

   1.08%

   2.51%

Ownership 

For profit, incorporated    

  0.90%

   0.65%

   1.46%

   1.02%

   0.61%

   1.06%

For profit, unincorporated  

  1.75%

   1.32%

   3.53%

   7.20%

   1.38%

   4.93%

Nonprofit                   

  0.82%

   1.23%

   2.17%

   2.78%

   1.30%

   1.37%

Unknown                     

  3.21%

   13.34%*

   14.60%*

   2.51%

   13.52%*

   2.85%

Age of firm 

Less than 5 years            

  1.29%

   1.40%

   4.76%

   8.56%

   1.52%

   4.86%

5-9 years                   

  0.98%

   0.95%

   6.39%*

   4.73%

   1.05%

   1.97%

10-19 years                 

  0.90%

   0.89%

   3.45%

   4.38%

   0.89%

   2.08%

20 or more years            

  1.06%

   0.69%

   1.75%

   1.53%

   0.75%

   1.16%

Unknown                     

  1.16%

   12.43%*

   9.10%

   1.18%

   14.28%*

   1.10%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations         

  0.89%

   1.10%

   1.19%

   1.08%

   1.26%

   1.01%

1 location only              

  0.53%

   0.55%

   2.69%

   4.56%

   0.58%

   1.39%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%               

  3.49%

   2.92%

   4.81%

   4.75%

   3.26%

   4.32%

25-49%                      

  2.87%

   1.66%

   3.36%

   2.58%

   1.83%

   2.94%

50-74%                      

  0.96%

   0.45%

   3.93%

   2.42%

   0.50%

   1.27%

75% or more                 

  0.83%

   0.66%

   1.29%

   1.16%

   0.65%

   1.02%

Union presence

No union employees          

  0.59%

   0.56%

   1.02%

   0.86%

   0.57%

   0.82%

Has union employees         

  2.89%

   4.44%

   4.58%

   1.91%

   4.88%

   2.27%

Unknown                     

  3.42%

   4.57%

   8.78%

   3.46%

   5.09%

   3.65%

50% or more low wage 

  1.01%

   0.74%

   1.16%

   2.23%

   0.84%

   1.56%

Less than 50% low wage 

  0.81%

   0.79%

   1.70%

   2.53%

   0.76%

   1.41%

Unknown                     

  1.45%

   4.61%

   7.14%

   1.53%

   5.00%

   1.52%

Source: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 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.