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

77.9%

80.8%

76.5%

75.4%

76.2%

79.1%

77.5%

78.0%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

77.1%

67.4%

72.7%

71.1%

66.4%

95.0%

67.8%

83.8%

Mining and manufacturing

91.7%

86.5%

88.7%

91.7%

92.0%

92.0%

89.0%

92.1%

Construction

81.5%

86.4%

84.5%

79.0%

73.4%

89.1%

83.3%

79.6%

Utilities and transp.

87.5%

82.1%

81.0%

86.7%

81.4%

88.8%

82.8%

88.0%

Wholesale trade

89.8%

87.4%

87.4%

88.3%

91.2%

90.6%

87.9%

90.5%

Fin. svs. and real est.

87.1%

91.0%

76.6%

87.5%

85.1%

87.8%

84.7%

87.4%

Retail trade

62.5%

76.4%

74.3%

74.1%

68.0%

55.7%

75.3%

59.2%

Professional services

81.4%

86.4%

80.0%

81.2%

78.9%

81.7%

83.5%

80.8%

Other Services

62.7%

65.6%

60.2%

54.6%

59.4%

67.6%

59.5%

63.5%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

79.1%

83.1%

77.4%

78.2%

77.1%

79.8%

79.6%

79.0%

For profit, unincorporated

74.3%

80.4%

77.5%

66.3%

73.6%

75.1%

74.6%

74.0%

Nonprofit

74.0%

67.9%

69.6%

68.4%

74.9%

76.9%

68.4%

75.3%

Unknown

75.3%

100.0%

*

100.0%

*

76.5%

69.0%

75.7%

96.3%

75.1%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

73.5%

83.0%

67.6%

66.9%

65.6%

90.0%

73.8%

73.3%

5-9 years

73.5%

79.7%

69.2%

69.6%

68.6%

78.6%

74.4%

72.6%

10-19 years

74.8%

83.3%

76.7%

72.0%

69.5%

77.4%

78.3%

72.1%

20 or more years

78.9%

79.2%

79.8%

78.9%

78.7%

78.8%

78.9%

78.9%

Unknown

79.3%

59.3%

100.0%

69.5%

80.2%

79.3%

63.9%

79.3%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

79.0%

65.6%

75.6%

78.2%

78.3%

79.3%

75.1%

79.1%

1 location only

75.7%

81.4%

76.6%

74.6%

72.6%

71.2%

77.8%

73.1%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

34.6%

32.1%

21.5%

27.4%

26.7%

42.9%

28.1%

36.5%

25-49%

43.8%

45.3%

41.3%

36.8%

44.0%

45.2%

42.4%

44.1%

50-74%

66.8%

66.6%

64.9%

62.3%

60.3%

70.5%

65.4%

67.2%

75% or more

86.5%

89.6%

86.6%

85.8%

85.0%

86.9%

86.8%

86.5%

Union presence

No union employees

77.2%

80.8%

76.2%

75.0%

75.2%

78.5%

77.4%

77.1%

Has union employees

82.6%

78.3%

80.0%

81.7%

81.0%

83.1%

78.0%

82.9%

Unknown

73.7%

87.8%

81.9%

80.0%

84.6%

72.6%

85.1%

73.4%

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

56.9%

62.7%

58.1%

54.0%

57.1%

57.0%

57.6%

56.7%

Less than 50% low wage

84.8%

85.5%

82.8%

83.6%

84.2%

86.4%

83.9%

85.2%

Unknown

78.5%

81.6%

50.2%

79.3%

78.5%

78.7%

69.6%

78.7%

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               

0.37%

   1.03%

   1.27%

   1.22%

   0.98%

   0.59%

   0.63%

   0.40%

Agric., fish., forest. 

3.10%

   6.89%

   6.48%

   7.17%

   7.86%

   1.38%

   4.95%

   4.51%

Mining and manufacturing 

0.60%

   1.79%

   1.39%

   1.00%

   0.99%

   1.16%

   0.73%

   0.70%

Construction                    

1.46%

   0.74%

   1.85%

   1.76%

   5.14%

   6.07%

   1.26%

   3.34%

Utilities and transp.

2.42%

   3.05%

   2.52%

   3.22%

   3.38%

   3.18%

   2.09%

   2.70%

Wholesale trade

0.98%

   1.55%

   1.87%

   1.38%

   1.97%

   1.69%

   1.03%

   1.25%

Fin. svs. and real est.

1.85%

   1.04%

   5.10%

   2.48%

   3.88%

   1.34%

   2.98%

   1.74%

Retail trade                  

0.92%

   1.50%

   2.26%

   1.29%

   2.35%

   1.06%

   1.13%

   0.96%

Professional services

0.39%

   2.03%

   1.99%

   1.33%

   1.08%

   0.83%

   1.13%

   0.48%

Other Services 

0.82%

   2.68%

   3.02%

   2.47%

   2.30%

   1.65%

   1.65%

   1.02%

For profit, incorporated      

0.60%

   1.14%

   1.73%

   0.81%

   0.91%

   0.91%

   0.72%

   0.68%

For profit, unincorporated    

2.59%

   2.12%

   2.20%

   3.77%

   4.06%

   5.06%

   2.44%

   3.57%

Nonprofit                       

1.32%

   1.90%

   2.42%

   2.99%

   1.83%

   1.88%

   1.96%

   1.43%

Unknown                         

1.40%

   31.62%

*

   31.62%

*

   16.17%

   7.72%

   1.40%

   24.39%

   1.42%

Less than 5 years             

2.57%

   1.94%

   4.56%

   4.71%

   5.82%

   3.82%

   2.23%

   3.71%

5-9 years                     

1.73%

   2.73%

   3.38%

   3.51%

   3.46%

   4.14%

   2.57%

   2.38%

10-19 years                   

0.97%

   1.06%

   2.51%

   1.61%

   2.57%

   2.21%

   1.26%

   1.54%

20 or more years              

0.61%

   1.23%

   0.70%

   1.25%

   1.31%

   0.94%

   0.66%

   0.73%

Unknown

0.61%

   17.06%

   27.89%

   10.24%

   2.85%

   0.58%

   13.41%

   0.57%

2 or more locations           

0.63%

   7.17%

   4.66%

   2.07%

   1.33%

   0.64%

   2.52%

   0.60%

1 location only               

0.83%

   0.76%

   1.18%

   1.21%

   2.57%

   4.24%

   0.57%

   1.65%

Less than 25%                   

1.81%

   5.71%

   3.47%

   3.01%

   2.04%

   3.85%

   2.22%

   2.70%

25-49%                          

1.24%

   2.13%

   2.63%

   1.93%

   3.07%

   1.56%

   1.49%

   1.26%

50-74%                          

0.98%

   2.08%

   1.76%

   1.90%

   1.96%

   1.54%

   1.22%

   1.16%

75% or more                   

0.42%

   0.42%

   1.24%

   0.99%

   1.11%

   0.67%

   0.68%

   0.46%

No union employees            

0.49%

   1.02%

   1.48%

   1.16%

   0.90%

   0.69%

   0.62%

   0.56%

Has union employees 

1.18%

   3.97%

   4.84%

   3.68%

   1.86%

   1.57%

   4.08%

   1.15%

Unknown                         

1.33%

   5.55%

   5.94%

   5.71%

   4.69%

   1.42%

   3.61%

   1.36%

50% or more low wage     

1.02%

   3.18%

   1.77%

   1.78%

   1.93%

   1.49%

   2.10%

   1.10%

Less than 50% low wage    

0.39%

   0.77%

   1.52%

   0.71%

   1.17%

   0.99%

   0.80%

   0.42%

Unknown

0.59%

   3.48%

   12.18%

   3.65%

   3.72%

   0.67%

   5.77%

   0.55%

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.