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

25.7%

22.7%

31.9%

36.3%

32.9%

21.3%

30.5%

24.7%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

22.9%

20.6%

*

45.8%

15.4%

*

29.8%

*

22.7%

25.7%

*

21.3%

Mining and manufacturing

19.0%

16.9%

*

25.3%

25.1%

27.5%

14.6%

22.5%

18.5%

Construction

28.1%

28.7%

24.5%

33.0%

23.2%

*

29.7%

29.9%

26.6%

Utilities and transp.

20.8%

32.7%

33.3%

27.4%

*

21.9%

*

18.0%

33.9%

18.7%

Wholesale trade

26.8%

22.4%

20.0%

*

45.3%

45.8%

19.1%

27.8%

26.5%

Fin. svs. and real est.

23.9%

19.6%

*

26.5%

32.6%

27.2%

23.1%

23.9%

23.9%

Retail trade

38.9%

28.0%

46.4%

49.4%

55.3%

30.4%

42.5%

37.6%

Professional services

25.1%

20.5%

34.3%

36.3%

31.7%

21.6%

30.0%

24.1%

Other Services

31.5%

20.2%

41.3%

41.5%

36.3%

26.5%

33.4%

31.0%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

25.5%

22.9%

29.2%

36.3%

34.4%

21.4%

30.4%

24.5%

For profit, unincorporated

35.8%

20.9%

48.9%

44.1%

39.8%

25.3%

32.8%

37.6%

Nonprofit

25.0%

24.1%

38.7%

30.2%

25.9%

22.0%

29.4%

24.3%

Unknown

18.9%

*****

*****

80.4%

*

24.5%

*

18.3%

*****

19.0%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

33.2%

25.8%

46.2%

47.7%

23.5%

12.0%

39.6%

24.9%

*

5-9 years

31.6%

19.0%

39.3%

38.1%

37.8%

28.3%

29.7%

33.4%

10-19 years

27.4%

20.4%

29.7%

33.5%

29.6%

23.0%

25.7%

28.9%

20 or more years

26.0%

25.5%

28.4%

35.4%

33.4%

20.3%

31.2%

25.0%

Unknown

22.5%

5.9%

*

20.0%

*

30.0%

*

30.9%

22.4%

7.3%

*

22.5%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

24.1%

15.5%

*

42.9%

40.5%

35.5%

21.4%

43.2%

23.7%

1 location only

29.4%

22.8%

31.0%

35.4%

29.6%

20.1%

29.4%

29.5%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

18.9%

7.1%

*

29.1%

*

11.3%

*

23.0%

*

23.5%

12.8%

24.4%

25-49%

31.3%

21.5%

40.6%

33.5%

24.0%

*

33.6%

33.6%

30.6%

50-74%

29.0%

16.7%

36.4%

41.4%

37.6%

26.7%

28.6%

29.1%

75% or more

25.2%

24.1%

31.1%

36.5%

33.0%

20.2%

31.1%

24.0%

Union presence

No union employees

29.1%

22.8%

33.0%

39.4%

35.6%

23.9%

31.5%

28.4%

Has union employees

17.2%

20.0%

*

10.5%

11.4%

*

22.7%

16.7%

13.5%

*

17.4%

Unknown

23.1%

32.5%

*

37.3%

*

20.5%

21.8%

22.8%

36.2%

22.7%

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

38.4%

15.3%

47.0%

38.7%

47.5%

28.8%

33.0%

41.1%

Less than 50% low wage

26.3%

23.1%

29.3%

35.9%

30.0%

19.4%

29.8%

25.0%

Unknown

22.6%

42.4%

31.6%

*

40.8%

32.6%

22.1%

38.4%

22.4%

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.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.

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

0.54%

2.38%

2.45%

1.07%

2.54%

0.40%

1.15%

0.60%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

3.99%

9.64%

*

12.89%

6.03%

*

9.03%

*

4.97%

8.77%

*

3.42%

Mining and manufacturing

0.89%

6.55%

*

5.03%

2.68%

3.31%

0.89%

2.35%

0.88%

Construction

3.15%

7.17%

4.47%

4.03%

7.49%

*

4.17%

4.68%

3.56%

Utilities and transp.

1.34%

8.58%

9.60%

8.48%

*

10.00%

*

1.10%

5.81%

0.85%

Wholesale trade

2.11%

5.73%

6.01%

*

4.63%

5.67%

1.95%

2.98%

1.87%

Fin. svs. and real est.

1.23%

7.19%

*

7.47%

4.88%

3.97%

1.21%

4.60%

1.21%

Retail trade

1.78%

5.42%

6.00%

4.91%

4.06%

1.90%

3.09%

1.85%

Professional services

1.34%

3.19%

4.81%

2.85%

3.70%

1.42%

2.00%

1.29%

Other Services

1.68%

2.99%

7.36%

2.99%

2.74%

1.84%

3.17%

1.63%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.44%

2.51%

2.55%

1.25%

2.75%

0.42%

1.25%

0.40%

For profit, unincorporated

3.12%

2.96%

8.62%

4.73%

5.57%

2.57%

3.64%

3.98%

Nonprofit

1.32%

6.61%

5.96%

3.74%

2.89%

1.55%

3.03%

1.53%

Unknown

1.93%

*****

*****

24.56%

*

10.00%

*

1.70%

*****

1.77%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

5.45%

4.08%

9.16%

7.91%

6.93%

2.62%

4.92%

7.61%

*

5-9 years

2.20%

4.47%

5.85%

4.63%

5.13%

3.19%

3.91%

1.92%

10-19 years

1.72%

3.54%

6.95%

2.16%

2.72%

3.25%

1.95%

2.43%

20 or more years

1.08%

2.67%

2.99%

1.50%

2.82%

0.74%

1.72%

1.17%

Unknown

0.86%

1.88%

*

6.33%

*

9.49%

*

5.07%

0.89%

2.55%

*

0.88%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.49%

6.04%

*

8.75%

2.87%

2.97%

0.41%

4.67%

0.52%

1 location only

1.64%

2.35%

2.43%

1.37%

3.42%

4.04%

1.04%

2.73%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.77%

2.62%

*

9.15%

*

10.19%

*

8.58%

*

5.35%

3.40%

4.29%

25-49%

2.92%

4.25%

9.60%

5.08%

12.06%

*

2.02%

5.23%

2.77%

50-74%

1.75%

3.31%

8.11%

5.37%

3.42%

1.88%

3.59%

1.81%

75% or more

0.70%

3.24%

2.67%

1.26%

2.65%

0.36%

1.30%

0.70%

Union presence

No union employees

0.60%

2.33%

2.42%

0.97%

2.44%

0.66%

1.27%

0.75%

Has union employees

1.08%

10.65%

*

3.07%

4.51%

*

4.27%

1.08%

7.11%

*

0.98%

Unknown

1.20%

9.93%

*

12.26%

*

5.49%

6.28%

1.30%

9.22%

1.24%

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

2.59%

3.73%

7.06%

3.59%

3.81%

2.71%

3.45%

3.18%

Less than 50% low wage

0.83%

3.07%

2.54%

1.07%

2.30%

0.77%

1.42%

0.99%

Unknown

0.85%

12.22%

10.29%

*

6.88%

4.57%

0.76%

9.19%

0.86%

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.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.