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

22.6%

23.0%

25.6%

28.6%

26.7%

20.1%

26.2%

22.0%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

16.9%

3.6%

*

14.0%

*

16.7%

*

18.6%

*

20.2%

8.2%

*

19.8%

Mining and manufacturing

17.7%

17.9%

24.2%

19.1%

20.0%

16.3%

22.7%

17.3%

Construction

25.6%

22.6%

24.9%

27.7%

26.1%

25.3%

26.6%

24.5%

Utilities and transp.

16.8%

22.9%

*

39.6%

19.1%

20.3%

15.7%

27.0%

16.3%

Wholesale trade

21.4%

18.8%

23.2%

27.0%

29.0%

17.2%

24.9%

20.8%

Fin. svs. and real est.

24.3%

22.0%

23.0%

34.3%

30.3%

22.6%

22.5%

24.5%

Retail trade

30.6%

21.2%

35.1%

46.8%

47.0%

24.6%

33.2%

29.9%

Professional services

25.2%

29.2%

29.6%

34.6%

31.7%

21.0%

30.1%

24.1%

Other Services

25.3%

18.3%

17.6%

26.9%

27.1%

26.0%

20.7%

26.2%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

22.0%

21.4%

25.6%

29.1%

25.9%

19.5%

26.0%

21.3%

For profit, unincorporated

29.4%

31.8%

36.1%

29.7%

34.0%

22.2%

33.3%

27.9%

Nonprofit

22.4%

18.5%

18.9%

25.2%

26.7%

20.1%

20.6%

22.7%

Unknown

25.2%

*****

*****

24.7%

*

19.6%

*

25.6%

19.7%

*

25.3%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

24.3%

19.3%

40.1%

28.1%

30.7%

15.4%

24.1%

24.5%

5-9 years

31.4%

27.9%

32.6%

43.4%

32.8%

22.6%

32.1%

30.6%

10-19 years

26.8%

24.0%

29.3%

30.3%

28.0%

20.4%

26.8%

26.7%

20 or more years

22.1%

21.3%

21.4%

26.5%

25.7%

19.8%

24.8%

21.7%

Unknown

20.9%

18.4%

*

11.5%

*

49.1%

29.1%

20.6%

18.9%

*

20.9%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

21.4%

17.2%

*

19.4%

27.2%

26.7%

20.1%

25.3%

21.3%

1 location only

26.2%

23.1%

26.3%

29.2%

26.6%

21.9%

26.3%

26.2%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

25.0%

20.1%

*

10.9%

*

37.6%

31.2%

24.6%

16.6%

27.0%

25-49%

22.0%

16.9%

*

15.6%

*

31.7%

36.1%

20.7%

19.2%

22.3%

50-74%

27.4%

24.5%

24.4%

33.7%

38.3%

24.6%

25.4%

27.7%

75% or more

22.1%

23.0%

26.5%

28.2%

25.4%

19.5%

26.6%

21.3%

Union presence

No union employees

24.7%

22.7%

26.4%

30.9%

29.0%

21.5%

26.9%

24.1%

Has union employees

17.2%

24.7%

*

14.1%

14.1%

16.2%

17.5%

18.2%

17.2%

Unknown

19.1%

32.3%

*

38.0%

8.6%

*

24.3%

19.0%

26.9%

18.9%

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

28.0%

20.4%

25.9%

36.5%

33.5%

24.2%

25.0%

28.8%

Less than 50% low wage

23.2%

23.2%

25.6%

27.8%

25.7%

19.2%

25.9%

22.3%

Unknown

20.8%

25.1%

*

27.0%

*

31.5%

27.5%

20.4%

38.0%

20.6%

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

0.30%

1.71%

1.17%

1.54%

1.59%

0.24%

0.83%

0.35%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

1.80%

1.57%

*

7.56%

*

6.69%

*

8.11%

*

3.06%

2.61%

*

4.37%

Mining and manufacturing

0.66%

2.76%

3.43%

1.99%

1.48%

0.73%

1.58%

0.71%

Construction

2.54%

4.75%

2.87%

3.82%

4.45%

3.45%

2.00%

3.65%

Utilities and transp.

1.68%

10.28%

*

8.37%

4.43%

1.97%

2.06%

5.98%

1.66%

Wholesale trade

1.52%

5.03%

6.27%

3.67%

5.03%

1.54%

2.66%

1.96%

Fin. svs. and real est.

0.84%

4.36%

4.67%

4.69%

2.90%

1.11%

2.32%

0.87%

Retail trade

1.90%

2.54%

4.84%

4.19%

5.26%

1.29%

3.57%

2.24%

Professional services

0.78%

4.40%

2.67%

3.32%

1.28%

0.79%

1.91%

0.72%

Other Services

1.15%

2.71%

3.30%

4.37%

3.52%

0.80%

2.09%

1.29%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.23%

1.83%

1.18%

1.91%

1.32%

0.22%

1.06%

0.23%

For profit, unincorporated

3.15%

4.91%

5.61%

3.50%

6.74%

2.07%

2.90%

4.95%

Nonprofit

0.86%

4.28%

3.96%

3.38%

2.12%

0.97%

2.53%

1.00%

Unknown

1.35%

*****

*****

8.60%

*

9.27%

*

1.52%

8.28%

*

1.34%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.04%

3.01%

5.73%

4.77%

2.72%

2.15%

2.42%

2.70%

5-9 years

2.60%

4.21%

4.36%

6.88%

5.30%

2.61%

3.21%

4.84%

10-19 years

1.37%

2.62%

2.90%

2.29%

2.76%

2.02%

1.70%

1.84%

20 or more years

0.67%

3.07%

1.37%

1.40%

2.37%

0.48%

1.08%

0.74%

Unknown

0.33%

5.81%

*

4.55%

*

8.70%

2.42%

0.29%

6.69%

*

0.33%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.19%

11.60%

*

3.83%

2.79%

1.45%

0.22%

2.47%

0.20%

1 location only

0.92%

1.71%

1.15%

1.14%

2.24%

2.58%

0.86%

1.74%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.67%

7.72%

*

8.26%

*

5.96%

6.18%

2.69%

4.08%

2.56%

25-49%

2.23%

6.30%

*

6.55%

*

6.34%

3.82%

2.56%

3.87%

2.25%

50-74%

1.94%

4.54%

4.18%

5.65%

4.66%

1.27%

1.67%

2.20%

75% or more

0.30%

1.86%

1.09%

1.61%

1.31%

0.30%

0.99%

0.40%

Union presence

No union employees

0.30%

1.69%

1.20%

1.68%

1.56%

0.56%

0.79%

0.29%

Has union employees

0.88%

7.99%

*

3.54%

3.98%

2.16%

0.89%

3.42%

0.94%

Unknown

1.67%

11.27%

*

10.82%

6.31%

*

2.10%

1.44%

7.99%

1.62%

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

1.02%

2.31%

5.21%

3.27%

3.60%

1.17%

2.38%

1.58%

Less than 50% low wage

0.61%

1.71%

1.41%

1.83%

1.76%

0.30%

0.98%

0.67%

Unknown

0.36%

9.06%

*

8.87%

*

7.36%

1.46%

0.33%

7.67%

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.

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