Table I.C.2.a

Table I.C.2.a(2005) Average total employee contribution (in dollars) for exclusive-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2005

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	707		660		764		855		638		675		709		707

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	262	*	155	*	429	*	429	*	38	*	786		296	*	225	*
Mining and manufacturing	626		480		816		786		549		573		677		610
Construction	763		772		626		990		555	*	716		819		662
Utilities and transp.	630		383	*	651	*	1,258		806		480		1,086		547
Wholesale trade	607		851	*	712		498		538		634		622		596
Fin. svs. and real estate	756		1,126		910		579		765		720		909		723
Retail trade	916		728		1,216		1,009		900		817		996		880
Professional services	675		466		473		1,103		596		617		551		709
Other services	740		586		874	*	694		714		788		702		757

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	771		732		826		995		660		708		803		758
For profit, unincorporated	599		581		632		600	*	612		590		559		626
Nonprofit	567		277		360	*	468		607		611		341		606

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	748		1,121		556	*	665	*	569	*	458	*	874		537
5-9 years	825		653		742	*	1,095		734		611		708		1,025
10-19 years	728		687		725		800		773		574		704		747
20 or more years	701		522		810		855		597		698		694		703
Unknown	667		.		.		517	*	669		669		265	*	671

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	664		279	*	1,630	*	725		567		678		877		655
1 location only	765		663		717		904		727		608		693		866

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	598		572	*	165	*	629	*	685		611		607		593
25-49 %	842		935		1,568	*	1,070		596	*	570		1,305		587
50-74 %	670		575		605		735		695		669		678		667
75% or more	709		659		751		863		628		680		684		718

Union presence
No union employees	717		637		772		743		683		733		708		721
Has union employees	702		722		621	*	2,936		402		613		699		702
Unknown	605		1,955	*	957	*	251	*	721		574		794		591

Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage	901		703		936	*	1,292		544		886		732		966
Less than 50% low wage	670		654		735		737		656		638		705		657

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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.
. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** 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.

Table I.C.2.a(2005) Standard error for average total employee contribution (in dollars) for exclusive-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2005

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	24.04		74.29		57.71		85.11		52.60		14.90		25.90		28.29

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	278.18	*	88.95	*	150.57	*	287.78	*	254.33	*	224.98		167.61	*	345.97	*
Mining and manufacturing	52.85		119.52		229.33		133.14		79.29		68.98		142.38		53.86
Construction	81.57		154.00		110.51		282.10		171.71	*	181.71		95.72		118.31
Utilities and transp.	118.13		139.77	*	223.43	*	315.58		212.74		116.63		270.75		116.52
Wholesale trade	59.58		280.90	*	166.83		87.70		95.61		37.36		120.88		34.41
Fin. svs. and real estate	41.24		224.26		267.89		121.01		89.76		26.25		159.54		29.68
Retail trade	39.88		147.21		111.53		96.57		128.17		47.10		84.48		37.40
Professional services	69.74		35.90		49.09		237.62		54.24		36.55		40.24		83.12
Other services	46.19		155.06		462.88	*	82.99		135.23		45.75		89.68		45.07

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	40.09		118.21		69.86		163.64		50.84		22.95		34.64		47.62
For profit, unincorporated	45.27		94.52		174.41		180.72	*	129.50		47.87		48.91		63.46
Nonprofit	50.18		74.19		146.97	*	131.11		79.00		55.56		56.84		58.75

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	119.36		273.86		296.08	*	273.00	*	192.95	*	226.97	*	185.29		118.10
5-9 years	79.60		84.92		230.20	*	200.25		123.85		118.51		103.59		200.57
10-19 years	49.27		110.70		119.76		98.59		88.84		52.95		80.92		64.20
20 or more years	32.58		85.17		102.94		105.56		59.22		21.66		41.81		38.76
Unknown	26.85		.		.		161.35	*	115.27		28.31		96.88	*	28.17

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	18.04		97.00	*	861.48	*	60.99		46.61		15.86		124.02		18.80
1 location only	67.99		74.94		69.12		135.33		72.56		85.83		35.70		164.88

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	85.95		185.91	*	588.34	*	197.21	*	163.21		164.75		116.01		114.49
25-49 %	84.19		209.11		868.54	*	276.32		247.68	*	40.96		243.42		66.50
50-74 %	41.68		82.21		132.25		109.34		141.20		37.79		90.88		71.07
75% or more	30.98		92.11		74.43		95.27		61.15		18.47		32.50		39.22

Union presence
No union employees	27.39		69.30		54.99		57.38		61.67		23.93		23.83		35.94
Has union employees	154.64		201.53		354.11	*	800.26		51.59		42.46		138.42		160.24
Unknown	46.92		608.00	*	298.23	*	196.32	*	130.43		51.14		234.75		40.48

Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage	137.66		136.57		433.58	*	337.03		89.16		66.06		129.75		190.08
Less than 50% low wage	26.31		87.33		64.20		77.61		56.92		17.15		32.83		27.49

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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.
. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** 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.