United States

6,420,156

57.8%

12.3%

8.2%

6.6%

15.1%

75.1%

24.9%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

176,010

83.8%

8.3%

5.5%

1.6%

0.8%

*

96.2%

3.8%

Mining and manufacturing

299,575

43.3%

20.4%

16.5%

9.8%

9.9%

74.0%

26.0%

Construction

639,673

75.8%

13.7%

7.4%

1.7%

1.3%

*

94.5%

5.5%

Utilities and transp.

172,417

50.4%

11.5%

8.4%

7.5%

22.2%

66.8%

33.2%

Wholesale trade

361,720

52.2%

13.8%

9.7%

9.3%

15.0%

72.6%

27.4%

Fin. svs. and real estate

714,177

50.6%

6.1%

5.1%

9.0%

29.3%

59.5%

40.5%

Retail trade

938,658

46.1%

10.8%

6.9%

7.1%

29.0%

60.9%

39.1%

Professional services

1,509,396

61.1%

11.8%

8.1%

7.4%

11.7%

77.4%

22.6%

Other services

1,608,529

59.6%

14.3%

9.1%

5.9%

11.1%

79.7%

20.3%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

4,417,622

52.4%

13.2%

8.9%

6.6%

18.9%

71.0%

29.0%

For profit, unincorporated

1,513,870

75.8%

9.3%

4.7%

3.2%

7.0%

88.3%

11.7%

Nonprofit

488,663

51.4%

13.0%

12.6%

17.5%

5.5%

70.8%

29.2%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

847,117

82.3%

11.6%

4.0%

1.2%

0.8%

96.7%

3.3%

5-9 years

861,238

76.5%

13.2%

6.4%

2.7%

1.2%

93.8%

6.2%

10-19 years

1,295,110

69.3%

14.9%

8.4%

4.2%

3.2%

89.5%

10.5%

20 or more years

2,837,501

48.7%

13.1%

11.1%

10.6%

16.5%

68.4%

31.6%

Unknown

579,189

13.2%

2.1%

2.2%

6.3%

76.2%

16.4%

83.6%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,607,133

1.9%

4.1%

10.8%

23.1%

60.1%

10.8%

89.2%

1 location only

4,813,022

76.5%

15.0%

7.3%

1.2%

0.0%

96.5%

3.5%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

797,233

71.1%

11.7%

5.4%

5.1%

6.8%

86.2%

13.8%

25-49 %

443,413

51.1%

12.9%

9.7%

6.9%

19.4%

70.4%

29.6%

50-74 %

983,814

62.8%

12.2%

7.0%

4.7%

13.4%

79.0%

21.0%

75% or more

4,195,696

54.9%

12.3%

8.9%

7.4%

16.6%

72.5%

27.5%

Union presence

No union employees

5,740,348

61.4%

13.0%

8.5%

6.7%

10.4%

79.6%

20.4%

Has union employees

377,751

24.9%

6.4%

7.4%

8.3%

53.1%

35.1%

64.9%

Unknown

302,057

31.0%

5.5%

3.1%

4.4%

55.9%

38.7%

61.3%

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

2,094,681

56.8%

11.5%

7.7%

6.9%

17.1%

72.8%

27.2%

Less than 50% low wage

4,325,474

58.3%

12.6%

8.4%

6.5%

14.1%

76.2%

23.8%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

United States

24,625

0.27%

0.21%

0.11%

0.23%

0.28%

0.25%

0.25%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4,855

1.02%

0.57%

0.80%

0.39%

0.29%

*

0.70%

0.70%

Mining and manufacturing

9,199

1.28%

1.18%

0.94%

0.51%

0.69%

1.14%

1.14%

Construction

16,206

0.95%

0.91%

0.57%

0.20%

0.41%

*

0.50%

0.50%

Utilities and transp.

5,120

2.30%

1.17%

1.85%

0.90%

2.10%

2.05%

2.05%

Wholesale trade

11,009

1.03%

1.80%

0.71%

0.87%

1.06%

1.57%

1.57%

Fin. svs. and real estate

10,698

0.85%

0.56%

0.48%

0.45%

1.16%

1.14%

1.14%

Retail trade

11,227

0.69%

0.45%

0.56%

0.54%

1.11%

0.74%

0.74%

Professional services

12,055

0.76%

0.57%

0.22%

0.27%

0.64%

0.63%

0.63%

Other services

13,923

0.79%

0.62%

0.23%

0.40%

0.49%

0.41%

0.41%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

17,029

0.41%

0.25%

0.17%

0.32%

0.36%

0.35%

0.35%

For profit, unincorporated

20,711

0.47%

0.39%

0.32%

0.24%

0.43%

0.54%

0.54%

Nonprofit

9,949

0.80%

0.95%

1.07%

0.52%

0.67%

0.48%

0.48%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

22,565

1.07%

0.87%

0.40%

0.19%

0.25%

0.30%

0.30%

5-9 years

25,916

0.90%

0.77%

0.40%

0.21%

0.24%

0.42%

0.42%

10-19 years

24,169

0.52%

0.52%

0.41%

0.32%

0.35%

0.51%

0.51%

20 or more years

26,171

0.49%

0.33%

0.30%

0.37%

0.51%

0.52%

0.52%

Unknown

18,919

0.74%

0.42%

0.30%

0.70%

1.56%

1.11%

1.11%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

14,872

0.22%

0.38%

0.38%

0.84%

1.04%

0.64%

0.64%

1 location only

16,875

0.29%

0.27%

0.13%

0.06%

0.01%

0.09%

0.09%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

12,477

0.99%

0.74%

0.44%

0.49%

0.45%

0.62%

0.62%

25-49 %

12,685

1.39%

0.74%

0.79%

0.68%

1.01%

1.48%

1.48%

50-74 %

6,859

0.80%

0.26%

0.54%

0.29%

0.61%

0.79%

0.79%

75% or more

21,927

0.39%

0.15%

0.15%

0.27%

0.38%

0.37%

0.37%

Union presence

No union employees

21,582

0.24%

0.20%

0.14%

0.25%

0.24%

0.18%

0.18%

Has union employees

14,975

1.08%

0.71%

0.92%

0.88%

1.57%

1.39%

1.39%

Unknown

12,077

1.80%

0.61%

0.64%

0.55%

1.82%

1.73%

1.73%

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

26,698

0.52%

0.43%

0.32%

0.36%

0.65%

0.68%

0.68%

Less than 50% low wage

24,177

0.51%

0.27%

0.17%

0.25%

0.28%

0.30%

0.30%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.