United States

55.8%

35.1%

63.2%

81.6%

94.1%

98.4%

42.6%

95.6%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

24.2%

18.0%

46.3%

58.8%

78.1%

98.5%

22.5%

66.8%

Mining and manufacturing

68.7%

43.6%

75.1%

90.7%

98.1%

99.4%

59.0%

96.1%

Construction

44.4%

34.3%

67.6%

83.8%

91.9%

100.0%

41.7%

90.7%

Utilities and transp.

59.6%

29.6%

68.6%

87.1%

97.9%

99.5%

40.6%

97.8%

Wholesale trade

69.0%

46.1%

82.4%

96.4%

99.3%

99.5%

57.5%

99.3%

Fin. svs. and real estate

66.8%

39.3%

77.1%

90.7%

97.1%

98.7%

45.5%

98.1%

Retail trade

59.9%

28.1%

59.5%

79.6%

92.6%

97.8%

36.8%

95.9%

Professional services

61.4%

43.4%

73.7%

92.1%

97.1%

99.0%

50.8%

97.5%

Other services

45.5%

28.7%

45.6%

65.2%

86.7%

97.6%

34.1%

90.4%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

60.7%

37.6%

67.1%

82.4%

93.4%

98.4%

46.4%

95.7%

For profit, unincorporated

37.9%

27.5%

42.6%

68.8%

92.2%

98.3%

30.4%

94.0%

Nonprofit

67.0%

45.9%

72.7%

91.4%

97.6%

98.8%

55.0%

96.4%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

27.9%

24.2%

37.9%

50.2%

67.3%

96.0%

26.4%

72.4%

5-9 years

40.3%

32.8%

53.9%

72.2%

86.7%

92.4%

37.5%

83.1%

10-19 years

48.4%

36.5%

64.4%

78.6%

93.3%

92.0%

43.4%

90.6%

20 or more years

66.4%

41.9%

73.5%

88.2%

96.0%

99.4%

52.4%

96.8%

Unknown

84.2%

13.1%

21.1%

68.7%

91.7%

98.2%

16.4%

97.5%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

94.6%

55.2%

78.5%

86.2%

94.5%

98.4%

76.5%

96.8%

1 location only

42.9%

34.9%

61.8%

79.4%

91.5%

89.0%

41.3%

85.5%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

21.3%

9.0%

18.8%

47.4%

79.7%

90.5%

11.5%

82.3%

25-49 %

52.9%

27.8%

57.9%

63.3%

86.3%

98.5%

36.4%

92.1%

50-74 %

50.5%

33.9%

53.0%

76.1%

90.6%

98.7%

38.8%

94.5%

75% or more

63.9%

42.5%

74.2%

88.7%

97.3%

99.0%

51.2%

97.4%

Union presence

No union employees

53.5%

35.5%

63.4%

81.6%

94.0%

98.9%

42.9%

95.0%

Has union employees

83.0%

40.8%

81.7%

87.3%

98.6%

99.9%

52.3%

99.5%

Unknown

64.9%

13.4%

28.9%

66.4%

86.9%

95.2%

18.8%

94.0%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

41.9%

18.6%

34.2%

62.2%

86.8%

97.2%

23.3%

91.6%

Less than 50% low wage

62.5%

42.8%

75.9%

90.2%

97.9%

99.1%

51.5%

97.8%

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.

** 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.

United States

0.29%

0.48%

0.68%

0.98%

0.50%

0.18%

0.35%

0.22%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.25%

1.95%

8.60%

6.90%

14.88%

14.80%

2.06%

11.31%

Mining and manufacturing

0.93%

2.05%

3.88%

1.33%

0.83%

0.44%

1.65%

1.08%

Construction

1.12%

1.41%

2.65%

2.99%

3.61%

0.00%

1.10%

2.66%

Utilities and transp.

1.75%

4.32%

8.49%

4.00%

1.28%

0.34%

2.82%

0.77%

Wholesale trade

0.87%

1.12%

2.72%

1.06%

0.60%

0.34%

1.20%

0.24%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.80%

1.35%

3.20%

2.34%

1.11%

0.43%

1.33%

0.44%

Retail trade

0.34%

1.39%

1.97%

3.18%

2.06%

0.55%

1.04%

0.74%

Professional services

0.70%

1.02%

2.43%

1.10%

0.60%

0.37%

0.88%

0.43%

Other services

0.85%

1.18%

1.44%

1.73%

1.54%

0.76%

0.87%

1.02%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.37%

0.70%

1.08%

0.83%

0.76%

0.23%

0.46%

0.29%

For profit, unincorporated

0.51%

0.74%

3.10%

4.48%

1.90%

0.53%

0.74%

1.13%

Nonprofit

1.49%

2.70%

2.26%

2.40%

0.94%

0.77%

2.03%

0.90%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

0.64%

0.80%

5.07%

6.26%

7.26%

1.54%

0.73%

4.87%

5-9 years

0.95%

1.27%

2.22%

3.45%

4.54%

6.08%

0.93%

2.09%

10-19 years

1.06%

1.37%

1.98%

1.70%

1.46%

3.57%

1.11%

1.51%

20 or more years

0.56%

0.63%

0.75%

1.48%

0.38%

0.18%

0.55%

0.37%

Unknown

1.00%

2.24%

5.51%

7.68%

1.85%

0.40%

2.26%

0.47%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.39%

5.49%

2.68%

1.17%

0.63%

0.18%

1.94%

0.23%

1 location only

0.33%

0.47%

0.70%

1.20%

1.77%

4.86%

0.31%

1.02%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

0.98%

0.88%

2.18%

3.33%

3.47%

2.57%

0.75%

2.41%

25-49 %

1.44%

2.11%

3.49%

5.71%

4.86%

0.84%

1.35%

1.33%

50-74 %

0.83%

1.14%

3.32%

3.29%

2.71%

0.63%

1.10%

0.61%

75% or more

0.42%

0.63%

0.95%

0.86%

0.34%

0.15%

0.45%

0.21%

Union presence

No union employees

0.25%

0.42%

0.88%

1.06%

0.53%

0.16%

0.31%

0.24%

Has union employees

1.05%

3.98%

4.60%

4.26%

1.59%

0.10%

3.54%

0.23%

Unknown

1.67%

1.72%

7.98%

9.07%

5.41%

1.05%

2.06%

1.21%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.72%

1.06%

0.91%

2.40%

1.81%

0.41%

0.81%

0.63%

Less than 50% low wage

0.21%

0.40%

1.02%

0.58%

0.34%

0.21%

0.26%

0.16%

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.

** 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.