United States

34.4%

13.9%

25.0%

80.5%

13.7%

62.1%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

18.5%

15.3%

29.5%

*

75.5%

14.8%

49.4%

Mining and manufacturing

27.0%

11.9%

35.2%

84.1%

10.6%

55.7%

Construction

16.8%

14.7%

16.9%

*

73.5%

14.6%

34.0%

Utilities and transp.

42.9%

10.9%

31.0%

*

83.4%

9.3%

*

70.9%

Wholesale trade

31.5%

11.0%

34.0%

87.0%

11.2%

62.7%

Fin. svs. and real estate

47.8%

12.6%

31.3%

85.0%

12.4%

71.9%

Retail trade

49.2%

13.4%

21.6%

83.5%

13.4%

70.7%

Professional services

28.1%

13.7%

18.3%

78.4%

13.1%

54.7%

Other services

31.7%

16.3%

23.8%

70.7%

16.6%

54.0%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

36.4%

12.3%

25.5%

81.8%

12.1%

65.3%

For profit, unincorporated

30.8%

17.4%

32.6%

80.0%

16.9%

64.4%

Nonprofit

23.9%

18.5%

19.2%

56.2%

18.7%

31.2%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

15.2%

14.0%

30.9%

*

36.5%

14.1%

26.6%

5-9 years

14.7%

12.6%

22.3%

55.8%

12.6%

28.5%

10-19 years

18.8%

14.7%

20.7%

61.3%

14.9%

35.0%

20 or more years

34.3%

13.5%

25.4%

82.7%

13.1%

59.0%

Unknown

77.9%

31.2%

31.0%

81.6%

22.0%

*

79.8%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

61.8%

13.6%

25.4%

80.7%

12.6%

66.5%

1 location only

14.2%

13.9%

22.8%

35.1%

13.7%

19.8%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

36.5%

19.5%

22.6%

*

66.8%

20.3%

50.6%

25-49 %

41.0%

15.0%

26.9%

78.8%

15.7%

64.7%

50-74 %

32.5%

12.9%

19.7%

81.2%

12.5%

63.4%

75% or more

34.0%

13.7%

25.8%

81.7%

13.4%

62.6%

Union presence

No union employees

28.1%

13.1%

24.8%

76.3%

12.9%

54.9%

Has union employees

71.5%

32.8%

22.3%

93.4%

33.6%

82.3%

Unknown

73.4%

20.0%

47.8%

81.9%

21.5%

80.0%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

43.0%

16.1%

23.3%

75.9%

15.9%

61.4%

Less than 50% low wage

31.6%

13.4%

25.7%

83.1%

13.2%

62.6%

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.

United States

0.46%

0.43%

0.98%

0.67%

0.50%

0.53%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.49%

2.89%

12.00%

*

16.28%

3.18%

13.14%

Mining and manufacturing

1.47%

1.75%

3.00%

2.37%

1.73%

2.17%

Construction

1.33%

1.63%

6.34%

*

7.13%

1.69%

3.82%

Utilities and transp.

3.21%

2.77%

9.81%

*

2.85%

3.11%

*

4.06%

Wholesale trade

1.93%

1.39%

4.30%

2.66%

1.50%

2.35%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.57%

1.79%

3.09%

1.66%

1.77%

1.13%

Retail trade

1.41%

1.19%

2.56%

1.10%

1.25%

1.43%

Professional services

0.91%

0.87%

1.43%

1.23%

0.89%

1.28%

Other services

1.12%

1.36%

3.62%

2.38%

1.49%

1.69%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.62%

0.47%

1.57%

0.69%

0.55%

0.52%

For profit, unincorporated

0.85%

1.09%

3.83%

2.38%

1.07%

2.49%

Nonprofit

1.61%

2.06%

2.72%

3.09%

2.03%

1.63%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.90%

1.79%

11.88%

*

10.21%

1.86%

4.85%

5-9 years

1.28%

1.03%

4.88%

9.04%

1.06%

4.57%

10-19 years

0.68%

0.76%

2.80%

4.37%

0.87%

2.44%

20 or more years

0.57%

0.55%

1.07%

1.03%

0.64%

1.04%

Unknown

1.16%

7.93%

5.90%

1.04%

7.06%

*

1.15%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.67%

1.01%

0.88%

0.65%

1.30%

0.60%

1 location only

0.51%

0.52%

2.76%

3.60%

0.56%

1.17%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

3.94%

4.83%

7.22%

*

3.31%

5.28%

3.75%

25-49 %

1.92%

1.84%

6.13%

3.43%

2.16%

2.51%

50-74 %

1.54%

1.23%

3.61%

3.27%

1.31%

2.81%

75% or more

0.34%

0.45%

1.06%

0.80%

0.54%

0.71%

Union presence

No union employees

0.60%

0.52%

1.12%

0.89%

0.59%

0.72%

Has union employees

1.54%

3.16%

4.62%

0.72%

3.39%

1.21%

Unknown

2.47%

5.65%

11.81%

1.78%

5.50%

1.82%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.03%

1.43%

2.55%

1.28%

1.54%

0.99%

Less than 50% low wage

0.51%

0.46%

1.42%

0.58%

0.51%

0.70%

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.