United States

41.2%

67.2%

50.6%

35.6%

20.3%

12.0%

59.5%

16.6%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

62.8%

70.7%

56.2%

47.0%

.

.

65.9%

37.1%

Mining and manufacturing

38.2%

61.6%

45.2%

30.6%

.

.

48.7%

19.7%

Construction

62.2%

72.4%

52.1%

50.5%

.

.

65.6%

35.5%

Utilities and transp.

35.5%

56.9%

40.2%

41.2%

.

.

50.6%

22.8%

Wholesale trade

42.0%

68.7%

54.5%

40.6%

.

.

61.2%

12.6%

Fin. svs. and real estate

32.4%

68.9%

56.0%

35.8%

.

.

63.7%

11.1%

Retail trade

25.8%

64.1%

44.3%

25.8%

.

.

53.6%

9.1%

Professional services

50.3%

68.1%

54.3%

36.0%

.

.

61.9%

29.8%

Other services

39.0%

64.6%

48.7%

33.2%

.

.

56.7%

13.0%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

38.3%

66.3%

48.8%

35.2%

.

.

57.6%

15.3%

For profit, unincorporated

48.9%

65.9%

53.2%

30.1%

.

.

61.6%

18.0%

Nonprofit

51.3%

78.0%

62.1%

42.3%

.

.

69.1%

26.7%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

55.0%

62.3%

50.2%

28.8%

.

.

58.3%

20.8%

5-9 years

52.1%

63.0%

48.9%

22.1%

.

.

57.0%

18.8%

10-19 years

50.5%

64.8%

50.0%

35.7%

.

.

58.5%

18.0%

20 or more years

42.7%

71.6%

51.3%

38.0%

.

.

61.0%

21.3%

Unknown

8.8%

65.6%

50.5%

*

28.8%

*

.

.

57.0%

7.2%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

17.5%

53.7%

48.6%

33.6%

.

.

44.7%

14.9%

1 location only

58.6%

67.4%

50.8%

36.6%

.

.

60.5%

33.0%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

37.4%

71.3%

62.6%

34.9%

.

.

64.5%

13.7%

25-49 %

31.8%

67.9%

47.9%

32.6%

.

.

56.7%

8.4%

50-74 %

41.5%

66.8%

46.5%

30.1%

.

.

59.4%

13.9%

75% or more

42.2%

67.0%

50.9%

36.7%

.

.

59.4%

18.2%

Union presence

No union employees

42.8%

67.0%

50.0%

34.2%

.

.

59.1%

13.9%

Has union employees

41.3%

74.4%

65.1%

56.6%

.

.

69.6%

33.3%

Unknown

15.3%

70.4%

44.2%

*

39.9%

.

.

58.1%

9.9%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

29.2%

64.3%

48.7%

29.5%

.

.

55.8%

11.1%

Less than 50% low wage

45.0%

67.8%

50.9%

37.4%

.

.

60.2%

19.4%

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.

. 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.

United States

0.59%

0.91%

1.77%

1.00%

0.96%

0.93%

0.88%

0.71%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

5.39%

6.23%

13.44%

11.38%

.

.

5.71%

10.21%

Mining and manufacturing

2.38%

4.84%

4.93%

4.48%

.

.

2.82%

2.36%

Construction

2.25%

2.99%

3.43%

3.54%

.

.

2.67%

4.56%

Utilities and transp.

4.31%

9.34%

8.82%

8.47%

.

.

6.03%

3.30%

Wholesale trade

1.03%

3.70%

2.58%

4.96%

.

.

2.26%

1.94%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.06%

2.25%

5.94%

3.10%

.

.

2.43%

1.25%

Retail trade

1.24%

3.74%

3.93%

3.65%

.

.

2.73%

0.64%

Professional services

0.87%

1.54%

2.21%

2.44%

.

.

1.41%

2.11%

Other services

1.27%

2.61%

3.84%

2.40%

.

.

1.30%

1.20%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.78%

1.29%

2.07%

1.31%

.

.

1.16%

0.92%

For profit, unincorporated

1.09%

1.41%

4.23%

3.92%

.

.

1.39%

2.77%

Nonprofit

1.85%

3.32%

3.97%

3.02%

.

.

2.06%

1.92%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.43%

3.40%

5.39%

6.42%

.

.

2.80%

5.91%

5-9 years

2.15%

2.39%

4.21%

2.12%

.

.

2.63%

1.79%

10-19 years

1.33%

2.64%

2.43%

3.85%

.

.

1.78%

1.85%

20 or more years

0.90%

1.27%

2.06%

1.33%

.

.

1.10%

1.20%

Unknown

0.75%

8.34%

15.82%

*

11.60%

*

.

.

7.99%

0.67%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.83%

6.07%

4.49%

1.99%

.

.

1.69%

0.83%

1 location only

0.93%

0.94%

1.78%

1.67%

.

.

0.93%

2.47%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.68%

4.95%

7.73%

5.85%

.

.

2.63%

1.52%

25-49 %

2.15%

4.32%

6.34%

5.33%

.

.

2.95%

1.24%

50-74 %

1.22%

1.89%

3.26%

2.65%

.

.

1.68%

1.25%

75% or more

0.77%

1.13%

1.99%

1.10%

.

.

1.09%

0.97%

Union presence

No union employees

0.64%

0.94%

1.73%

0.96%

.

.

0.87%

0.54%

Has union employees

2.07%

4.85%

9.48%

8.53%

.

.

3.84%

2.49%

Unknown

2.29%

8.70%

13.87%

*

7.59%

.

.

7.66%

1.54%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.13%

1.76%

3.24%

2.87%

.

.

1.21%

0.64%

Less than 50% low wage

0.95%

1.32%

2.09%

1.06%

.

.

1.22%

1.09%

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.

. 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.