United States

73.8%

54.4%

83.8%

88.8%

90.6%

81.4%

65.7%

84.7%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

51.9%

35.2%

68.2%

86.9%

94.4%

82.0%

47.1%

92.0%

Mining and manufacturing

82.0%

62.0%

91.2%

95.5%

93.3%

74.5%

79.5%

86.4%

Construction

71.7%

56.8%

91.8%

92.6%

97.0%

93.1%

68.7%

94.9%

Utilities and transp.

77.7%

62.5%

90.8%

96.2%

87.6%

74.0%

76.1%

79.1%

Wholesale trade

78.4%

58.9%

90.7%

91.5%

94.6%

82.2%

72.2%

88.0%

Fin. svs. and real estate

73.4%

55.5%

84.9%

86.8%

90.1%

76.8%

63.3%

80.3%

Retail trade

85.5%

55.0%

85.9%

94.9%

94.2%

95.4%

68.7%

95.5%

Professional services

66.8%

56.5%

79.4%

84.1%

88.8%

56.5%

64.5%

70.9%

Other services

71.8%

47.0%

77.6%

85.3%

87.8%

92.3%

59.4%

90.1%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

76.4%

56.0%

86.4%

91.4%

91.7%

82.2%

68.8%

85.5%

For profit, unincorporated

67.8%

56.3%

84.6%

89.0%

91.0%

72.8%

63.0%

79.5%

Nonprofit

63.5%

36.4%

61.3%

73.7%

86.9%

89.7%

48.3%

84.7%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

62.5%

54.1%

76.8%

94.0%

94.5%

82.1%

59.9%

89.9%

5-9 years

67.1%

55.5%

82.9%

90.7%

87.9%

86.9%

64.0%

87.9%

10-19 years

70.1%

54.4%

85.1%

84.7%

90.5%

96.1%

64.8%

91.4%

20 or more years

74.7%

53.9%

84.3%

89.2%

91.2%

76.2%

67.8%

82.9%

Unknown

85.4%

60.7%

99.2%

97.8%

86.9%

85.6%

73.4%

85.8%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

84.3%

73.7%

85.3%

89.7%

90.5%

81.4%

85.1%

84.3%

1 location only

66.1%

54.1%

83.7%

88.4%

91.6%

85.4%

64.4%

89.3%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

67.8%

29.7%

61.2%

83.4%

90.4%

88.4%

43.1%

89.3%

25-49 %

73.9%

38.8%

77.1%

86.0%

92.7%

89.1%

57.1%

89.8%

50-74 %

75.6%

55.0%

79.1%

89.0%

90.2%

97.0%

63.3%

94.5%

75% or more

73.9%

56.5%

86.3%

89.4%

90.5%

77.0%

68.0%

82.1%

Union presence

No union employees

74.1%

54.3%

84.3%

89.2%

91.7%

86.8%

65.7%

88.8%

Has union employees

69.4%

55.9%

72.4%

81.7%

83.6%

68.0%

63.2%

71.1%

Unknown

77.3%

55.3%

85.9%

92.6%

76.3%

78.2%

71.5%

78.0%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

78.1%

41.3%

77.6%

88.1%

92.0%

93.7%

56.4%

92.9%

Less than 50% low wage

72.5%

57.0%

85.1%

89.1%

90.0%

74.3%

67.7%

80.5%

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

0.43%

0.96%

0.86%

0.98%

1.13%

1.05%

0.63%

0.75%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.92%

4.85%

11.11%

5.35%

17.56%

14.79%

3.12%

12.59%

Mining and manufacturing

1.81%

5.05%

2.36%

1.56%

1.34%

2.30%

2.60%

1.18%

Construction

1.92%

3.00%

1.63%

2.48%

2.06%

3.25%

2.07%

2.11%

Utilities and transp.

3.08%

9.56%

3.73%

1.37%

3.94%

3.82%

4.37%

3.38%

Wholesale trade

1.18%

3.01%

3.52%

2.02%

3.07%

2.13%

2.25%

1.77%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.37%

2.35%

3.34%

2.92%

1.62%

2.96%

1.44%

2.27%

Retail trade

1.07%

2.91%

2.45%

2.14%

1.99%

0.90%

2.31%

0.72%

Professional services

0.67%

1.66%

3.31%

2.54%

1.75%

3.05%

1.02%

1.71%

Other services

1.20%

2.43%

2.95%

2.44%

2.55%

0.92%

1.70%

1.30%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.39%

1.21%

0.51%

0.74%

0.70%

1.06%

0.70%

0.74%

For profit, unincorporated

1.36%

1.87%

4.01%

2.94%

2.11%

5.36%

1.26%

3.85%

Nonprofit

1.66%

2.19%

3.51%

5.15%

3.11%

2.10%

1.47%

2.75%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.15%

2.05%

5.24%

2.76%

8.94%

9.02%

2.27%

4.22%

5-9 years

1.78%

2.50%

2.18%

3.40%

3.99%

7.39%

1.92%

2.30%

10-19 years

1.42%

2.31%

1.43%

1.12%

2.07%

1.61%

1.58%

1.69%

20 or more years

0.53%

1.18%

1.06%

1.32%

1.14%

1.96%

0.60%

1.10%

Unknown

0.70%

9.50%

10.47%

1.06%

2.80%

0.73%

6.15%

0.70%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.81%

7.35%

2.42%

1.47%

1.32%

1.05%

0.60%

0.86%

1 location only

0.69%

0.93%

1.02%

1.27%

0.78%

5.82%

0.67%

1.58%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

3.18%

4.76%

9.23%

6.30%

3.63%

3.51%

4.44%

3.00%

25-49 %

2.19%

4.71%

4.07%

3.94%

4.56%

1.95%

3.75%

1.76%

50-74 %

1.26%

2.08%

3.02%

2.52%

2.39%

1.25%

1.74%

1.24%

75% or more

0.41%

1.03%

1.17%

0.90%

1.26%

1.59%

0.77%

1.08%

Union presence

No union employees

0.53%

0.91%

0.85%

1.04%

0.75%

1.00%

0.60%

0.70%

Has union employees

2.24%

5.99%

5.20%

2.92%

4.56%

2.99%

3.54%

2.69%

Unknown

1.57%

11.92%

16.16%

10.26%

8.10%

1.39%

7.85%

1.47%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.06%

2.86%

1.98%

2.33%

1.40%

1.12%

2.32%

0.99%

Less than 50% low wage

0.54%

1.00%

1.25%

0.83%

1.37%

1.58%

0.74%

1.22%

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.