United States

86.9%

43.3%

67.4%

85.0%

95.1%

98.7%

61.2%

96.7%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

60.9%

22.9%

50.3%

62.1%

93.3%

89.9%

38.7%

87.4%

Mining and manufacturing

94.6%

50.3%

76.8%

92.4%

97.7%

99.6%

77.1%

98.3%

Construction

74.7%

42.1%

72.0%

84.8%

92.1%

100.0%

62.2%

91.8%

Utilities and transp.

93.0%

38.8%

79.8%

87.2%

97.0%

99.7%

66.5%

98.5%

Wholesale trade

91.7%

60.5%

87.0%

95.5%

95.7%

98.0%

80.2%

97.0%

Fin. svs. and real estate

93.1%

55.9%

81.5%

97.0%

99.7%

98.0%

68.3%

98.4%

Retail trade

88.2%

33.9%

63.1%

86.4%

97.5%

99.3%

54.6%

98.4%

Professional services

91.3%

54.1%

78.9%

92.9%

97.7%

98.9%

71.1%

98.1%

Other services

77.1%

32.7%

49.5%

72.3%

88.1%

97.6%

47.3%

92.6%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

88.2%

47.1%

70.5%

85.4%

93.7%

98.6%

65.0%

96.5%

For profit, unincorporated

73.5%

32.9%

48.4%

76.1%

96.2%

98.5%

43.8%

96.0%

Nonprofit

93.9%

52.6%

77.9%

92.1%

99.0%

99.1%

75.0%

98.1%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

48.0%

27.7%

41.8%

60.0%

80.7%

99.7%

35.3%

82.5%

5-9 years

65.8%

41.0%

59.8%

74.3%

85.5%

97.4%

53.7%

85.3%

10-19 years

76.5%

44.9%

67.9%

83.3%

95.2%

91.5%

60.4%

92.8%

20 or more years

91.6%

51.6%

76.9%

90.9%

96.9%

99.5%

72.3%

97.8%

Unknown

96.7%

19.0%

23.5%

62.5%

88.9%

98.4%

28.1%

98.0%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

97.8%

56.5%

81.2%

89.7%

96.1%

98.9%

83.4%

98.1%

1 location only

71.5%

43.2%

66.6%

84.0%

93.7%

94.1%

60.1%

91.3%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

56.1%

11.8%

26.8%

55.2%

78.2%

87.9%

22.4%

82.2%

25-49 %

80.7%

30.9%

64.8%

71.6%

84.0%

99.5%

52.4%

93.2%

50-74 %

81.9%

39.1%

54.8%

83.4%

96.9%

98.2%

52.3%

96.7%

75% or more

91.6%

53.5%

77.6%

90.4%

97.6%

99.3%

71.6%

98.1%

Union presence

No union employees

83.9%

43.7%

67.3%

84.7%

94.9%

98.9%

61.3%

96.1%

Has union employees

98.1%

50.1%

84.6%

93.4%

99.6%

99.9%

73.5%

99.9%

Unknown

92.3%

20.9%

35.3%

69.3%

81.0%

96.5%

37.6%

95.3%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

75.5%

20.5%

38.2%

67.5%

86.7%

97.0%

35.8%

92.1%

Less than 50% low wage

91.4%

53.8%

79.9%

92.2%

98.2%

99.3%

72.2%

98.4%

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.

** 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

0.21%

0.93%

1.19%

0.85%

0.98%

0.27%

0.45%

0.34%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

7.10%

3.23%

9.17%

7.48%

17.02%

15.74%

2.87%

14.75%

Mining and manufacturing

0.49%

3.73%

3.60%

1.38%

0.91%

0.23%

2.08%

0.32%

Construction

1.23%

1.90%

2.90%

3.27%

3.21%

0.00%

1.38%

2.05%

Utilities and transp.

0.96%

5.81%

8.15%

3.59%

1.80%

0.15%

3.30%

0.50%

Wholesale trade

0.71%

2.05%

1.77%

1.36%

2.04%

1.56%

1.26%

1.20%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.94%

3.87%

2.67%

1.07%

0.14%

1.21%

2.22%

0.93%

Retail trade

0.50%

1.39%

3.51%

4.28%

1.11%

0.20%

1.56%

0.53%

Professional services

0.45%

1.01%

1.87%

1.16%

0.78%

0.43%

0.92%

0.44%

Other services

0.35%

1.33%

2.68%

1.85%

2.56%

0.67%

1.13%

1.00%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.32%

1.09%

1.07%

0.84%

1.38%

0.33%

0.54%

0.48%

For profit, unincorporated

0.78%

1.59%

2.85%

3.29%

1.41%

0.39%

1.56%

0.57%

Nonprofit

0.77%

2.71%

2.87%

2.85%

0.41%

0.71%

1.71%

0.71%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.31%

1.33%

5.68%

6.58%

6.53%

0.14%

1.57%

4.06%

5-9 years

1.23%

1.64%

2.33%

4.54%

4.79%

1.79%

1.66%

3.55%

10-19 years

0.70%

1.57%

1.86%

1.55%

1.52%

2.59%

1.10%

0.71%

20 or more years

0.35%

1.44%

1.19%

1.10%

0.82%

0.19%

0.89%

0.29%

Unknown

0.57%

2.54%

6.41%

7.14%

4.99%

0.44%

3.32%

0.51%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.27%

6.08%

3.67%

1.62%

0.84%

0.23%

1.71%

0.28%

1 location only

0.42%

0.95%

1.22%

0.77%

1.50%

2.53%

0.41%

0.82%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.33%

1.27%

3.20%

2.59%

4.35%

4.84%

1.91%

3.60%

25-49 %

1.65%

2.29%

3.33%

3.50%

6.28%

0.20%

1.66%

1.41%

50-74 %

0.71%

1.44%

3.23%

2.94%

0.99%

0.82%

1.74%

0.69%

75% or more

0.18%

1.23%

1.00%

1.03%

0.83%

0.27%

0.63%

0.24%

Union presence

No union employees

0.34%

0.83%

1.27%

0.97%

1.08%

0.35%

0.42%

0.36%

Has union employees

0.24%

5.44%

4.93%

5.40%

0.66%

0.07%

3.02%

0.08%

Unknown

0.98%

3.68%

9.87%

9.60%

7.57%

1.07%

4.49%

1.14%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.74%

1.16%

1.87%

2.97%

2.60%

0.76%

1.20%

1.23%

Less than 50% low wage

0.17%

1.02%

1.03%

0.70%

0.56%

0.19%

0.40%

0.19%

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.