United States

77.5%

81.9%

76.3%

73.8%

77.2%

78.2%

77.7%

77.5%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

66.7%

76.4%

56.7%

74.2%

56.4%

78.7%

72.2%

63.8%

Mining and manufacturing

92.5%

86.7%

89.2%

90.7%

93.0%

93.2%

89.9%

92.9%

Construction

77.3%

85.1%

79.1%

79.8%

69.9%

75.2%

81.5%

73.5%

Utilities and transp.

84.3%

87.9%

81.8%

79.8%

86.4%

84.5%

85.7%

84.0%

Wholesale trade

86.4%

89.5%

88.5%

87.1%

86.1%

85.3%

89.9%

85.1%

Fin. svs. and real estate

89.2%

87.7%

91.1%

83.2%

89.0%

89.8%

88.0%

89.4%

Retail trade

66.3%

76.6%

66.3%

71.7%

73.6%

64.0%

70.7%

65.6%

Professional services

81.0%

84.1%

81.9%

79.6%

77.1%

82.7%

80.8%

81.1%

Other services

61.3%

72.0%

59.7%

51.2%

61.7%

63.6%

61.5%

61.3%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

78.1%

83.7%

77.9%

76.0%

78.5%

78.0%

79.7%

77.7%

For profit, unincorporated

76.0%

82.7%

77.8%

70.9%

75.0%

76.3%

78.5%

75.1%

Nonprofit

75.6%

66.0%

62.2%

66.4%

74.6%

81.1%

62.6%

77.8%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

67.6%

80.7%

74.7%

57.7%

61.5%

61.7%

75.0%

59.0%

5-9 years

75.0%

82.8%

79.5%

69.4%

71.3%

75.9%

77.0%

72.9%

10-19 years

75.0%

83.0%

76.0%

73.8%

74.1%

71.8%

78.7%

72.5%

20 or more years

78.6%

81.3%

76.0%

75.7%

79.1%

79.4%

77.8%

78.8%

Unknown

77.7%

90.7%

77.8%

74.8%

73.6%

77.9%

77.3%

77.7%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

79.1%

83.0%

82.4%

81.6%

80.5%

78.7%

80.6%

79.1%

1 location only

74.3%

81.9%

76.0%

72.2%

72.7%

66.3%

77.5%

70.7%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

36.5%

39.1%

28.2%

20.8%

41.5%

39.7%

26.8%

38.6%

25-49 %

46.1%

47.0%

40.4%

37.7%

38.9%

51.4%

42.7%

47.0%

50-74 %

65.0%

68.5%

63.5%

58.6%

64.3%

66.4%

64.4%

65.1%

75% or more

84.9%

89.7%

84.9%

83.6%

85.2%

84.7%

86.2%

84.6%

Union presence

No union employees

76.9%

82.0%

76.8%

73.6%

77.1%

77.2%

77.8%

76.6%

Has union employees

81.0%

81.1%

67.5%

76.3%

79.7%

82.1%

76.0%

81.3%

Unknown

76.1%

81.3%

84.1%

73.4%

69.5%

76.4%

75.6%

76.1%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

60.3%

66.2%

52.4%

51.3%

59.3%

63.0%

55.4%

61.1%

Less than 50% low wage

83.1%

84.7%

81.3%

80.7%

83.2%

83.8%

82.5%

83.3%

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

0.45%

0.53%

1.20%

0.90%

1.05%

0.74%

0.60%

0.54%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

5.11%

4.64%

6.42%

6.65%

14.72%

13.97%

2.55%

10.34%

Mining and manufacturing

0.46%

1.35%

1.22%

0.95%

1.05%

0.56%

0.81%

0.50%

Construction

2.24%

1.49%

2.25%

2.43%

4.81%

5.34%

1.23%

3.61%

Utilities and transp.

1.26%

2.82%

3.34%

4.34%

2.29%

1.47%

1.87%

1.34%

Wholesale trade

1.29%

1.63%

2.11%

2.34%

2.13%

2.60%

1.32%

1.74%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.62%

1.45%

1.85%

3.02%

1.33%

0.70%

1.23%

0.68%

Retail trade

1.17%

2.18%

1.91%

1.82%

2.11%

1.34%

0.74%

1.35%

Professional services

0.77%

0.86%

1.07%

1.56%

1.65%

1.04%

0.81%

0.85%

Other services

0.85%

1.12%

2.81%

2.99%

2.59%

1.85%

1.72%

1.14%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.47%

0.94%

1.13%

1.22%

1.50%

0.72%

0.64%

0.59%

For profit, unincorporated

0.48%

0.99%

2.22%

2.99%

3.05%

1.49%

1.49%

0.81%

Nonprofit

1.02%

2.98%

3.89%

2.70%

1.99%

1.36%

2.12%

1.12%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.61%

2.08%

3.61%

6.34%

6.89%

8.98%

1.62%

6.69%

5-9 years

1.55%

1.32%

2.85%

3.17%

3.18%

3.30%

2.08%

2.11%

10-19 years

1.58%

1.30%

2.47%

2.08%

2.75%

3.78%

1.32%

2.37%

20 or more years

0.43%

0.73%

1.50%

0.63%

1.05%

0.73%

0.89%

0.53%

Unknown

1.03%

2.16%

11.02%

7.65%

2.60%

1.06%

5.75%

1.02%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.56%

5.05%

1.77%

1.36%

1.24%

0.72%

2.35%

0.57%

1 location only

0.49%

0.53%

1.38%

1.06%

1.51%

4.20%

0.71%

0.79%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.67%

2.68%

4.66%

3.33%

7.33%

3.20%

2.17%

2.00%

25-49 %

1.56%

1.29%

2.11%

1.30%

3.59%

3.02%

1.10%

1.77%

50-74 %

1.00%

1.15%

1.47%

1.63%

0.89%

1.87%

0.81%

1.21%

75% or more

0.34%

0.51%

1.23%

0.90%

0.99%

0.69%

0.55%

0.43%

Union presence

No union employees

0.49%

0.59%

1.00%

0.96%

0.91%

1.06%

0.53%

0.66%

Has union employees

0.87%

3.08%

6.91%

3.78%

2.63%

0.90%

3.33%

0.90%

Unknown

1.35%

5.65%

13.77%

9.99%

5.17%

1.35%

5.34%

1.32%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.22%

1.56%

2.91%

2.06%

3.22%

0.90%

1.25%

1.46%

Less than 50% low wage

0.38%

0.52%

1.03%

0.59%

1.01%

0.77%

0.46%

0.48%

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.