United States

90.2%

50.4%

74.3%

88.7%

97.0%

99.2%

68.3%

97.8%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

68.3%

29.9%

49.1%

76.6%

98.3%

89.5%

47.5%

90.1%

Mining and manufacturing

95.3%

55.1%

77.7%

92.6%

97.8%

99.6%

79.7%

98.4%

Construction

76.8%

44.0%

73.2%

85.7%

93.0%

100.0%

64.4%

92.6%

Utilities and transp.

94.7%

45.9%

82.8%

90.8%

98.8%

99.7%

73.7%

98.9%

Wholesale trade

93.2%

64.4%

89.8%

96.5%

95.5%

98.6%

83.7%

97.3%

Fin. svs. and real estate

95.1%

62.3%

83.3%

97.1%

99.8%

99.4%

73.2%

99.5%

Retail trade

90.9%

41.6%

71.8%

88.8%

98.4%

99.7%

62.5%

99.0%

Professional services

93.4%

60.4%

82.4%

95.4%

99.0%

99.2%

76.0%

98.9%

Other services

83.0%

40.4%

59.3%

77.3%

92.8%

98.3%

55.6%

95.0%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

91.1%

53.1%

76.5%

89.0%

96.2%

99.3%

71.0%

97.8%

For profit, unincorporated

80.1%

41.1%

58.6%

83.0%

97.5%

98.8%

52.8%

97.1%

Nonprofit

96.1%

63.4%

83.8%

92.9%

99.4%

99.2%

83.1%

98.3%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

57.0%

33.8%

55.8%

71.6%

87.6%

99.7%

43.8%

88.9%

5-9 years

71.9%

47.1%

66.0%

80.2%

94.7%

98.5%

60.0%

90.6%

10-19 years

80.8%

51.5%

72.5%

87.3%

96.7%

93.0%

66.6%

94.5%

20 or more years

93.5%

59.2%

82.0%

92.6%

97.6%

99.7%

78.2%

98.2%

Unknown

98.1%

24.1%

29.4%

68.5%

95.6%

99.2%

33.7%

99.0%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

98.5%

64.4%

86.7%

92.9%

97.0%

99.3%

88.0%

98.8%

1 location only

77.5%

50.2%

73.6%

87.9%

96.9%

95.6%

67.2%

94.0%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

75.8%

34.6%

40.9%

67.5%

84.6%

96.2%

44.4%

90.3%

25-49 %

81.4%

31.6%

65.4%

70.5%

83.3%

99.6%

53.6%

93.0%

50-74 %

82.9%

39.7%

56.4%

84.1%

97.3%

98.1%

53.6%

96.8%

75% or more

91.6%

53.3%

77.8%

90.5%

97.6%

99.3%

71.5%

98.1%

Union presence

No union employees

87.6%

50.6%

74.2%

88.6%

96.8%

99.2%

68.3%

97.2%

Has union employees

98.5%

59.9%

88.6%

94.1%

99.7%

99.9%

79.5%

99.9%

Unknown

95.1%

26.2%

41.4%

73.2%

88.6%

98.2%

45.2%

97.3%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

81.0%

25.5%

43.8%

71.9%

90.6%

98.4%

42.2%

94.4%

Less than 50% low wage

92.8%

57.8%

82.0%

93.6%

98.5%

99.4%

75.5%

98.7%

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

0.18%

1.12%

0.88%

0.89%

0.85%

0.24%

0.55%

0.20%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

7.12%

2.91%

10.72%

6.50%

17.18%

15.70%

3.29%

14.75%

Mining and manufacturing

0.37%

2.64%

3.58%

1.39%

0.91%

0.24%

1.88%

0.32%

Construction

1.33%

2.03%

2.86%

3.55%

3.38%

0.00%

1.40%

2.27%

Utilities and transp.

0.76%

6.66%

7.74%

2.43%

0.70%

0.17%

3.22%

0.43%

Wholesale trade

0.68%

2.57%

1.93%

1.34%

2.16%

1.03%

1.26%

1.12%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.44%

4.09%

2.82%

1.12%

0.08%

0.41%

2.29%

0.33%

Retail trade

0.44%

1.65%

2.65%

4.01%

0.73%

0.09%

1.46%

0.34%

Professional services

0.35%

0.85%

1.74%

0.89%

0.44%

0.28%

1.09%

0.26%

Other services

0.73%

2.18%

2.59%

2.88%

2.25%

0.73%

1.08%

0.93%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.20%

1.32%

0.81%

0.84%

1.14%

0.25%

0.65%

0.27%

For profit, unincorporated

0.59%

1.70%

2.46%

2.67%

1.16%

0.47%

1.39%

0.41%

Nonprofit

0.57%

3.19%

1.93%

2.51%

0.25%

0.58%

2.04%

0.65%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.42%

1.64%

4.47%

7.22%

4.98%

0.17%

0.88%

3.16%

5-9 years

1.35%

1.89%

2.04%

4.05%

1.99%

1.55%

1.46%

2.36%

10-19 years

0.83%

1.87%

2.01%

1.89%

1.41%

2.59%

1.26%

1.05%

20 or more years

0.31%

1.50%

1.14%

1.14%

0.89%

0.15%

0.84%

0.33%

Unknown

0.24%

3.47%

8.33%

6.73%

2.54%

0.20%

4.05%

0.23%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.22%

6.84%

3.24%

1.76%

0.99%

0.16%

1.60%

0.21%

1 location only

0.54%

1.14%

0.95%

0.90%

0.95%

2.78%

0.54%

0.59%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.29%

5.28%

5.95%

1.73%

3.80%

1.41%

4.20%

1.77%

25-49 %

1.79%

2.62%

3.28%

3.86%

6.27%

0.18%

1.90%

1.66%

50-74 %

0.73%

1.53%

3.18%

2.89%

0.86%

0.90%

1.73%

0.75%

75% or more

0.17%

1.26%

1.07%

1.03%

0.86%

0.27%

0.62%

0.23%

Union presence

No union employees

0.35%

1.00%

0.86%

1.07%

0.93%

0.34%

0.53%

0.34%

Has union employees

0.23%

5.99%

5.06%

5.18%

0.66%

0.06%

3.05%

0.07%

Unknown

0.51%

4.47%

9.79%

9.91%

8.23%

0.60%

5.02%

0.54%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.70%

1.45%

1.88%

3.10%

2.67%

0.55%

1.58%

0.95%

Less than 50% low wage

0.19%

1.01%

1.08%

0.68%

0.54%

0.20%

0.53%

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.