Table I.C.2.a


Table I.C.2.a(2006) Average total employee contribution (in dollars) for exclusive-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2006

Characteristics	Total	Less than 10 employees		10-24 employees		25-99 employees	100-999 employees		1000 or more employees	Less than 50 employees	50 or more employees

United States	807	679		775		897	803		805	818	802

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	441	.		.		.	.		.	700	150	*
Mining and manufacturing	627	394	*	552		706	593		661	619	629
Construction	673	740		819		685	545		510	774	544
Utilities and transp.	1,095	1,624		1,829	*	1,782	1,015	*	820	1,930	880
Wholesale trade	793	480		698		671	943		905	665	879
Fin. svs. and real estate	859	648		260	*	1,188	853		901	657	894
Retail trade	955	557		967		1,097	953		1,004	826	1,019
Professional services	716	572		803		895	705		677	798	693
Other services	1,004	1,002		762		990	1,158		981	962	1,024

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	853	711		815		895	876		865	839	860
For profit, unincorporated	858	740		756		1,002	925		830	840	869
Nonprofit	617	264	*	317		827	579		633	616	618

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	902	917		892	*	1,059	723		829	962	797
5-9 years	773	712		624		992	825		510	782	764
10-19 years	908	691		648		1,138	1,070		857	832	987
20 or more years	781	601		870		811	748		804	803	773
Unknown	814	429	*	833	*	614	773		819	738	814

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	797	363	*	600		782	770		813	830	796
1 location only	818	684		787		925	847		644	817	819

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	1,276	556	*	954		1,070	1,624		1,306	893	1,379
25-49 %	775	1,032	*	807	*	1,229	760		590	1,051	647
50-74 %	891	665		892		1,123	891		877	884	894
75% or more	785	665		754		860	767		796	795	782

Union presence
No union employees	836	685		781		908	824		874	823	842
Has union employees	647	105	*	399	*	625	683		649	495	653
Unknown	832	770		1,105	*	1,523	763	*	804	1,038	821

Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage	965	692		823		1,118	947		1,015	922	978
Less than 50% low wage	780	676		767		866	773		772	804	771

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.


Table I.C.2.a(2006) Standard error for average total employee contribution (in dollars) for exclusive-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2006

Characteristics	Total	Less than 10 employees		10-24 employees		25-99 employees	100-999 employees		1000 or more employees	Less than 50 employees	50 or more employees

United States	19.27	59.12		51.71		46.73	33.10		25.70	29.63	21.57

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	129.72	.		.		.	.		.	179.48	53.79	*
Mining and manufacturing	30.16	126.71	*	107.29		119.92	65.73		59.73	62.26	39.03
Construction	98.45	137.82		220.13		200.47	134.84		132.13	131.64	92.19
Utilities and transp.	180.70	479.45		549.20	*	459.19	334.92	*	113.95	541.94	109.41
Wholesale trade	86.51	99.70		143.65		119.51	91.70		154.12	118.10	113.73
Fin. svs. and real estate	53.26	182.22		249.35	*	153.45	156.47		26.60	119.74	55.30
Retail trade	74.71	135.18		84.38		146.85	147.03		103.51	63.50	94.59
Professional services	29.26	70.55		90.09		127.60	62.84		31.47	80.78	31.06
Other services	80.02	231.28		89.09		152.73	198.00		47.36	138.81	80.35

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	23.88	63.34		49.62		58.07	49.03		34.54	27.49	30.43
For profit, unincorporated	65.03	124.43		163.11		152.74	168.41		72.84	84.78	83.72
Nonprofit	29.56	159.51	*	87.24		131.45	60.77		53.16	108.84	35.29

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	132.07	176.77		296.58	*	210.75	138.62		237.11	145.50	117.08
5-9 years	42.34	137.33		165.28		216.99	186.17		138.47	108.48	106.40
10-19 years	50.36	139.40		93.43		171.51	154.13		77.59	80.90	108.43
20 or more years	26.22	81.71		111.51		58.69	32.52		30.67	43.35	27.57
Unknown	51.61	134.14	*	274.52	*	178.90	140.42		58.05	205.18	52.19

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	18.87	408.87	*	168.66		94.23	55.51		24.51	91.17	19.73
1 location only	38.00	59.74		54.43		55.32	96.06		103.62	32.65	68.23

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	207.38	265.89	*	269.17		291.44	334.74		211.50	259.99	226.56
25-49 %	137.01	335.58	*	258.23	*	309.21	225.38		147.44	216.91	120.50
50-74 %	59.54	132.64		189.65		295.47	142.28		48.43	126.86	50.99
75% or more	16.23	71.80		63.19		48.78	42.25		24.69	31.58	21.63

Union presence
No union employees	18.58	60.02		55.79		53.55	36.13		20.77	32.67	15.54
Has union employees	68.42	107.85	*	241.15	*	102.59	123.01		78.98	94.94	68.78
Unknown	65.49	207.36		437.89	*	419.13	268.65	*	65.58	243.30	65.12

Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage	49.96	152.60		98.00		201.12	89.04		78.82	86.40	55.64
Less than 50% low wage	22.11	81.19		63.89		56.55	48.52		23.80	32.47	25.94

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.