United States

20.3%

15.5%

18.8%

22.8%

21.2%

20.2%

19.7%

20.5%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

13.1%

*

.

.

.

.

.

22.2%

4.2%

*

Mining and manufacturing

17.1%

9.1%

*

14.4%

20.0%

18.1%

16.6%

16.7%

17.3%

Construction

17.9%

17.1%

21.5%

18.9%

17.1%

10.9%

*

19.1%

15.9%

Utilities and transp.

23.5%

31.8%

34.6%

39.6%

20.6%

*

18.1%

40.5%

19.0%

Wholesale trade

21.1%

11.1%

17.9%

18.7%

27.4%

22.8%

17.3%

23.6%

Fin. svs. and real estate

21.4%

14.9%

*

7.1%

*

27.2%

20.3%

23.0%

15.8%

22.5%

Retail trade

26.3%

13.1%

23.4%

28.2%

28.8%

30.2%

19.8%

30.3%

Professional services

17.3%

13.0%

18.4%

21.3%

17.6%

16.5%

18.3%

17.0%

Other services

24.6%

22.3%

17.9%

24.3%

27.5%

25.7%

22.6%

25.6%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

22.0%

16.4%

20.0%

23.2%

24.4%

22.1%

20.5%

22.7%

For profit, unincorporated

21.1%

17.2%

17.5%

26.8%

21.8%

21.0%

20.0%

21.8%

Nonprofit

14.5%

5.3%

*

7.2%

18.5%

13.8%

15.1%

13.6%

14.6%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

22.4%

20.2%

25.1%

25.3%

22.8%

16.9%

*

23.2%

20.9%

5-9 years

21.7%

18.6%

16.8%

27.7%

21.3%

21.8%

20.4%

23.2%

10-19 years

23.0%

15.0%

17.6%

28.8%

28.5%

21.9%

20.7%

25.5%

20 or more years

19.4%

13.5%

19.1%

20.4%

19.4%

20.0%

18.8%

19.6%

Unknown

20.5%

8.0%

*

26.1%

*

15.8%

23.2%

20.5%

17.2%

20.5%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

20.3%

8.5%

*

15.5%

18.5%

20.4%

20.5%

20.0%

20.3%

1 location only

20.3%

15.6%

19.0%

24.0%

22.1%

15.3%

19.7%

21.2%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

32.1%

14.5%

*

21.2%

24.7%

43.8%

32.8%

19.6%

36.1%

25-49 %

18.9%

20.5%

19.2%

*

29.9%

21.3%

14.2%

*

23.3%

16.5%

50-74 %

21.9%

15.1%

19.7%

26.8%

*

22.3%

22.6%

20.3%

22.6%

75% or more

19.8%

15.3%

18.6%

22.1%

20.3%

20.0%

19.4%

20.0%

Union presence

No union employees

21.1%

15.6%

19.0%

23.4%

21.8%

22.3%

19.9%

21.8%

Has union employees

15.8%

2.1%

*

9.1%

*

13.7%

18.4%

15.6%

10.8%

16.0%

Unknown

21.0%

21.6%

*

25.5%

*

35.2%

15.6%

*

20.8%

25.7%

*

20.8%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

25.2%

16.0%

19.0%

29.4%

25.3%

27.8%

21.3%

26.6%

Less than 50% low wage

19.5%

15.4%

18.8%

21.9%

20.3%

19.2%

19.5%

19.5%

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.

* 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.

United States

0.50%

1.23%

1.26%

0.83%

0.88%

0.75%

0.63%

0.62%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

5.23%

*

.

.

.

.

.

6.38%

1.27%

*

Mining and manufacturing

0.87%

3.21%

*

2.93%

3.00%

1.96%

1.44%

1.63%

1.08%

Construction

2.21%

3.32%

4.73%

4.41%

4.30%

4.14%

*

2.72%

3.30%

Utilities and transp.

3.49%

9.46%

8.95%

9.90%

9.99%

*

2.54%

10.24%

2.44%

Wholesale trade

2.49%

2.04%

4.91%

3.30%

2.78%

4.40%

3.07%

3.40%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.12%

4.73%

*

5.40%

*

4.20%

3.66%

0.71%

3.24%

1.10%

Retail trade

1.89%

2.92%

2.66%

3.81%

4.14%

2.45%

1.67%

2.19%

Professional services

0.67%

1.44%

1.77%

2.58%

1.47%

0.90%

1.56%

0.84%

Other services

1.37%

4.86%

2.22%

2.85%

4.29%

1.34%

2.63%

1.29%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.51%

1.37%

1.18%

1.01%

1.26%

0.89%

0.58%

0.71%

For profit, unincorporated

1.59%

2.75%

4.22%

3.61%

3.59%

1.52%

2.14%

1.84%

Nonprofit

0.60%

3.40%

*

1.84%

2.93%

1.14%

1.29%

2.22%

0.81%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.84%

3.62%

7.45%

5.70%

4.64%

5.35%

*

3.47%

2.88%

5-9 years

1.28%

3.59%

3.32%

5.13%

4.11%

4.98%

2.68%

2.59%

10-19 years

0.93%

3.36%

2.41%

4.33%

3.24%

1.77%

1.89%

1.97%

20 or more years

0.70%

1.78%

2.20%

1.08%

0.79%

1.08%

0.85%

0.79%

Unknown

1.40%

2.52%

*

8.48%

*

4.59%

3.90%

1.50%

4.93%

1.41%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.53%

9.38%

*

4.58%

2.09%

1.39%

0.72%

2.15%

0.56%

1 location only

0.85%

1.27%

1.20%

1.18%

2.10%

2.54%

0.67%

1.73%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

5.05%

5.24%

*

6.17%

5.02%

8.14%

4.24%

4.59%

5.44%

25-49 %

3.54%

5.13%

5.86%

*

6.77%

4.60%

4.67%

*

4.60%

3.52%

50-74 %

1.20%

2.69%

4.28%

8.58%

*

3.25%

2.01%

2.78%

1.04%

75% or more

0.44%

1.46%

1.42%

0.92%

1.15%

0.80%

0.65%

0.65%

Union presence

No union employees

0.46%

1.27%

1.34%

1.01%

0.74%

0.72%

0.72%

0.48%

Has union employees

1.70%

2.78%

*

5.05%

*

2.40%

3.53%

1.97%

2.16%

1.70%

Unknown

1.72%

9.70%

*

9.19%

*

9.34%

6.58%

*

1.88%

9.64%

*

1.72%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.15%

3.58%

2.42%

4.75%

1.98%

1.90%

2.01%

1.34%

Less than 50% low wage

0.55%

1.75%

1.47%

1.08%

1.16%

0.72%

0.67%

0.71%

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.