United States

27.0%

22.6%

30.5%

36.8%

34.9%

22.0%

29.9%

26.3%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4.1%

*

.

.

.

.

.

5.2%

*

2.1%

*

Mining and manufacturing

25.6%

30.4%

26.5%

42.3%

26.3%

18.4%

34.7%

23.8%

Construction

27.7%

21.5%

29.1%

24.3%

35.9%

35.1%

25.8%

30.7%

Utilities and transp.

20.5%

24.3%

20.7%

*

29.6%

36.6%

17.1%

28.1%

19.0%

Wholesale trade

29.2%

16.8%

36.4%

32.0%

35.5%

24.2%

30.3%

28.7%

Fin. svs. and real estate

26.4%

25.5%

27.4%

46.9%

29.6%

24.6%

28.0%

26.3%

Retail trade

41.4%

19.6%

*

36.4%

49.7%

52.2%

39.9%

35.6%

44.0%

Professional services

23.8%

19.6%

36.3%

39.3%

36.6%

18.8%

30.6%

23.0%

Other services

33.2%

28.7%

24.2%

37.0%

39.5%

29.8%

30.0%

34.7%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

28.4%

21.6%

31.5%

37.1%

35.7%

23.5%

31.0%

27.6%

For profit, unincorporated

25.4%

25.8%

27.0%

34.4%

31.8%

21.0%

25.5%

25.3%

Nonprofit

23.0%

21.0%

*

16.9%

37.0%

33.3%

18.4%

25.9%

22.8%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

37.8%

26.2%

22.7%

*

51.6%

43.8%

30.8%

32.0%

45.7%

5-9 years

36.8%

37.6%

34.5%

45.8%

34.9%

23.1%

37.6%

35.6%

10-19 years

34.3%

23.1%

28.4%

39.8%

47.5%

21.6%

28.6%

38.7%

20 or more years

26.2%

16.1%

31.8%

34.6%

32.2%

21.4%

29.0%

25.5%

Unknown

22.9%

14.8%

*

.

0.1%

*

26.2%

22.9%

8.1%

*

23.0%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

23.6%

8.4%

*

32.0%

32.8%

31.0%

21.8%

32.7%

23.5%

1 location only

33.5%

22.8%

30.4%

37.7%

39.5%

25.6%

29.7%

38.2%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

42.5%

27.5%

*

13.4%

*

52.3%

59.3%

29.0%

*

39.1%

44.0%

25-49 %

20.1%

19.1%

*

20.1%

*

44.5%

20.9%

18.4%

*

27.0%

18.6%

50-74 %

30.6%

26.5%

30.3%

40.3%

40.8%

24.5%

29.6%

30.8%

75% or more

26.7%

22.0%

31.3%

36.2%

33.7%

21.9%

29.9%

25.9%

Union presence

No union employees

30.3%

23.4%

30.8%

38.4%

36.3%

25.1%

30.9%

30.0%

Has union employees

17.7%

3.2%

*

8.1%

*

25.5%

*

29.5%

15.3%

8.4%

*

18.1%

Unknown

26.4%

20.6%

*

98.9%

37.1%

24.8%

26.1%

39.6%

26.1%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

34.0%

25.5%

*

19.7%

*

46.3%

39.9%

31.3%

31.2%

34.6%

Less than 50% low wage

26.3%

22.3%

31.6%

36.1%

34.2%

21.1%

29.8%

25.4%

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.

* 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

0.52%

1.87%

1.89%

1.83%

1.39%

0.51%

1.07%

0.61%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4.13%

*

.

.

.

.

.

9.71%

*

3.04%

*

Mining and manufacturing

1.20%

7.27%

6.31%

4.86%

1.96%

1.21%

3.39%

1.55%

Construction

2.46%

3.94%

5.82%

3.26%

4.41%

8.04%

2.66%

4.01%

Utilities and transp.

2.65%

6.18%

6.50%

*

6.88%

8.23%

1.91%

5.44%

2.04%

Wholesale trade

2.10%

4.40%

7.72%

6.87%

2.11%

3.03%

3.62%

2.51%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.66%

7.43%

7.93%

8.36%

4.94%

1.41%

4.32%

1.63%

Retail trade

2.29%

6.91%

*

5.64%

5.98%

4.10%

3.83%

5.07%

2.93%

Professional services

0.92%

3.01%

4.51%

3.74%

3.76%

0.94%

2.38%

1.06%

Other services

2.26%

7.32%

4.38%

4.89%

5.20%

1.11%

3.83%

1.33%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.61%

2.25%

2.00%

1.49%

1.48%

0.49%

0.94%

0.78%

For profit, unincorporated

1.73%

3.82%

5.49%

6.20%

3.17%

1.44%

2.86%

2.31%

Nonprofit

1.27%

8.43%

*

4.92%

4.35%

3.64%

1.08%

3.44%

1.25%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.98%

6.54%

10.75%

*

9.14%

9.29%

6.64%

5.10%

5.81%

5-9 years

3.02%

6.53%

7.14%

6.00%

8.54%

2.94%

4.16%

3.89%

10-19 years

1.93%

4.12%

5.02%

6.07%

3.72%

1.87%

3.09%

2.73%

20 or more years

0.86%

2.66%

3.08%

2.50%

1.66%

1.08%

2.54%

0.93%

Unknown

0.99%

5.91%

*

.

0.03%

*

4.79%

0.93%

5.63%

*

0.98%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.47%

3.40%

*

6.97%

2.94%

2.03%

0.41%

3.57%

0.53%

1 location only

0.77%

1.91%

1.80%

2.00%

2.22%

2.58%

1.03%

1.71%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

7.26%

9.44%

*

4.73%

*

11.77%

11.46%

10.41%

*

7.51%

8.61%

25-49 %

4.42%

6.46%

*

8.57%

*

10.39%

5.79%

7.57%

*

6.65%

4.86%

50-74 %

1.35%

6.79%

6.77%

8.45%

5.00%

2.15%

4.49%

2.09%

75% or more

0.41%

2.48%

1.84%

1.90%

1.49%

0.55%

1.22%

0.55%

Union presence

No union employees

0.48%

2.12%

1.87%

2.07%

2.12%

0.64%

0.82%

0.77%

Has union employees

1.18%

4.58%

*

5.85%

*

7.64%

*

3.55%

0.97%

4.62%

*

1.16%

Unknown

2.88%

8.25%

*

29.49%

11.12%

6.86%

3.31%

11.49%

3.26%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.44%

9.96%

*

6.71%

*

4.79%

4.19%

1.35%

3.31%

1.72%

Less than 50% low wage

0.53%

2.04%

2.04%

1.97%

1.35%

0.57%

1.33%

0.61%

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.