United States

24.8%

23.2%

27.8%

30.1%

28.5%

22.7%

27.2%

24.4%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

13.2%

*

.

.

.

.

.

19.1%

11.7%

*

Mining and manufacturing

21.5%

18.8%

29.2%

26.7%

23.5%

19.9%

28.8%

21.0%

Construction

27.3%

15.6%

31.5%

24.3%

34.3%

27.7%

24.8%

29.6%

Utilities and transp.

18.5%

12.1%

*

26.7%

26.3%

22.9%

17.3%

25.8%

17.9%

Wholesale trade

24.4%

23.7%

27.0%

32.8%

28.2%

20.4%

28.7%

23.3%

Fin. svs. and real estate

23.3%

29.3%

18.5%

26.8%

20.0%

23.7%

25.8%

23.0%

Retail trade

30.7%

22.0%

27.2%

45.1%

39.8%

28.5%

31.2%

30.6%

Professional services

24.7%

23.9%

31.2%

33.4%

32.1%

20.5%

28.5%

24.0%

Other services

32.2%

23.7%

25.4%

26.5%

38.2%

32.8%

26.1%

33.6%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

25.3%

23.8%

30.6%

29.5%

29.4%

23.2%

28.2%

24.8%

For profit, unincorporated

25.3%

24.3%

25.6%

35.2%

23.9%

24.5%

27.3%

24.9%

Nonprofit

21.2%

13.9%

*

10.8%

29.1%

28.3%

18.0%

19.1%

21.4%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

35.4%

29.8%

33.3%

37.4%

31.0%

43.9%

31.7%

39.2%

5-9 years

31.8%

24.6%

30.4%

24.7%

44.7%

21.2%

26.7%

35.7%

10-19 years

29.8%

23.9%

32.2%

30.9%

36.7%

22.5%

28.8%

30.5%

20 or more years

23.9%

21.2%

24.7%

30.5%

26.0%

21.5%

26.2%

23.5%

Unknown

23.6%

48.1%

41.1%

13.4%

*

26.3%

23.5%

32.8%

23.6%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

23.6%

16.4%

*

22.5%

29.0%

27.4%

22.7%

26.4%

23.6%

1 location only

28.2%

23.2%

28.3%

30.4%

30.3%

23.7%

27.3%

29.2%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

32.2%

11.9%

*

24.4%

*

17.0%

*

56.7%

27.9%

14.0%

*

35.7%

25-49 %

25.7%

21.8%

*

16.6%

*

44.0%

30.5%

23.7%

27.6%

25.4%

50-74 %

26.5%

21.3%

19.0%

*

33.1%

32.6%

25.2%

20.9%

27.6%

75% or more

24.5%

23.9%

29.1%

29.6%

27.7%

22.4%

28.1%

23.9%

Union presence

No union employees

27.2%

24.0%

30.1%

33.1%

31.0%

24.1%

28.9%

26.8%

Has union employees

18.0%

7.2%

*

10.6%

*

12.3%

18.7%

18.7%

11.6%

18.4%

Unknown

24.2%

21.0%

*

1.6%

*

26.8%

*

25.1%

24.3%

20.6%

*

24.3%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

28.6%

14.7%

31.9%

36.4%

35.6%

26.8%

29.8%

28.5%

Less than 50% low wage

24.2%

24.0%

27.5%

29.5%

27.7%

22.0%

27.0%

23.8%

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

0.32%

1.88%

1.66%

1.79%

1.10%

0.26%

1.08%

0.34%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4.39%

*

.

.

.

.

.

3.43%

5.23%

*

Mining and manufacturing

0.52%

4.65%

5.13%

2.96%

1.53%

0.50%

2.27%

0.48%

Construction

1.50%

3.21%

5.89%

4.03%

4.26%

3.07%

3.02%

2.59%

Utilities and transp.

1.21%

5.00%

*

7.63%

7.08%

2.16%

0.84%

3.81%

0.98%

Wholesale trade

1.41%

3.57%

4.37%

5.29%

2.82%

1.11%

2.53%

1.19%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.23%

4.48%

4.82%

3.34%

2.91%

1.14%

2.80%

1.28%

Retail trade

1.05%

5.48%

5.71%

5.27%

3.85%

0.90%

3.80%

1.03%

Professional services

0.52%

1.94%

2.37%

2.68%

2.25%

0.64%

1.54%

0.58%

Other services

1.70%

5.55%

2.69%

3.89%

5.27%

1.30%

2.88%

1.76%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.43%

1.87%

1.73%

1.98%

1.10%

0.32%

1.36%

0.43%

For profit, unincorporated

1.12%

2.81%

4.19%

3.09%

3.08%

1.68%

1.89%

1.20%

Nonprofit

0.68%

4.27%

*

2.82%

5.02%

1.95%

0.64%

2.88%

0.80%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

3.54%

5.27%

4.32%

4.82%

3.67%

9.54%

3.44%

5.16%

5-9 years

3.67%

3.49%

3.87%

6.26%

7.37%

3.22%

2.22%

5.37%

10-19 years

1.61%

2.38%

2.81%

3.81%

2.83%

1.51%

1.65%

2.09%

20 or more years

0.44%

2.43%

2.82%

1.82%

1.14%

0.62%

1.77%

0.58%

Unknown

0.48%

13.15%

12.32%

9.53%

*

4.12%

0.47%

7.72%

0.48%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.33%

5.86%

*

4.01%

2.99%

0.98%

0.26%

2.92%

0.31%

1 location only

0.78%

1.94%

1.83%

1.95%

1.67%

2.58%

1.13%

1.35%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

3.03%

7.17%

*

7.93%

*

6.42%

*

7.09%

3.47%

5.74%

*

3.74%

25-49 %

1.95%

10.99%

*

6.59%

*

2.91%

4.80%

2.69%

4.20%

2.40%

50-74 %

1.54%

2.27%

7.21%

*

5.53%

3.65%

1.50%

1.76%

1.71%

75% or more

0.25%

1.74%

1.78%

1.93%

0.96%

0.27%

1.11%

0.28%

Union presence

No union employees

0.39%

1.96%

1.53%

1.83%

1.21%

0.48%

1.16%

0.53%

Has union employees

0.77%

9.98%

*

10.74%

*

2.11%

2.84%

0.90%

2.80%

0.90%

Unknown

0.32%

6.91%

*

7.83%

*

8.15%

*

3.57%

0.44%

9.66%

*

0.39%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

0.81%

3.27%

5.85%

4.30%

3.64%

0.85%

1.83%

0.90%

Less than 50% low wage

0.32%

1.80%

1.80%

1.77%

1.06%

0.26%

1.11%

0.34%

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.