Table I.B.3.b(2010) Percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2010
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 90.1%    48.4%    73.7%    88.6%    96.4%    99.7%    66.3%    98.0%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 63.8%    31.5%    39.7%    72.2%    77.9%    100.0%    39.6%    84.5%   
Mining and manufacturing 95.5%    59.4%    84.9%    93.1%    95.3%    100.0%    82.8%    98.0%   
Construction 79.5%    48.3%    78.1%    91.7%    99.0%    100.0%    67.0%    98.7%   
Utilities and transp. 92.7%    37.9%    65.4%    82.2%    99.7%    99.4%    61.8%    98.2%   
Wholesale trade 93.6%    62.5%    86.1%    94.9%    98.0%    100.0%    79.8%    99.1%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 95.6%    54.9%    88.4%    98.6%    99.7%    100.0%    72.3%    99.9%   
Retail trade 89.2%    37.1%    71.7%    90.0%    96.8%    99.7%    59.8%    98.9%   
Professional services 93.4%    58.2%    81.9%    95.1%    98.9%    99.3%    74.2%    99.0%   
Other services 81.2%    38.0%    55.2%    72.8%    90.8%    99.5%    51.7%    94.7%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 90.6%    50.4%    75.4%    88.8%    95.7%    99.9%    68.5%    98.1%   
For profit, unincorporated 80.1%    40.8%    63.6%    81.2%    94.3%    97.7%    53.8%    95.3%   
Nonprofit 97.2%    59.6%    82.1%    96.3%    99.9%    99.9%    80.0%    99.7%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 61.8%    36.0%    55.2%    74.4%    91.1%    90.4%    48.0%    86.4%   
5-9 years 70.2%    43.2%    69.5%    76.9%    95.6%    98.8%    56.6%    91.7%   
10-19 years 79.9%    46.9%    69.7%    85.5%    88.7%    99.4%    62.2%    94.2%   
20 or more years 95.0%    55.7%    79.9%    92.8%    98.2%    99.8%    75.0%    99.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 99.1%    66.6%    81.8%    94.5%    98.1%    99.8%    87.6%    99.4%   
1 location only 75.8%    48.2%    73.3%    87.0%    94.0%    96.1%    64.9%    92.8%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 78.3%    28.4%    38.2%    67.8%    95.1%    99.8%    42.2%    95.4%   
25-49 % 81.0%    26.6%    49.8%    74.8%    94.9%    99.8%    45.4%    96.1%   
50-74 % 86.1%    36.2%    55.1%    78.9%    97.7%    99.9%    48.4%    98.4%   
75% or more 91.2%    52.2%    78.2%    90.9%    96.4%    99.6%    70.6%    98.1%   
Union presence
No union employees 86.7%    48.4%    73.5%    87.9%    95.9%    99.7%    65.9%    97.2%   
Has union employees 98.2%    50.8%    85.7%    95.3%    99.6%    99.9%    77.8%    99.7%   
Unknown 97.9%    45.1%    59.9%    96.6%    98.8%    99.5%    60.4%    99.4%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 79.3%    25.9%    44.1%    70.6%    90.1%    99.0%    41.3%    94.1%   
Less than 50% low wage 93.2%    55.9%    83.5%    94.5%    98.4%    99.8%    74.6%    99.1%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 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.

 

Table I.B.3.b(2010) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2010
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 0.16%    0.84%    1.26%    0.52%    0.58%    0.12%    0.57%    0.20%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 5.55%    3.75%    9.96%    7.14%    12.95%    0.00%    3.18%    5.80%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.79%    3.21%    3.29%    2.07%    1.95%    0.02%    1.74%    0.84%   
Construction 1.06%    2.34%    3.04%    2.40%    0.37%    0.00%    1.46%    0.56%   
Utilities and transp. 1.00%    2.76%    4.61%    5.85%    0.51%    0.51%    1.91%    0.78%   
Wholesale trade 0.62%    3.00%    1.66%    1.76%    1.30%    0.00%    1.88%    0.61%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.24%    2.38%    2.38%    0.31%    0.21%    0.03%    1.33%    0.05%   
Retail trade 0.51%    1.84%    4.12%    2.35%    0.91%    0.24%    1.58%    0.27%   
Professional services 0.34%    1.65%    1.84%    1.11%    0.27%    0.32%    0.71%    0.30%   
Other services 0.67%    1.51%    2.21%    2.76%    1.75%    0.45%    1.15%    0.81%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.25%    0.95%    1.13%    0.59%    0.91%    0.05%    0.53%    0.27%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.86%    1.61%    3.05%    2.20%    1.77%    0.97%    1.26%    0.92%   
Nonprofit 0.24%    2.65%    2.55%    0.71%    0.05%    0.07%    1.33%    0.09%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.27%    1.60%    3.43%    3.26%    4.57%    3.44%    1.16%    3.46%   
5-9 years 1.17%    1.92%    3.27%    1.92%    1.22%    0.82%    1.86%    1.23%   
10-19 years 1.02%    1.43%    2.30%    1.57%    2.90%    0.59%    0.94%    1.34%   
20 or more years 0.16%    1.16%    1.29%    0.48%    0.34%    0.11%    0.72%    0.14%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.10%    7.49%    3.04%    0.60%    0.38%    0.08%    1.58%    0.12%   
1 location only 0.63%    0.87%    1.26%    0.64%    1.15%    2.78%    0.62%    0.91%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.82%    3.15%    5.02%    4.45%    1.65%    0.11%    3.54%    0.81%   
25-49 % 0.80%    2.34%    4.35%    2.74%    1.30%    0.11%    2.32%    0.67%   
50-74 % 0.71%    1.04%    2.63%    1.98%    0.92%    0.07%    0.95%    0.20%   
75% or more 0.20%    0.94%    1.25%    0.58%    0.62%    0.14%    0.66%    0.23%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.22%    0.80%    1.14%    0.48%    0.67%    0.19%    0.50%    0.27%   
Has union employees 0.28%    4.01%    5.04%    3.95%    0.29%    0.13%    3.27%    0.21%   
Unknown 0.29%    4.57%    6.05%    1.24%    0.67%    0.34%    2.21%    0.31%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 0.81%    1.58%    1.88%    1.76%    2.07%    0.55%    1.17%    0.90%   
Less than 50% low wage 0.13%    0.79%    0.88%    0.40%    0.37%    0.11%    0.42%    0.08%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 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.