| 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 | 32.8% | 63.0% | 46.3% | 28.5% | 15.5% | 3.8% | 54.9% | 9.6% |
| Industry group ** | ||||||||
| Agric., fish., forest. | 62.5% | 70.8% | 58.2% | -- | -- | -- | 68.4% | 27.2% * |
| Mining and manufacturing | 30.7% | 56.6% | 35.3% | 21.2% | -- | -- | 44.6% | 10.2% |
| Construction | 55.2% | 66.0% | 46.6% | 36.6% | -- | -- | 58.7% | 34.2% |
| Utilities and transp. | 36.5% | 67.1% | 54.8% | 29.4% | -- | -- | 55.8% | 20.9% |
| Wholesale trade | 40.0% | 75.1% | 51.2% | 28.3% | -- | -- | 62.1% | 9.1% |
| Fin. svs. and real estate | 24.6% | 56.2% | 59.9% | 30.5% | -- | -- | 53.9% | 7.9% |
| Retail trade | 15.9% | 58.4% | 34.0% | 14.9% | -- | -- | 46.1% | 4.1% |
| Professional services | 39.2% | 64.7% | 44.3% | 31.0% | -- | -- | 56.9% | 11.6% |
| Other services | 33.1% | 60.3% | 48.4% | 31.2% | -- | -- | 53.0% | 11.3% |
| Ownership | ||||||||
| For profit, incorporated | 30.5% | 62.3% | 45.7% | 27.7% | -- | -- | 54.1% | 8.1% |
| For profit, unincorporated | 39.0% | 64.0% | 45.7% | 21.7% | -- | -- | 55.7% | 10.3% |
| Nonprofit | 39.9% | 66.7% | 51.2% | 38.3% | -- | -- | 58.2% | 20.2% |
| Age of firm | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | 49.5% | 59.8% | 38.0% | 22.0% | -- | -- | 53.9% | 15.3% |
| 5-9 years | 47.1% | 56.7% | 43.9% | 29.3% | -- | -- | 50.8% | 26.0% |
| 10-19 years | 48.7% | 64.9% | 49.6% | 30.4% | -- | -- | 57.0% | 20.3% |
| 20 or more years | 24.8% | 65.7% | 46.5% | 28.3% | -- | -- | 55.3% | 7.9% |
| Multi/single status | ||||||||
| 2 or more locations | 10.6% | 57.5% | 49.1% | 25.6% | -- | -- | 38.9% | 8.0% |
| 1 location only | 53.7% | 63.1% | 45.9% | 30.6% | -- | -- | 56.3% | 25.9% |
| Percent full-time employees | ||||||||
| Less than 25% | 30.5% | 71.2% | 41.4% | 33.3% | -- | -- | 59.0% | 11.8% |
| 25-49 % | 24.5% | 55.4% | 49.0% | 20.4% | -- | -- | 48.5% | 6.2% |
| 50-74 % | 29.6% | 67.2% | 37.4% | 31.8% | -- | -- | 56.5% | 5.8% |
| 75% or more | 34.8% | 62.3% | 48.0% | 28.6% | -- | -- | 54.9% | 10.9% |
| Union presence | ||||||||
| No union employees | 36.6% | 62.7% | 44.8% | 27.4% | -- | -- | 54.3% | 10.8% |
| Has union employees | 19.7% | 72.8% | 73.7% | 45.4% | -- | -- | 68.2% | 7.8% |
| Unknown | 7.9% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 67.3% | 6.1% |
| Percent low-wage employees | ||||||||
| 50% or more low-wage | 20.4% | 58.9% | 41.9% | 22.9% | -- | -- | 50.1% | 6.3% |
| Less than 50% low-wage | 37.2% | 63.9% | 47.1% | 30.0% | -- | -- | 55.8% | 11.4% |
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2014 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 few 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.
| 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 | 0.55% | 1.19% | 1.54% | 1.12% | 0.91% | 0.38% | 0.88% | 0.40% |
| Industry group ** | ||||||||
| Agric., fish., forest. | 6.01% | 7.42% | 16.67% | -- | -- | -- | 6.67% | 8.77% * |
| Mining and manufacturing | 2.17% | 4.99% | 5.18% | 3.18% | -- | -- | 3.24% | 1.54% |
| Construction | 2.47% | 3.59% | 4.54% | 4.65% | -- | -- | 2.74% | 4.35% |
| Utilities and transp. | 3.17% | 7.31% | 9.31% | 6.00% | -- | -- | 5.12% | 3.32% |
| Wholesale trade | 2.27% | 3.82% | 5.46% | 3.69% | -- | -- | 2.96% | 1.51% |
| Fin. svs. and real estate | 1.46% | 3.80% | 5.03% | 3.81% | -- | -- | 2.87% | 0.91% |
| Retail trade | 1.17% | 4.09% | 4.73% | 2.70% | -- | -- | 2.96% | 0.68% |
| Professional services | 1.15% | 2.03% | 2.75% | 2.20% | -- | -- | 1.56% | 0.89% |
| Other services | 1.31% | 2.79% | 3.38% | 2.43% | -- | -- | 1.96% | 0.98% |
| Ownership | ||||||||
| For profit, incorporated | 0.64% | 1.43% | 1.80% | 1.37% | -- | -- | 1.05% | 0.43% |
| For profit, unincorporated | 1.64% | 2.68% | 4.06% | 2.55% | -- | -- | 2.12% | 1.26% |
| Nonprofit | 1.62% | 3.56% | 4.29% | 2.90% | -- | -- | 2.45% | 1.55% |
| Age of firm | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | 2.52% | 3.23% | 5.68% | 4.07% | -- | -- | 2.75% | 3.06% |
| 5-9 years | 2.04% | 2.96% | 4.47% | 3.23% | -- | -- | 2.31% | 3.21% |
| 10-19 years | 1.46% | 2.31% | 2.96% | 2.44% | -- | -- | 1.72% | 1.83% |
| 20 or more years | 0.62% | 1.78% | 2.09% | 1.46% | -- | -- | 1.25% | 0.41% |
| Multi/single status | ||||||||
| 2 or more locations | 0.44% | 9.96% | 4.04% | 1.84% | -- | -- | 2.43% | 0.41% |
| 1 location only | 0.86% | 1.20% | 1.67% | 1.40% | -- | -- | 0.93% | 1.52% |
| Percent full-time employees | ||||||||
| Less than 25% | 2.34% | 5.07% | 7.85% | 4.84% | -- | -- | 3.89% | 1.90% |
| 25-49 % | 1.74% | 4.68% | 5.45% | 3.13% | -- | -- | 3.15% | 1.10% |
| 50-74 % | 1.43% | 2.80% | 4.17% | 3.22% | -- | -- | 2.26% | 0.71% |
| 75% or more | 0.69% | 1.41% | 1.77% | 1.33% | -- | -- | 1.03% | 0.53% |
| Union presence | ||||||||
| No union employees | 0.63% | 1.21% | 1.58% | 1.14% | -- | -- | 0.90% | 0.51% |
| Has union employees | 1.60% | 6.92% | 5.96% | 5.52% | -- | -- | 4.20% | 0.95% |
| Unknown | 1.03% | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 10.36% | 0.87% |
| Percent low-wage employees | ||||||||
| 50% or more low-wage | 0.98% | 3.03% | 4.21% | 2.33% | -- | -- | 2.21% | 0.61% |
| Less than 50% low-wage | 0.67% | 1.29% | 1.65% | 1.27% | -- | -- | 0.95% | 0.53% |
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2014 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 few 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.