Table I.E.3(2014) Percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in employee-plus-one coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2014
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 26.9%    23.1%    28.6%    33.4%    29.3%    25.2%    28.8%    26.7%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 25.3%    --    --    --    --    --    --    25.1%   
Mining and manufacturing 23.2%    18.9%    26.4%    31.9%    23.6%    21.2%    26.4%    22.9%   
Construction 29.5%    24.2%    32.4%    37.9%    27.8%    21.1%    31.8%    27.8%   
Utilities and transp. 25.7%    --    29.2%    29.5%    27.8%    24.9%    25.9%    25.7%   
Wholesale trade 25.2%    17.8%    16.7%    32.8%    26.9%    23.5%    24.1%    25.5%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 25.2%    19.4%    29.8%    26.7%    29.4%    24.1%    26.4%    25.1%   
Retail trade 33.2%    21.1%    28.9%    46.6%    45.8%    29.8%    31.2%    33.4%   
Professional services 27.3%    26.8%    34.8%    32.1%    31.9%    25.0%    31.7%    26.9%   
Other services 30.6%    25.4%    24.8%    34.8%    31.4%    30.8%    28.0%    31.2%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 27.3%    23.9%    29.2%    34.3%    30.6%    25.3%    29.1%    27.0%   
For profit, unincorporated 28.5%    19.5%    29.2%    36.1%    28.6%    27.1%    29.0%    28.4%   
Nonprofit 24.8%    24.4%    23.5%    26.4%    26.2%    24.1%    26.1%    24.7%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 28.4%    26.1%    29.1%    44.0%    27.7%    15.4% * 32.5%    26.0%   
5-9 years 30.0%    30.5%    35.5%    35.3%    24.8%    25.8%    32.5%    28.3%   
10-19 years 29.6%    22.2%    29.4%    33.8%    29.9%    27.8%    29.0%    29.9%   
20 or more years 26.4%    20.5%    27.0%    31.9%    29.7%    25.2%    27.1%    26.4%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 25.9%    --    26.9%    31.4%    27.8%    25.3%    32.1%    25.8%   
1 location only 30.1%    22.9%    28.7%    34.1%    31.5%    22.7%    28.4%    31.3%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 31.5%    --    --    28.6% * 33.1%    32.6%    28.8% * 32.1%   
25-49 % 31.0%    26.5%    22.8% * 31.2%    36.4%    30.1%    27.6%    31.4%   
50-74 % 28.3%    26.1%    31.0%    31.8%    29.5%    27.8%    29.0%    28.2%   
75% or more 26.5%    22.1%    28.6%    33.7%    29.0%    24.4%    28.8%    26.2%   
Union presence
No union employees 29.0%    23.3%    28.8%    34.5%    31.4%    26.6%    29.2%    29.0%   
Has union employees 21.4%    --    25.1% * 22.4%    18.3%    21.8%    21.6%    21.4%   
Unknown 26.6%    --    --    --    30.2%    26.6%    --    26.6%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 32.1%    26.5%    22.4% * 31.5%    34.9%    32.2%    28.0%    32.5%   
Less than 50% low-wage 26.3%    22.7%    29.0%    33.5%    28.8%    24.1%    28.8%    25.9%   

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.

 

Table I.E.3(2014) Standard error for percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in employee-plus-one coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2014
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 0.35%    1.82%    1.37%    0.93%    1.13%    0.37%    0.82%    0.38%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 3.55%    --    --    --    --    --    --    3.77%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.60%    4.79%    3.68%    2.30%    1.19%    0.68%    1.96%    0.63%   
Construction 2.01%    5.11%    3.33%    3.67%    5.53%    2.55%    2.42%    2.90%   
Utilities and transp. 1.11%    --    7.33%    4.90%    2.51%    1.29%    3.93%    1.16%   
Wholesale trade 1.08%    5.26%    2.91%    2.13%    1.97%    1.78%    2.09%    1.25%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.53%    5.59%    4.61%    2.76%    1.43%    0.54%    3.09%    0.51%   
Retail trade 0.93%    5.25%    3.44%    3.93%    2.11%    1.01%    2.56%    1.00%   
Professional services 0.84%    3.58%    2.56%    1.75%    3.04%    0.81%    1.64%    0.92%   
Other services 0.85%    3.74%    3.64%    2.11%    2.25%    1.07%    2.09%    0.94%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.44%    2.11%    1.58%    1.13%    1.63%    0.44%    0.97%    0.48%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.98%    4.25%    3.55%    2.73%    2.33%    1.13%    2.12%    1.11%   
Nonprofit 0.64%    6.27%    4.27%    1.85%    1.17%    0.86%    2.38%    0.67%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.28%    5.30%    4.62%    4.16%    2.40%    5.10% * 3.08%    2.89%   
5-9 years 1.88%    5.58%    3.18%    3.23%    3.24%    3.56%    2.35%    2.61%   
10-19 years 0.97%    3.21%    3.11%    2.02%    1.70%    1.96%    1.69%    1.19%   
20 or more years 0.39%    2.49%    1.71%    1.12%    1.47%    0.38%    1.08%    0.41%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.33%    --    3.58%    1.42%    0.74%    0.37%    2.28%    0.33%   
1 location only 0.98%    1.79%    1.44%    1.16%    2.49%    2.25%    0.88%    1.59%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.63%    --    --    10.13% * 3.28%    2.40%    10.11% * 2.50%   
25-49 % 1.10%    7.67%    6.97% * 3.19%    2.25%    1.39%    3.85%    1.14%   
50-74 % 1.09%    5.28%    4.72%    2.88%    1.34%    1.43%    2.92%    1.18%   
75% or more 0.38%    1.89%    1.47%    1.01%    1.28%    0.37%    0.87%    0.42%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.45%    1.85%    1.37%    0.99%    1.22%    0.45%    0.84%    0.51%   
Has union employees 0.60%    --    8.90% * 2.62%    2.10%    0.61%    4.83%    0.60%   
Unknown 0.98%    --    --    --    3.68%    1.00%    --    0.98%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.18%    7.15%    7.13% * 3.92%    1.63%    1.46%    3.78%    1.23%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.36%    1.84%    1.35%    0.95%    1.22%    0.34%    0.83%    0.39%   

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.