Table I.A.2.d Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2015
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 50.2%    20.0%    29.9%    45.1%    61.4%    83.3%    25.5%    73.6%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 21.8%    11.0% * --    44.8%    37.8%    63.8%    14.6% * 50.3%   
Mining and manufacturing 39.6%    12.8% * 21.6%    43.7%    60.4%    77.7%    23.0%    63.0%   
Construction 34.0%    22.4%    39.7%    49.9%    43.9%    78.8%    29.8%    55.5%   
Utilities and transp. 53.9%    17.2% * 22.8% * 31.1%    63.7%    81.5%    20.9%    75.2%   
Wholesale trade 45.2%    21.6%    29.5%    39.2%    54.0%    83.5%    26.0%    67.3%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 57.4%    22.8%    40.3%    51.4%    67.4%    72.7%    30.2%    69.7%   
Retail trade 65.1%    21.1%    25.4%    45.4%    58.8%    86.3%    25.7%    79.9%   
Professional services 45.2%    20.1%    31.1%    49.1%    64.4%    85.7%    25.4%    73.4%   
Other services 49.6%    19.3%    26.7%    40.1%    59.9%    89.6%    23.6%    76.5%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 52.8%    18.7%    30.0%    45.4%    61.1%    85.7%    25.1%    76.6%   
For profit, unincorporated 41.1%    22.4%    30.6%    49.7%    60.5%    66.1%    26.7%    62.8%   
Nonprofit 45.3%    24.1%    28.5%    38.4%    63.0%    79.8%    26.0%    64.0%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 35.5%    26.0%    47.9%    51.5%    63.7%    90.1%    32.5%    60.3%   
5-9 years 32.9%    21.1%    33.2%    53.9%    63.9%    86.7%    26.0%    67.0%   
10-19 years 32.7%    17.1%    29.4%    44.4%    65.2%    75.2%    23.3%    62.2%   
20 or more years 58.5%    19.5%    26.1%    43.2%    60.5%    83.6%    24.7%    75.2%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 72.7%    20.5% * 29.2%    45.3%    62.1%    83.4%    33.0%    75.7%   
1 location only 27.4%    20.0%    30.0%    45.0%    56.7%    70.4%    24.9%    52.5%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 58.6%    19.0%    25.1%    36.0%    63.0%    88.4%    23.3%    77.3%   
25-49 % 56.9%    18.6%    19.8%    38.9%    61.6%    85.7%    22.8%    76.0%   
50-74 % 53.9%    21.8%    23.3%    43.0%    62.4%    88.2%    24.5%    79.6%   
75% or more 47.8%    19.8%    32.3%    46.8%    61.0%    80.6%    26.1%    71.3%   
Union presence
No union employees 46.7%    19.6%    29.9%    45.1%    60.9%    80.7%    25.2%    70.5%   
Has union employees 78.0%    30.7%    30.5%    45.3%    70.4%    90.8%    32.1%    87.7%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 59.1%    12.8%    22.5%    39.6%    61.0%    85.5%    19.0%    75.9%   
Less than 50% low-wage 47.5%    21.3%    30.8%    46.5%    61.6%    82.2%    26.6%    72.6%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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.A.2.d Standard errors for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2015
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 0.58%    1.11%    1.50%    1.33%    1.22%    0.83%    0.82%    0.66%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 4.64%    5.89% * --    11.15%    11.01%    16.65%    5.28% * 8.07%   
Mining and manufacturing 2.06%    3.97% * 3.99%    3.77%    3.47%    3.09%    2.61%    2.40%   
Construction 2.53%    3.81%    5.09%    4.73%    7.06%    8.71%    2.86%    4.49%   
Utilities and transp. 3.17%    6.29% * 7.65% * 8.21%    6.46%    3.62%    4.46%    3.15%   
Wholesale trade 2.25%    4.31%    4.99%    4.69%    4.72%    2.74%    2.99%    2.61%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.71%    3.80%    5.92%    4.12%    3.00%    2.44%    2.95%    1.86%   
Retail trade 1.51%    3.83%    4.72%    4.01%    3.66%    1.47%    2.77%    1.39%   
Professional services 1.19%    1.91%    2.68%    2.55%    2.16%    1.62%    1.47%    1.31%   
Other services 1.37%    2.31%    3.31%    2.97%    2.79%    1.40%    1.72%    1.40%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.68%    1.31%    1.76%    1.61%    1.56%    0.80%    0.97%    0.71%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.59%    2.52%    3.84%    3.42%    3.19%    3.72%    1.97%    2.38%   
Nonprofit 1.68%    3.61%    4.31%    3.32%    2.56%    2.99%    2.46%    1.87%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.51%    3.32%    5.43%    5.17%    8.00%    6.41%    2.71%    6.00%   
5-9 years 2.10%    2.82%    4.71%    4.35%    5.16%    6.85%    2.29%    3.69%   
10-19 years 1.32%    1.93%    2.79%    2.74%    2.98%    4.27%    1.48%    2.21%   
20 or more years 0.69%    1.71%    1.98%    1.72%    1.41%    0.85%    1.17%    0.71%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.69%    8.87% * 4.17%    2.27%    1.37%    0.83%    2.60%    0.70%   
1 location only 0.80%    1.12%    1.60%    1.62%    2.25%    4.51%    0.86%    1.78%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.45%    5.23%    7.26%    5.33%    4.29%    2.38%    3.76%    2.25%   
25-49 % 2.02%    4.14%    4.75%    4.74%    4.03%    2.02%    2.98%    1.91%   
50-74 % 1.63%    2.85%    3.57%    4.06%    3.37%    1.68%    2.13%    1.59%   
75% or more 0.71%    1.30%    1.77%    1.54%    1.47%    1.14%    0.96%    0.85%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.62%    1.11%    1.53%    1.37%    1.26%    1.02%    0.83%    0.75%   
Has union employees 1.59%    7.27%    7.16%    5.77%    4.56%    1.20%    4.83%    1.20%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.23%    2.26%    3.81%    3.09%    2.31%    1.25%    1.84%    1.13%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.68%    1.24%    1.61%    1.48%    1.44%    1.08%    0.90%    0.83%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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.