Table I.B.2.a Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance 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 76.0%    80.3%    79.9%    76.9%    76.8%    74.8%    79.1%    75.4%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 72.5%    86.0%    --    81.7%    78.7%    56.9%    78.5%    70.8%   
Mining and manufacturing 93.6%    93.4%    90.4%    94.2%    94.0%    93.5%    92.4%    93.8%   
Construction 86.1%    83.9%    85.9%    87.3%    86.4%    84.8%    85.4%    86.7%   
Utilities and transp. 81.6%    83.5%    89.2%    86.6%    87.5%    79.6%    88.7%    80.9%   
Wholesale trade 90.6%    88.4%    90.1%    91.0%    92.2%    90.1%    89.3%    91.0%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 91.3%    88.3%    89.0%    86.5%    92.1%    91.8%    87.5%    91.7%   
Retail trade 57.6%    73.9%    75.7%    77.8%    72.0%    50.9%    74.9%    55.6%   
Professional services 80.5%    81.5%    81.6%    79.6%    76.3%    82.4%    81.5%    80.3%   
Other services 57.9%    70.0%    64.2%    53.0%    54.3%    59.2%    62.4%    57.0%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 77.0%    82.2%    82.2%    80.7%    79.8%    74.5%    81.9%    76.1%   
For profit, unincorporated 72.6%    81.9%    80.2%    65.6%    74.7%    71.4%    75.3%    71.8%   
Nonprofit 73.9%    64.0%    63.3%    71.9%    69.7%    78.1%    66.4%    74.8%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 73.6%    84.8%    80.4%    72.5%    71.0%    50.0%    81.1%    67.0%   
5-9 years 75.9%    84.9%    77.8%    67.5%    80.2%    65.1%    76.1%    75.7%   
10-19 years 76.2%    79.0%    79.5%    78.2%    76.1%    69.8%    78.7%    74.8%   
20 or more years 76.1%    78.0%    80.4%    78.9%    76.9%    75.1%    79.6%    75.7%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 75.7%    82.2%    79.9%    81.0%    77.5%    75.0%    78.3%    75.7%   
1 location only 76.6%    80.3%    79.9%    75.9%    75.8%    65.2%    79.2%    74.3%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 27.5%    43.8%    27.1%    23.6%    24.4%    29.2%    30.8%    26.8%   
25-49 % 41.0%    42.1%    45.8%    39.9%    41.2%    40.8%    43.3%    40.7%   
50-74 % 62.6%    67.5%    65.2%    60.7%    63.6%    62.0%    64.4%    62.3%   
75% or more 87.1%    89.6%    89.4%    88.7%    88.5%    85.7%    89.1%    86.7%   
Union presence
No union employees 76.4%    80.4%    80.0%    76.6%    76.1%    75.6%    79.2%    75.8%   
Has union employees 74.2%    78.7%    77.7%    80.6%    82.4%    72.8%    77.5%    74.1%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 48.4%    58.0%    47.4%    48.0%    50.7%    47.2%    51.9%    48.0%   
Less than 50% low-wage 83.8%    83.8%    84.3%    83.8%    85.2%    83.2%    83.8%    83.8%   

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.

-- 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.B.2.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance 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 0.38%    0.86%    0.97%    0.91%    0.81%    0.57%    0.59%    0.44%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 5.17%    3.39%    --    5.22%    8.07%    10.37%    4.01%    6.49%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.66%    1.92%    1.62%    0.73%    1.66%    0.85%    0.87%    0.75%   
Construction 1.43%    2.17%    3.05%    2.17%    3.60%    3.97%    1.60%    2.20%   
Utilities and transp. 2.34%    4.83%    3.09%    5.99%    2.84%    3.11%    2.11%    2.58%   
Wholesale trade 0.86%    2.35%    1.77%    1.70%    1.40%    1.59%    1.43%    1.03%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.64%    1.62%    1.84%    1.79%    0.91%    0.86%    1.24%    0.70%   
Retail trade 0.99%    3.05%    2.53%    2.07%    2.33%    1.19%    1.62%    1.08%   
Professional services 0.53%    1.38%    1.33%    1.38%    1.30%    0.70%    0.82%    0.61%   
Other services 0.89%    2.22%    2.82%    2.13%    2.00%    1.30%    1.63%    1.02%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.47%    1.01%    1.07%    1.01%    1.06%    0.68%    0.63%    0.55%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.05%    1.75%    2.15%    2.50%    1.84%    1.85%    1.69%    1.26%   
Nonprofit 0.75%    3.12%    3.50%    2.11%    1.43%    0.99%    1.97%    0.81%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.56%    2.32%    2.82%    3.02%    4.35%    11.91%    1.71%    4.06%   
5-9 years 1.61%    1.77%    3.04%    3.65%    2.55%    3.95%    2.17%    2.31%   
10-19 years 1.01%    1.58%    2.00%    1.74%    2.12%    2.64%    1.15%    1.43%   
20 or more years 0.43%    1.39%    1.28%    1.13%    0.93%    0.57%    0.78%    0.47%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.47%    6.02%    2.81%    1.32%    0.88%    0.56%    1.72%    0.48%   
1 location only 0.67%    0.86%    1.01%    1.07%    1.43%    4.67%    0.63%    1.12%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.35%    5.13%    5.02%    2.83%    2.81%    2.00%    2.90%    1.51%   
25-49 % 0.95%    2.91%    3.03%    2.31%    2.37%    1.24%    1.79%    1.05%   
50-74 % 0.83%    1.50%    1.36%    1.28%    1.08%    1.28%    0.96%    0.96%   
75% or more 0.35%    0.66%    0.78%    0.74%    0.75%    0.53%    0.48%    0.41%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.41%    0.87%    0.96%    0.93%    0.85%    0.66%    0.60%    0.49%   
Has union employees 0.97%    4.29%    6.28%    3.82%    2.39%    1.09%    3.42%    1.00%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.80%    2.81%    3.52%    2.14%    1.77%    1.03%    1.95%    0.86%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.37%    0.79%    0.81%    0.86%    0.76%    0.56%    0.52%    0.44%   

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.

-- 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.