Table I.B.2.a.(1) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in 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 75.0%    77.1%    71.5%    70.8%    72.7%    77.2%    72.1%    75.6%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 75.4%    90.5%    --    76.3%    71.5%    74.2%    79.1%    74.3%   
Mining and manufacturing 82.6%    77.9%    72.1%    75.0%    79.6%    87.5%    73.4%    83.9%   
Construction 75.9%    80.8%    75.1%    71.3%    77.2%    81.4%    74.2%    77.2%   
Utilities and transp. 81.7%    69.5%    74.5%    76.7%    64.2%    86.8%    73.6%    82.6%   
Wholesale trade 80.3%    77.9%    80.7%    76.0%    79.1%    82.8%    77.1%    81.3%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 80.6%    78.5%    77.4%    80.2%    79.8%    81.1%    78.3%    80.9%   
Retail trade 64.6%    70.1%    66.7%    64.0%    61.9%    64.8%    66.9%    64.2%   
Professional services 77.0%    75.5%    70.2%    70.8%    74.8%    80.1%    71.2%    78.1%   
Other services 62.8%    79.2%    64.9%    63.5%    58.2%    62.5%    67.8%    61.6%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 75.1%    77.3%    71.6%    71.1%    72.5%    77.0%    72.2%    75.6%   
For profit, unincorporated 70.1%    74.7%    70.5%    64.6%    69.7%    71.8%    69.7%    70.2%   
Nonprofit 78.7%    82.7%    72.3%    77.2%    75.4%    80.9%    75.5%    79.0%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 66.6%    77.8%    70.6%    62.6%    65.6%    48.4% * 71.2%    61.7%   
5-9 years 69.8%    77.4%    70.2%    69.2%    67.2%    65.0%    71.5%    68.5%   
10-19 years 70.9%    74.7%    70.0%    69.7%    68.8%    75.3%    70.4%    71.2%   
20 or more years 76.3%    78.4%    72.8%    73.1%    74.6%    77.4%    73.3%    76.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 76.5%    80.6%    76.6%    75.0%    74.1%    77.1%    74.4%    76.5%   
1 location only 71.8%    77.1%    71.2%    69.8%    70.8%    79.8%    71.9%    71.6%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 50.7%    88.1%    54.3%    52.1%    54.9%    44.5%    65.8%    47.5%   
25-49 % 57.9%    70.1%    59.7%    52.3%    58.1%    58.0%    58.6%    57.8%   
50-74 % 66.4%    78.2%    64.9%    62.0%    61.4%    67.8%    67.5%    66.3%   
75% or more 78.0%    77.0%    73.3%    73.3%    75.4%    80.8%    73.5%    78.8%   
Union presence
No union employees 73.7%    76.8%    71.1%    70.3%    71.3%    76.0%    71.6%    74.2%   
Has union employees 80.4%    84.9%    80.6%    79.3%    84.0%    79.9%    82.3%    80.4%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 55.8%    74.9%    50.2%    54.6%    51.3%    57.3%    57.4%    55.6%   
Less than 50% low-wage 78.2%    77.4%    73.2%    73.1%    76.8%    80.6%    73.6%    79.1%   

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.B.2.a.(1) Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in 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 0.29%    0.80%    0.90%    0.73%    0.69%    0.40%    0.55%    0.33%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 3.96%    3.32%    --    6.58%    8.47%    5.73%    5.33%    4.93%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.59%    3.57%    2.35%    1.59%    1.27%    0.63%    1.47%    0.62%   
Construction 1.28%    2.31%    2.54%    2.37%    2.81%    2.69%    1.74%    1.81%   
Utilities and transp. 1.30%    4.45%    3.50%    4.57%    3.44%    1.04%    3.03%    1.37%   
Wholesale trade 1.05%    3.17%    1.82%    1.83%    1.79%    2.00%    1.48%    1.30%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.65%    2.16%    2.28%    1.69%    1.35%    0.83%    1.26%    0.70%   
Retail trade 0.76%    2.80%    3.35%    1.72%    2.29%    0.97%    1.69%    0.84%   
Professional services 0.45%    1.42%    1.52%    1.40%    1.00%    0.60%    0.96%    0.50%   
Other services 0.89%    1.77%    2.75%    2.14%    2.22%    1.23%    1.55%    1.04%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.35%    0.97%    1.07%    0.84%    0.84%    0.47%    0.65%    0.39%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.05%    1.79%    2.00%    2.07%    2.43%    1.72%    1.26%    1.31%   
Nonprofit 0.51%    2.07%    2.68%    1.70%    0.92%    0.68%    1.55%    0.54%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.89%    2.38%    3.11%    2.73%    3.98%    15.17% * 1.61%    3.41%   
5-9 years 1.59%    1.98%    3.32%    2.64%    3.36%    5.67%    1.64%    2.50%   
10-19 years 0.81%    1.56%    1.64%    1.51%    1.71%    1.95%    1.09%    1.12%   
20 or more years 0.32%    1.15%    1.20%    0.89%    0.76%    0.40%    0.75%    0.34%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.34%    7.68%    2.04%    1.11%    0.75%    0.40%    1.44%    0.34%   
1 location only 0.54%    0.80%    0.95%    0.86%    1.23%    4.11%    0.58%    0.90%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.31%    2.92%    10.33%    6.06%    5.67%    2.77%    5.18%    2.55%   
25-49 % 1.49%    4.23%    5.36%    3.45%    4.08%    1.86%    2.87%    1.66%   
50-74 % 0.86%    1.84%    2.67%    2.37%    2.19%    1.11%    1.44%    0.98%   
75% or more 0.30%    0.92%    0.94%    0.75%    0.69%    0.40%    0.59%    0.34%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.33%    0.81%    0.90%    0.73%    0.72%    0.50%    0.55%    0.39%   
Has union employees 0.61%    4.84%    5.34%    3.77%    1.74%    0.66%    3.31%    0.62%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.91%    2.70%    4.24%    2.24%    1.99%    1.19%    2.15%    0.99%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.28%    0.84%    0.87%    0.74%    0.63%    0.38%    0.54%    0.32%   

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.