Table I.B.2.b Percent of private-sector employees 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 57.0%    61.9%    57.1%    54.5%    55.8%    57.7%    57.0%    57.0%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 54.7%    77.8%    --    62.3%    56.3%    42.2%    62.1%    52.6%   
Mining and manufacturing 77.3%    72.8%    65.2%    70.6%    74.8%    81.9%    67.8%    78.7%   
Construction 65.4%    67.8%    64.5%    62.2%    66.7%    69.0%    63.3%    66.9%   
Utilities and transp. 66.7%    58.1%    66.4%    66.4%    56.2%    69.1%    65.2%    66.8%   
Wholesale trade 72.8%    68.9%    72.7%    69.1%    73.0%    74.6%    68.8%    74.0%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 73.6%    69.3%    68.9%    69.4%    73.6%    74.5%    68.5%    74.2%   
Retail trade 37.2%    51.8%    50.5%    49.8%    44.6%    33.0%    50.1%    35.7%   
Professional services 62.0%    61.5%    57.3%    56.3%    57.1%    66.0%    58.0%    62.7%   
Other services 36.3%    55.5%    41.6%    33.7%    31.6%    37.0%    42.3%    35.1%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 57.8%    63.5%    58.8%    57.4%    57.8%    57.4%    59.2%    57.6%   
For profit, unincorporated 50.9%    61.2%    56.5%    42.4%    52.1%    51.3%    52.4%    50.4%   
Nonprofit 58.2%    52.9%    45.8%    55.5%    52.6%    63.2%    50.1%    59.1%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 49.0%    66.0%    56.8%    45.4%    46.6%    24.2% * 57.7%    41.3%   
5-9 years 52.9%    65.7%    54.6%    46.7%    53.9%    42.4%    54.4%    51.8%   
10-19 years 54.0%    59.1%    55.7%    54.5%    52.4%    52.5%    55.4%    53.2%   
20 or more years 58.0%    61.1%    58.5%    57.6%    57.3%    58.1%    58.4%    58.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 57.9%    66.2%    61.2%    60.7%    57.5%    57.8%    58.2%    57.9%   
1 location only 55.0%    61.9%    56.9%    53.0%    53.6%    52.0%    56.9%    53.3%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 13.9%    38.6%    14.7%    12.3%    13.4%    13.0%    20.3%    12.8%   
25-49 % 23.7%    29.5%    27.4%    20.9%    23.9%    23.7%    25.4%    23.5%   
50-74 % 41.6%    52.8%    42.3%    37.6%    39.1%    42.1%    43.5%    41.3%   
75% or more 67.9%    69.0%    65.6%    65.0%    66.7%    69.2%    65.5%    68.4%   
Union presence
No union employees 56.3%    61.7%    56.8%    53.9%    54.3%    57.5%    56.7%    56.2%   
Has union employees 59.7%    66.8%    62.6%    63.9%    69.2%    58.2%    63.7%    59.5%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 27.0%    43.4%    23.8%    26.2%    26.0%    27.0%    29.8%    26.7%   
Less than 50% low-wage 65.5%    64.8%    61.7%    61.3%    65.5%    67.1%    61.7%    66.3%   

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.b Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees 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 0.39%    0.92%    0.99%    0.88%    0.83%    0.58%    0.61%    0.45%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 5.16%    3.79%    --    7.65%    9.44%    9.52%    5.44%    6.41%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.79%    3.47%    2.50%    1.56%    1.77%    0.96%    1.50%    0.86%   
Construction 1.57%    2.41%    3.12%    2.61%    3.77%    4.30%    1.81%    2.39%   
Utilities and transp. 2.31%    5.38%    3.91%    5.99%    3.71%    2.91%    3.16%    2.53%   
Wholesale trade 1.14%    3.41%    2.03%    2.16%    1.86%    2.13%    1.71%    1.40%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.83%    2.40%    2.43%    2.33%    1.54%    1.09%    1.53%    0.91%   
Retail trade 0.70%    2.93%    2.77%    1.77%    2.01%    0.82%    1.57%    0.75%   
Professional services 0.58%    1.59%    1.56%    1.59%    1.36%    0.75%    0.99%    0.66%   
Other services 0.78%    2.08%    2.42%    1.79%    1.58%    1.18%    1.43%    0.89%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.49%    1.11%    1.14%    1.02%    1.09%    0.70%    0.70%    0.56%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.11%    2.03%    2.25%    2.20%    2.34%    1.92%    1.58%    1.36%   
Nonprofit 0.71%    2.73%    3.19%    2.22%    1.27%    0.93%    1.91%    0.76%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.66%    2.86%    3.28%    2.71%    4.45%    13.23% * 1.84%    4.15%   
5-9 years 1.75%    2.16%    3.34%    3.39%    3.48%    5.18%    2.06%    2.67%   
10-19 years 0.99%    1.67%    1.87%    1.72%    2.10%    2.53%    1.15%    1.39%   
20 or more years 0.44%    1.39%    1.34%    1.13%    0.94%    0.57%    0.83%    0.47%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.48%    7.79%    2.83%    1.36%    0.95%    0.57%    1.77%    0.48%   
1 location only 0.67%    0.93%    1.04%    1.04%    1.40%    6.08%    0.64%    1.12%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 0.79%    4.87%    3.16%    1.45%    2.13%    0.91%    2.11%    0.85%   
25-49 % 0.74%    2.67%    2.18%    1.27%    1.42%    1.09%    1.27%    0.82%   
50-74 % 0.75%    1.54%    1.71%    1.65%    1.54%    1.08%    1.04%    0.86%   
75% or more 0.39%    0.97%    1.00%    0.88%    0.86%    0.58%    0.63%    0.45%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.42%    0.94%    0.99%    0.89%    0.84%    0.68%    0.62%    0.50%   
Has union employees 1.01%    5.17%    6.13%    4.24%    2.74%    1.12%    3.65%    1.04%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.62%    2.50%    2.08%    1.62%    1.24%    0.86%    1.42%    0.68%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.39%    0.93%    0.94%    0.90%    0.81%    0.58%    0.59%    0.45%   

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.