Table I.B.2.c Percent of private-sector employees working in establishments 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 70.2%    22.7%    31.6%    47.4%    64.6%    85.1%    33.6%    77.0%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 60.9%    12.6% * --    55.1%    53.4%    86.7%    36.6% * 67.6%   
Mining and manufacturing 65.0%    17.4%    22.7%    47.5%    63.5%    76.2%    32.4%    69.7%   
Construction 52.3%    21.0%    41.8%    52.6%    54.0%    84.1%    40.3%    61.6%   
Utilities and transp. 74.1%    30.2% * 23.7% * 42.5%    60.3%    83.2%    30.6%    78.6%   
Wholesale trade 63.8%    27.6%    31.7%    38.7%    57.6%    88.2%    34.1%    73.1%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 78.4%    25.2%    44.3%    49.4%    71.4%    87.5%    40.1%    82.9%   
Retail trade 76.2%    20.7%    24.7%    50.3%    66.2%    86.2%    30.8%    81.4%   
Professional services 69.8%    22.1%    32.7%    53.2%    65.6%    83.4%    33.1%    76.5%   
Other services 70.6%    23.7%    29.1%    39.7%    66.5%    89.3%    30.5%    78.7%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 71.5%    20.8%    31.2%    47.6%    63.9%    86.1%    33.4%    78.5%   
For profit, unincorporated 66.4%    27.7%    33.9%    52.3%    65.6%    86.3%    37.3%    75.0%   
Nonprofit 67.4%    25.4%    30.9%    39.5%    65.8%    79.0%    28.6%    71.9%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 54.7%    28.2%    47.4%    55.8%    63.7%    91.2%    44.8%    63.6%   
5-9 years 54.8%    27.0%    31.3%    59.2%    69.0%    72.4%    34.1%    70.6%   
10-19 years 54.3%    19.6%    31.5%    47.8%    63.4%    82.2%    32.4%    66.5%   
20 or more years 74.1%    21.5%    28.7%    43.4%    64.5%    85.3%    31.7%    78.7%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 80.4%    21.9% * 32.0%    47.5%    66.2%    85.4%    35.0%    81.1%   
1 location only 47.3%    22.7%    31.5%    47.4%    62.5%    75.2%    33.5%    59.7%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 66.3%    22.7%    30.1% * 38.2%    57.3%    86.8%    30.0%    73.1%   
25-49 % 68.4%    19.0%    17.2%    36.1%    64.8%    83.0%    24.2%    74.6%   
50-74 % 73.5%    22.6%    24.1%    42.1%    61.9%    90.3%    31.2%    80.8%   
75% or more 70.1%    23.2%    34.3%    50.5%    65.6%    84.1%    35.3%    76.8%   
Union presence
No union employees 66.1%    22.7%    30.9%    47.0%    63.6%    82.7%    33.4%    73.6%   
Has union employees 86.4%    24.3%    45.1%    54.1%    73.8%    90.6%    38.4%    88.1%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 68.6%    17.4%    27.8%    37.2%    59.5%    82.7%    29.0%    73.2%   
Less than 50% low-wage 70.7%    23.6%    32.1%    49.9%    66.2%    85.9%    34.4%    78.2%   

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.c Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees working in establishments 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 0.54%    1.48%    1.64%    1.52%    1.29%    0.65%    1.07%    0.59%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.03%    7.09% * --    13.27%    14.71%    9.12%    12.67% * 8.22%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.69%    5.20%    4.21%    3.94%    3.37%    2.19%    3.32%    1.81%   
Construction 3.05%    3.83%    5.41%    5.42%    7.11%    5.54%    3.97%    4.30%   
Utilities and transp. 3.29%    9.87% * 7.96% * 9.54%    7.82%    3.72%    6.34%    3.42%   
Wholesale trade 2.22%    7.83%    5.44%    5.18%    5.10%    2.17%    3.83%    2.48%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.43%    6.05%    6.44%    5.36%    3.43%    1.55%    3.93%    1.45%   
Retail trade 1.36%    3.97%    5.31%    4.50%    4.07%    1.50%    3.28%    1.42%   
Professional services 1.03%    2.33%    2.85%    2.81%    2.26%    1.36%    1.82%    1.14%   
Other services 1.23%    3.04%    3.79%    3.30%    2.91%    1.32%    2.23%    1.35%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.62%    1.79%    1.89%    1.80%    1.66%    0.72%    1.29%    0.68%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.58%    3.28%    4.25%    4.04%    3.36%    1.87%    2.52%    1.86%   
Nonprofit 1.49%    4.27%    5.29%    3.82%    2.69%    2.13%    2.85%    1.60%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.96%    3.99%    5.62%    6.19%    8.21%    7.69%    3.91%    6.42%   
5-9 years 2.58%    3.80%    4.79%    4.61%    4.78%    10.44%    2.94%    3.51%   
10-19 years 1.61%    2.74%    3.12%    2.99%    3.19%    3.92%    1.98%    2.17%   
20 or more years 0.59%    2.30%    2.23%    1.94%    1.51%    0.66%    1.47%    0.62%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.59%    10.76% * 5.25%    2.67%    1.47%    0.65%    3.05%    0.59%   
1 location only 1.09%    1.49%    1.71%    1.78%    2.28%    6.44%    1.13%    1.73%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.36%    6.48%    9.76% * 5.93%    4.93%    2.60%    4.95%    2.58%   
25-49 % 1.95%    4.46%    4.13%    4.78%    4.49%    2.30%    3.33%    2.07%   
50-74 % 1.42%    3.13%    3.93%    4.88%    3.84%    1.18%    2.65%    1.53%   
75% or more 0.64%    1.84%    1.90%    1.73%    1.51%    0.82%    1.27%    0.70%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.63%    1.52%    1.65%    1.57%    1.36%    0.84%    1.09%    0.71%   
Has union employees 0.97%    6.84%    9.12%    6.27%    3.97%    0.97%    5.32%    0.97%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.25%    3.48%    5.26%    3.38%    2.76%    1.53%    2.91%    1.34%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.60%    1.62%    1.72%    1.70%    1.45%    0.71%    1.15%    0.66%   

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.