Table I.B.3.b.(1) Percent of private-sector full-time 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 89.3%    92.4%    92.3%    92.0%    91.7%    87.2%    92.0%    88.8%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 79.3%    88.7%    --    88.5%    94.6%    57.7%    88.4%    77.0%   
Mining and manufacturing 95.1%    96.5%    94.8%    96.9%    95.4%    94.4%    95.9%    94.9%   
Construction 88.1%    87.9%    90.2%    89.3%    87.2%    85.1%    89.3%    87.3%   
Utilities and transp. 89.1%    90.8%    97.6%    98.7%    96.7%    86.5%    96.6%    88.4%   
Wholesale trade 94.8%    94.4%    95.1%    96.7%    95.7%    93.7%    95.0%    94.8%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 96.1%    95.2%    97.8%    94.5%    97.3%    95.9%    94.6%    96.2%   
Retail trade 82.0%    91.6%    88.8%    93.3%    92.7%    76.6%    90.9%    80.7%   
Professional services 91.1%    93.3%    94.4%    94.1%    93.2%    89.1%    94.3%    90.5%   
Other services 80.5%    90.8%    85.8%    82.6%    80.7%    78.5%    85.9%    79.4%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 89.6%    92.4%    92.5%    93.2%    92.2%    87.4%    92.6%    89.0%   
For profit, unincorporated 88.2%    92.4%    93.3%    85.9%    92.0%    85.0%    90.7%    87.4%   
Nonprofit 88.9%    92.6%    88.4%    92.7%    90.0%    87.5%    90.1%    88.8%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 92.3%    95.8%    94.9%    91.0%    90.0%    93.6%    94.8%    89.7%   
5-9 years 91.8%    94.2%    91.7%    90.2%    93.6%    81.7%    91.1%    92.4%   
10-19 years 89.6%    91.0%    91.9%    91.1%    92.4%    80.7%    91.6%    88.6%   
20 or more years 89.0%    91.5%    92.1%    92.9%    91.4%    87.5%    91.9%    88.7%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 88.5%    85.9%    95.2%    93.2%    92.2%    87.4%    91.3%    88.4%   
1 location only 91.2%    92.5%    92.1%    91.7%    91.1%    80.4%    92.1%    90.3%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 88.8%    98.6%    84.6%    89.0%    88.6%    88.7%    89.4%    88.7%   
25-49 % 88.4%    87.9%    89.4%    87.0%    90.7%    87.8%    89.3%    88.3%   
50-74 % 87.5%    92.3%    92.5%    90.8%    92.5%    84.7%    91.0%    86.9%   
75% or more 89.6%    92.5%    92.4%    92.4%    91.7%    87.6%    92.3%    89.1%   
Union presence
No union employees 90.8%    92.5%    93.0%    92.5%    92.0%    89.2%    92.6%    90.4%   
Has union employees 83.7%    89.7%    79.3%    84.8%    89.2%    82.9%    81.6%    83.7%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 77.9%    86.2%    79.4%    83.4%    81.7%    74.9%    84.5%    77.1%   
Less than 50% low-wage 91.4%    93.1%    93.3%    93.3%    93.8%    89.6%    92.9%    91.1%   

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.

-- 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.3.b.(1) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time 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 0.32%    0.56%    0.72%    0.64%    0.67%    0.49%    0.42%    0.38%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 5.44%    3.42%    --    4.58%    2.40%    10.53%    3.16%    6.74%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.67%    1.23%    1.38%    0.59%    1.68%    0.85%    0.69%    0.75%   
Construction 1.48%    2.17%    3.14%    2.27%    3.67%    4.00%    1.68%    2.24%   
Utilities and transp. 1.66%    4.30%    1.06%    0.41%    0.95%    2.25%    1.03%    1.83%   
Wholesale trade 0.70%    1.57%    1.25%    1.07%    1.01%    1.36%    0.96%    0.86%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.38%    1.08%    0.75%    1.37%    0.47%    0.50%    1.03%    0.41%   
Retail trade 1.39%    1.76%    2.68%    1.47%    1.38%    1.94%    1.24%    1.56%   
Professional services 0.40%    0.88%    0.90%    0.90%    0.66%    0.63%    0.51%    0.46%   
Other services 1.01%    1.56%    2.26%    2.36%    2.49%    1.41%    1.39%    1.17%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.40%    0.65%    0.81%    0.64%    0.91%    0.59%    0.46%    0.46%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.89%    1.37%    1.39%    2.35%    1.17%    1.68%    1.21%    1.09%   
Nonprofit 0.63%    1.72%    3.32%    1.62%    1.26%    0.86%    1.66%    0.68%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.07%    0.96%    1.42%    1.84%    2.91%    4.31%    0.82%    1.95%   
5-9 years 0.98%    1.02%    2.00%    2.25%    1.53%    5.44%    1.47%    1.30%   
10-19 years 0.86%    1.27%    1.58%    1.61%    1.46%    2.58%    0.90%    1.23%   
20 or more years 0.38%    0.90%    0.97%    0.74%    0.83%    0.50%    0.56%    0.41%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.41%    6.37%    1.16%    0.98%    0.69%    0.50%    1.34%    0.42%   
1 location only 0.51%    0.56%    0.76%    0.76%    1.24%    3.17%    0.44%    0.88%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.24%    1.09%    5.03%    3.16%    2.30%    1.83%    2.91%    1.37%   
25-49 % 0.88%    4.08%    3.08%    2.48%    1.78%    1.20%    1.96%    0.97%   
50-74 % 1.01%    1.45%    1.40%    1.49%    1.14%    1.53%    1.04%    1.16%   
75% or more 0.36%    0.61%    0.81%    0.71%    0.77%    0.55%    0.47%    0.42%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.33%    0.57%    0.62%    0.62%    0.68%    0.53%    0.39%    0.39%   
Has union employees 0.91%    3.60%    6.74%    3.77%    2.49%    1.02%    3.64%    0.93%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.09%    2.41%    3.86%    2.42%    2.45%    1.45%    1.68%    1.20%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.32%    0.56%    0.70%    0.63%    0.58%    0.50%    0.43%    0.37%   

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.