Table I.B.3.b.(1).(a) Percent of private-sector full-time 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 76.8%    78.0%    73.1%    72.3%    74.0%    79.3%    73.3%    77.4%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 76.4%    92.8%    --    79.4%    71.9%    74.3%    79.5%    75.5%   
Mining and manufacturing 82.7%    78.9%    72.4%    75.5%    79.6%    87.7%    73.9%    84.0%   
Construction 76.1%    81.5%    75.4%    71.5%    77.2%    81.4%    74.4%    77.3%   
Utilities and transp. 82.9%    69.6%    74.9%    78.5%    67.2%    87.4%    74.5%    83.8%   
Wholesale trade 80.7%    79.0%    80.9%    76.8%    79.5%    83.2%    77.7%    81.7%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 81.7%    79.2%    77.4%    80.7%    80.5%    82.4%    78.8%    82.0%   
Retail trade 67.7%    71.7%    68.3%    64.4%    63.2%    69.2%    67.9%    67.6%   
Professional services 78.6%    76.7%    71.9%    73.0%    76.0%    81.8%    72.9%    79.7%   
Other services 65.8%    79.5%    68.6%    66.1%    60.9%    66.0%    69.9%    64.9%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 76.7%    78.2%    73.4%    72.1%    73.5%    79.0%    73.5%    77.3%   
For profit, unincorporated 72.2%    75.5%    71.5%    67.3%    71.7%    74.2%    71.0%    72.6%   
Nonprofit 81.0%    83.4%    72.7%    79.4%    77.3%    83.7%    76.7%    81.4%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 67.8%    78.6%    72.7%    64.5%    65.4%    48.7% * 72.3%    62.8%   
5-9 years 71.5%    77.8%    73.8%    70.8%    69.1%    65.5%    73.2%    70.2%   
10-19 years 72.2%    75.4%    70.9%    71.5%    69.5%    77.4%    71.7%    72.5%   
20 or more years 78.1%    79.6%    74.2%    74.2%    76.0%    79.5%    74.5%    78.5%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 78.4%    83.1%    77.4%    75.7%    75.3%    79.3%    75.0%    78.4%   
1 location only 73.2%    78.0%    72.8%    71.4%    72.2%    80.9%    73.2%    73.1%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 64.0%    91.0%    70.4%    68.2%    60.3%    62.5%    72.8%    62.5%   
25-49 % 62.8%    74.1%    67.4%    59.0%    62.7%    62.7%    64.8%    62.5%   
50-74 % 69.6%    81.8%    68.7%    64.0%    63.7%    71.5%    70.4%    69.4%   
75% or more 78.6%    77.6%    73.8%    73.7%    75.8%    81.5%    74.0%    79.5%   
Union presence
No union employees 75.5%    77.8%    72.7%    71.8%    72.6%    78.3%    72.9%    76.1%   
Has union employees 82.1%    85.3%    81.2%    79.5%    85.8%    81.7%    82.6%    82.1%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 59.3%    74.6%    55.7%    56.9%    54.0%    61.5%    59.4%    59.3%   
Less than 50% low-wage 79.4%    78.4%    74.2%    74.3%    77.6%    82.2%    74.7%    80.4%   

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.3.b.(1).(a) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time 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 0.28%    0.82%    0.85%    0.70%    0.65%    0.38%    0.53%    0.32%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 3.91%    2.89%    --    6.08%    8.27%    5.75%    5.64%    4.80%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.59%    3.50%    2.39%    1.58%    1.27%    0.63%    1.46%    0.62%   
Construction 1.30%    2.37%    2.61%    2.37%    2.82%    2.69%    1.79%    1.80%   
Utilities and transp. 1.20%    4.66%    3.56%    4.06%    2.68%    1.05%    2.79%    1.26%   
Wholesale trade 1.06%    3.15%    1.80%    1.86%    1.83%    2.02%    1.46%    1.32%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.61%    2.22%    2.30%    1.70%    1.35%    0.77%    1.28%    0.66%   
Retail trade 0.67%    2.95%    3.49%    1.72%    2.35%    0.75%    1.75%    0.73%   
Professional services 0.46%    1.47%    1.43%    1.34%    1.02%    0.62%    0.93%    0.52%   
Other services 0.88%    1.77%    2.50%    2.09%    2.08%    1.25%    1.49%    1.02%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.33%    0.99%    0.99%    0.82%    0.82%    0.44%    0.64%    0.38%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.96%    1.83%    2.00%    1.98%    2.13%    1.61%    1.23%    1.20%   
Nonprofit 0.52%    2.01%    2.74%    1.61%    0.92%    0.71%    1.55%    0.55%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.94%    2.43%    2.91%    2.64%    4.16%    16.22% * 1.61%    3.54%   
5-9 years 1.55%    2.02%    2.87%    2.63%    3.27%    5.86%    1.55%    2.45%   
10-19 years 0.81%    1.62%    1.53%    1.47%    1.72%    1.83%    1.07%    1.11%   
20 or more years 0.30%    1.16%    1.17%    0.86%    0.68%    0.38%    0.74%    0.32%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.33%    6.86%    2.05%    1.11%    0.74%    0.38%    1.45%    0.33%   
1 location only 0.52%    0.82%    0.89%    0.84%    1.14%    4.30%    0.56%    0.85%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.83%    5.78%    5.06%    3.12%    3.49%    2.86%    3.47%    2.04%   
25-49 % 1.41%    4.43%    3.89%    3.46%    3.03%    1.96%    2.39%    1.57%   
50-74 % 0.85%    1.78%    2.48%    2.38%    2.40%    1.03%    1.43%    0.97%   
75% or more 0.30%    0.92%    0.93%    0.76%    0.68%    0.41%    0.59%    0.34%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.32%    0.83%    0.85%    0.71%    0.67%    0.47%    0.54%    0.37%   
Has union employees 0.58%    4.73%    5.03%    3.81%    1.66%    0.63%    3.27%    0.59%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.92%    2.83%    3.98%    2.28%    1.96%    1.21%    2.16%    0.99%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.27%    0.85%    0.85%    0.72%    0.62%    0.37%    0.53%    0.31%   

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.