Table I.B.3.b.(2) Percent of private-sector full-time 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 68.6%    72.1%    67.4%    66.5%    67.8%    69.2%    67.5%    68.8%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 60.6%    82.3%    --    70.2%    68.0%    42.8%    70.3%    58.1%   
Mining and manufacturing 78.7%    76.2%    68.7%    73.1%    75.9%    82.7%    70.9%    79.7%   
Construction 67.0%    71.6%    68.0%    63.8%    67.4%    69.3%    66.4%    67.4%   
Utilities and transp. 73.8%    63.2%    73.0%    77.5%    65.0%    75.6%    72.0%    74.0%   
Wholesale trade 76.6%    74.5%    77.0%    74.2%    76.0%    77.9%    73.8%    77.4%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 78.5%    75.4%    75.7%    76.3%    78.3%    79.0%    74.6%    78.9%   
Retail trade 55.5%    65.7%    60.7%    60.1%    58.6%    53.0%    61.7%    54.6%   
Professional services 71.6%    71.6%    67.9%    68.7%    70.8%    72.9%    68.7%    72.1%   
Other services 53.0%    72.2%    58.8%    54.6%    49.1%    51.8%    60.1%    51.5%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 68.7%    72.3%    67.9%    67.2%    67.7%    69.1%    68.0%    68.8%   
For profit, unincorporated 63.7%    69.8%    66.7%    57.8%    66.0%    63.1%    64.4%    63.5%   
Nonprofit 72.0%    77.2%    64.2%    73.6%    69.5%    73.2%    69.2%    72.3%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 62.6%    75.3%    69.0%    58.7%    58.8%    45.6% * 68.5%    56.4%   
5-9 years 65.7%    73.3%    67.7%    63.9%    64.7%    53.5%    66.7%    64.9%   
10-19 years 64.7%    68.6%    65.2%    65.1%    64.3%    62.5%    65.6%    64.2%   
20 or more years 69.5%    72.9%    68.3%    68.9%    69.5%    69.6%    68.4%    69.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 69.4%    71.3%    73.6%    70.5%    69.4%    69.3%    68.5%    69.4%   
1 location only 66.7%    72.1%    67.0%    65.5%    65.8%    65.0%    67.4%    66.1%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 56.8%    89.7%    59.5%    60.7%    53.4%    55.5%    65.1%    55.5%   
25-49 % 55.5%    65.2%    60.2%    51.3%    56.8%    55.1%    57.8%    55.2%   
50-74 % 60.8%    75.5%    63.5%    58.1%    58.9%    60.6%    64.1%    60.3%   
75% or more 70.4%    71.8%    68.2%    68.1%    69.6%    71.4%    68.3%    70.8%   
Union presence
No union employees 68.5%    71.9%    67.6%    66.4%    66.8%    69.8%    67.5%    68.8%   
Has union employees 68.7%    76.5%    64.4%    67.5%    76.5%    67.7%    67.4%    68.7%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 46.2%    64.3%    44.2%    47.5%    44.1%    46.0%    50.2%    45.7%   
Less than 50% low-wage 72.6%    73.0%    69.2%    69.3%    72.8%    73.7%    69.4%    73.2%   

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.3.b.(2) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time 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 0.36%    0.86%    0.92%    0.80%    0.78%    0.53%    0.57%    0.42%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 5.34%    3.92%    --    7.60%    7.68%    9.65%    6.26%    6.51%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.79%    3.41%    2.43%    1.57%    1.79%    0.96%    1.47%    0.87%   
Construction 1.61%    2.57%    3.22%    2.62%    3.82%    4.33%    1.87%    2.42%   
Utilities and transp. 1.89%    5.23%    3.27%    4.15%    2.62%    2.35%    2.79%    2.05%   
Wholesale trade 1.12%    3.22%    1.94%    2.00%    1.78%    2.12%    1.55%    1.39%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.65%    2.32%    2.23%    2.06%    1.41%    0.82%    1.49%    0.70%   
Retail trade 1.04%    2.98%    3.37%    1.88%    2.13%    1.41%    1.75%    1.15%   
Professional services 0.52%    1.53%    1.46%    1.47%    1.08%    0.74%    0.93%    0.59%   
Other services 0.96%    1.98%    2.61%    2.28%    2.27%    1.34%    1.55%    1.10%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.44%    1.03%    1.07%    0.90%    1.02%    0.63%    0.66%    0.51%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.09%    1.97%    2.08%    2.36%    2.16%    1.93%    1.41%    1.35%   
Nonprofit 0.67%    2.22%    3.35%    2.01%    1.30%    0.90%    1.92%    0.72%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.86%    2.51%    2.99%    2.66%    4.06%    14.13% * 1.62%    3.22%   
5-9 years 1.63%    2.09%    2.99%    3.09%    3.30%    6.23%    1.79%    2.52%   
10-19 years 0.94%    1.67%    1.75%    1.75%    1.91%    2.51%    1.13%    1.33%   
20 or more years 0.41%    1.25%    1.26%    0.97%    0.90%    0.54%    0.79%    0.45%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.45%    8.06%    2.21%    1.32%    0.87%    0.54%    1.64%    0.46%   
1 location only 0.59%    0.86%    0.97%    0.95%    1.37%    3.66%    0.60%    0.99%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.74%    5.72%    5.14%    3.79%    3.35%    2.64%    3.78%    1.93%   
25-49 % 1.31%    4.66%    3.91%    3.19%    3.08%    1.75%    2.37%    1.45%   
50-74 % 1.01%    1.98%    2.43%    2.22%    2.23%    1.41%    1.42%    1.15%   
75% or more 0.40%    0.96%    1.02%    0.88%    0.86%    0.59%    0.63%    0.46%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.39%    0.87%    0.90%    0.80%    0.80%    0.62%    0.56%    0.46%   
Has union employees 0.92%    5.05%    6.41%    4.35%    2.76%    1.01%    3.89%    0.94%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.94%    2.86%    3.51%    2.32%    1.98%    1.27%    1.94%    1.03%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.36%    0.89%    0.92%    0.82%    0.74%    0.54%    0.57%    0.41%   

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.