Table I.A.2.b Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2017
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 28.8%    58.0%    42.0%    26.8%    12.3%    5.2%    49.9%    9.4%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 57.2%    67.0%    --    --    39.0%    10.9% * 66.3%    27.5%   
Mining and manufacturing 32.5%    58.0%    44.7%    20.6%    9.9%    7.3%    46.4%    12.0%   
Construction 44.1%    57.8%    35.2%    31.9%    24.4%    17.2% * 48.3%    23.7%   
Utilities and transp. 24.7%    48.8%    56.5%    23.5%    16.1%    9.0%    43.9%    12.5%   
Wholesale trade 31.0%    58.5%    45.2%    29.3%    7.8%    2.4% * 51.0%    7.7%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 23.3%    52.9%    49.4%    27.9%    15.5%    7.6%    49.3%    11.0%   
Retail trade 15.4%    58.0%    38.5%    18.3%    3.5% * 3.0%    46.3%    4.0%   
Professional services 34.7%    61.2%    41.7%    30.1%    15.4%    5.2%    52.9%    11.6%   
Other services 29.3%    55.9%    41.0%    26.9%    11.2%    4.8%    48.3%    9.0%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 27.0%    58.5%    40.8%    25.4%    11.2%    4.9%    49.5%    8.1%   
For profit, unincorporated 29.7%    51.1%    38.7%    21.7%    11.2%    3.2%    44.8%    8.4%   
Nonprofit 40.2%    67.9%    55.1%    38.3%    17.2%    14.8%    60.9%    19.6%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 40.0%    46.7%    34.4%    23.3%    16.6% * 4.1% * 42.3%    19.4%   
5-9 years 37.8%    47.6%    39.5%    25.5%    8.3%    8.5% * 43.1%    15.5%   
10-19 years 43.6%    63.1%    45.4%    24.6%    14.2%    4.0% * 54.2%    13.8%   
20 or more years 22.9%    62.5%    42.4%    28.2%    12.2%    5.2%    51.6%    8.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 10.2%    58.2%    42.7%    23.9%    11.5%    5.2%    35.9%    8.0%   
1 location only 48.5%    58.0%    41.9%    28.8%    18.2%    15.7%    51.2%    23.1%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 30.2%    59.6%    49.7%    38.7%    9.5%    3.1% * 54.3%    10.0%   
25-49 % 25.1%    63.2%    42.2%    31.9%    7.6% * 4.3%    52.1%    8.1%   
50-74 % 27.7%    60.8%    34.9%    23.1%    13.9%    2.1%    51.6%    6.5%   
75% or more 29.4%    56.9%    42.6%    25.8%    13.0%    6.1%    49.0%    10.0%   
Union presence
No union employees 30.2%    57.9%    40.8%    25.6%    11.8%    5.2%    49.4%    9.6%   
Has union employees 16.3%    62.0%    73.8%    54.2%    23.2%    5.1%    64.4%    8.2%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 18.4%    59.8%    32.4%    23.5%    7.7%    3.2%    46.3%    6.6%   
Less than 50% low-wage 31.4%    57.8%    43.3%    27.7%    14.1%    5.9%    50.4%    10.4%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.A.2.b Standard errors for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2017
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 0.65%    1.66%    1.68%    1.11%    0.81%    0.41%    1.14%    0.39%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.68%    11.60%    --    --    10.10%    10.03% * 9.76%    7.25%   
Mining and manufacturing 2.76%    6.52%    6.03%    2.85%    2.25%    1.34%    4.08%    1.52%   
Construction 3.05%    5.22%    4.65%    4.01%    4.81%    8.15% * 3.53%    3.45%   
Utilities and transp. 3.04%    9.58%    10.18%    5.68%    4.13%    1.91%    6.31%    1.87%   
Wholesale trade 2.58%    5.74%    5.64%    4.07%    1.99%    1.10% * 3.91%    1.32%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.62%    5.39%    5.88%    3.67%    2.42%    1.32%    3.89%    1.16%   
Retail trade 1.42%    5.45%    5.33%    3.36%    1.44% * 0.62%    3.68%    0.63%   
Professional services 1.41%    2.92%    3.10%    2.23%    1.64%    0.78%    2.11%    0.86%   
Other services 1.48%    3.68%    3.67%    2.27%    1.77%    0.77%    2.46%    0.82%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.76%    2.01%    2.01%    1.34%    0.97%    0.45%    1.37%    0.43%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.79%    3.71%    3.91%    2.37%    2.12%    0.59%    2.68%    0.98%   
Nonprofit 2.03%    4.73%    4.82%    3.17%    2.09%    2.65%    3.20%    1.59%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.16%    4.52%    6.07%    3.65%    5.47% * 2.69% * 3.48%    3.77%   
5-9 years 2.71%    4.54%    4.58%    3.43%    2.02%    4.56% * 3.23%    2.41%   
10-19 years 1.82%    3.02%    3.36%    2.34%    1.82%    1.25% * 2.21%    1.32%   
20 or more years 0.71%    2.40%    2.26%    1.46%    0.96%    0.43%    1.56%    0.42%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.49%    12.09%    5.36%    1.89%    0.90%    0.41%    3.27%    0.40%   
1 location only 1.11%    1.68%    1.77%    1.35%    1.62%    3.59%    1.21%    1.41%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.93%    7.85%    7.44%    5.14%    2.85%    1.08% * 5.44%    1.71%   
25-49 % 2.19%    6.14%    6.05%    4.34%    2.33% * 0.91%    4.19%    1.16%   
50-74 % 1.99%    4.30%    4.75%    2.90%    2.75%    0.47%    3.25%    0.88%   
75% or more 0.77%    1.93%    1.94%    1.27%    0.97%    0.56%    1.31%    0.49%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.70%    1.68%    1.70%    1.13%    0.83%    0.45%    1.16%    0.43%   
Has union employees 1.48%    10.42%    7.82%    5.61%    3.61%    0.96%    6.22%    0.98%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.31%    5.68%    4.60%    2.44%    1.34%    0.56%    3.46%    0.65%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.75%    1.73%    1.80%    1.25%    1.00%    0.52%    1.21%    0.48%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.