Table I.A.2.f Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance 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 74.2%    50.5%    75.8%    86.6%    90.1%    83.6%    61.6%    85.9%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 55.5%    37.3% * --    --    93.7%    80.5%    45.1%    89.4%   
Mining and manufacturing 76.2%    56.5%    89.3%    91.9%    90.9%    67.8%    72.2%    82.2%   
Construction 74.7%    62.3%    80.2%    92.0%    91.6%    89.4%    71.3%    91.0%   
Utilities and transp. 73.4%    57.8%    76.8%    90.7%    87.5%    71.0%    68.1%    76.8%   
Wholesale trade 76.6%    62.9%    84.0%    92.5%    92.1%    72.6%    72.4%    81.6%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 76.1%    51.8%    75.3%    84.8%    86.9%    82.0%    59.5%    84.0%   
Retail trade 87.4%    49.6%    85.9%    90.7%    98.6%    94.3%    67.6%    94.7%   
Professional services 65.0%    45.2%    69.7%    83.3%    86.6%    70.4%    55.4%    77.3%   
Other services 73.8%    47.3%    69.8%    82.3%    90.5%    92.2%    57.9%    90.8%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 75.7%    50.7%    77.6%    89.9%    91.7%    83.5%    63.1%    86.1%   
For profit, unincorporated 75.0%    57.1%    81.2%    87.4%    91.7%    85.3%    65.9%    88.0%   
Nonprofit 63.2%    35.8%    55.2%    70.4%    83.3%    81.8%    44.6%    81.9%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 59.5%    49.8%    66.6%    86.4%    89.6%    98.4%    56.5%    87.0%   
5-9 years 62.9%    45.2%    76.0%    85.4%    88.9%    92.6%    57.2%    87.3%   
10-19 years 67.5%    47.3%    76.3%    89.4%    91.8%    85.8%    59.5%    89.8%   
20 or more years 78.8%    54.5%    77.2%    85.9%    89.8%    83.4%    65.4%    85.5%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 85.4%    70.8%    77.9%    88.1%    90.6%    83.6%    80.0%    85.9%   
1 location only 62.4%    50.0%    75.5%    85.6%    86.5%    85.7%    59.9%    86.5%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 71.2%    43.6%    55.3%    78.8%    88.5%    90.3%    50.1%    88.8%   
25-49 % 75.9%    27.7%    73.0%    82.2%    91.1%    94.8%    49.4%    92.5%   
50-74 % 77.2%    49.1%    82.6%    88.5%    93.0%    91.3%    60.8%    91.7%   
75% or more 73.7%    53.2%    76.3%    87.5%    89.6%    79.8%    63.7%    83.6%   
Union presence
No union employees 74.2%    50.2%    76.6%    87.0%    90.0%    86.2%    61.6%    87.8%   
Has union employees 74.2%    61.7%    52.9%    77.6%    91.6%    74.8%    62.0%    76.2%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 80.7%    22.8%    78.1%    88.3%    93.2%    95.1%    49.1%    94.0%   
Less than 50% low-wage 72.6%    53.9%    75.4%    86.1%    88.9%    79.5%    63.3%    83.0%   

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.f Standard errors for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance 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 0.66%    1.70%    1.48%    0.83%    0.82%    0.77%    1.16%    0.54%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.92%    11.41% * --    --    4.30%    10.14%    9.76%    4.75%   
Mining and manufacturing 2.68%    6.81%    3.91%    1.95%    2.14%    2.95%    4.23%    1.59%   
Construction 2.81%    5.19%    4.19%    2.24%    3.21%    4.91%    3.33%    2.17%   
Utilities and transp. 3.10%    9.81%    8.54%    3.77%    3.72%    3.65%    6.46%    2.79%   
Wholesale trade 2.29%    5.74%    4.57%    2.11%    2.65%    3.66%    3.72%    2.31%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.64%    5.36%    4.62%    3.17%    2.28%    1.70%    3.90%    1.29%   
Retail trade 1.35%    5.78%    3.94%    2.59%    1.21%    1.00%    3.78%    0.84%   
Professional services 1.42%    3.02%    2.93%    1.74%    1.70%    2.20%    2.17%    1.42%   
Other services 1.51%    3.67%    3.43%    1.81%    1.87%    1.32%    2.49%    0.99%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.77%    2.05%    1.77%    0.90%    0.87%    0.86%    1.40%    0.63%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.69%    3.70%    2.91%    1.94%    2.22%    2.05%    2.61%    1.37%   
Nonprofit 2.04%    4.97%    4.83%    2.93%    2.36%    2.60%    3.33%    1.59%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.27%    4.54%    6.18%    2.87%    3.43%    1.07%    3.56%    3.07%   
5-9 years 2.82%    4.44%    3.86%    2.64%    4.01%    2.99%    3.30%    2.56%   
10-19 years 1.86%    3.26%    2.95%    1.39%    1.41%    3.16%    2.34%    1.23%   
20 or more years 0.68%    2.51%    1.91%    1.14%    0.96%    0.80%    1.56%    0.60%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.58%    11.16%    4.76%    1.45%    0.91%    0.77%    2.70%    0.58%   
1 location only 1.13%    1.71%    1.56%    0.99%    1.39%    3.02%    1.23%    1.09%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.93%    7.83%    7.29%    3.86%    3.93%    2.21%    5.45%    1.87%   
25-49 % 2.29%    5.18%    5.68%    3.41%    2.61%    1.44%    4.20%    1.26%   
50-74 % 1.89%    4.57%    4.13%    2.02%    1.96%    1.56%    3.36%    1.14%   
75% or more 0.77%    1.96%    1.69%    0.96%    0.95%    1.01%    1.32%    0.69%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.70%    1.72%    1.49%    0.84%    0.85%    0.73%    1.18%    0.51%   
Has union employees 1.96%    10.48%    9.34%    4.47%    2.17%    2.20%    6.36%    1.98%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.50%    4.05%    4.20%    1.65%    1.33%    0.77%    3.40%    0.65%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.74%    1.78%    1.59%    0.96%    1.01%    0.99%    1.22%    0.69%   

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.