Table I.B.2.a Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer 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 76.8%    81.8%    77.3%    76.1%    76.7%    76.6%    78.3%    76.5%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 73.7%    77.4%    --    --    82.7%    65.2%    71.5%    74.2%   
Mining and manufacturing 95.4%    90.2%    89.2%    94.0%    95.5%    96.3%    91.2%    95.9%   
Construction 84.8%    87.5%    89.1%    89.6%    85.0%    70.5%    88.8%    82.2%   
Utilities and transp. 88.0%    86.4%    89.9%    85.0%    88.3%    88.2%    84.9%    88.3%   
Wholesale trade 90.3%    91.4%    88.7%    91.1%    88.9%    90.8%    90.8%    90.1%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 92.1%    84.2%    88.2%    88.8%    91.9%    93.1%    86.8%    92.7%   
Retail trade 57.6%    76.7%    72.2%    77.8%    73.3%    49.2%    74.7%    55.3%   
Professional services 80.3%    84.5%    81.6%    77.3%    76.9%    82.0%    82.1%    80.0%   
Other services 60.2%    71.5%    57.6%    54.5%    55.2%    63.4%    59.9%    60.2%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 78.3%    85.0%    81.2%    79.9%    79.5%    76.8%    81.5%    77.7%   
For profit, unincorporated 73.1%    82.1%    71.7%    72.9%    74.1%    71.7%    75.9%    72.4%   
Nonprofit 73.5%    62.9%    60.4%    62.8%    69.8%    79.6%    63.6%    74.8%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 76.0%    84.5%    78.1%    68.3%    78.7%    79.7%    76.9%    75.2%   
5-9 years 76.4%    86.2%    77.4%    73.9%    73.7%    78.8%    78.5%    75.0%   
10-19 years 76.6%    83.6%    74.7%    76.5%    81.0%    68.7%    78.3%    75.8%   
20 or more years 76.9%    78.8%    78.6%    77.6%    75.8%    77.0%    78.6%    76.7%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 76.8%    92.1%    82.9%    78.0%    76.3%    76.8%    81.6%    76.7%   
1 location only 76.8%    81.7%    76.9%    75.6%    77.1%    70.5%    78.0%    75.8%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 26.3%    54.1%    17.9%    29.5%    23.3%    25.4%    30.2%    25.6%   
25-49 % 41.6%    47.1%    41.3%    39.5%    40.3%    42.6%    40.4%    41.8%   
50-74 % 64.0%    66.4%    64.6%    63.4%    64.1%    63.8%    64.9%    63.8%   
75% or more 87.2%    90.6%    87.9%    87.9%    89.1%    86.0%    88.8%    86.9%   
Union presence
No union employees 75.9%    81.8%    77.3%    75.9%    76.5%    74.8%    78.4%    75.3%   
Has union employees 81.2%    84.1%    78.2%    80.0%    78.0%    81.8%    76.0%    81.4%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 51.6%    61.8%    42.6%    50.0%    51.4%    52.4%    49.6%    51.9%   
Less than 50% low-wage 83.0%    83.9%    82.4%    83.5%    84.2%    82.5%    83.0%    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.

-- 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.2.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer 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 0.39%    0.85%    1.07%    0.80%    0.74%    0.59%    0.58%    0.45%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 3.26%    11.70%    --    --    3.63%    4.68%    8.83%    3.47%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.33%    2.23%    2.74%    0.86%    0.77%    0.37%    1.15%    0.34%   
Construction 1.44%    2.00%    2.04%    1.51%    3.36%    4.57%    1.16%    2.22%   
Utilities and transp. 1.60%    4.20%    2.89%    3.57%    1.93%    2.17%    3.10%    1.75%   
Wholesale trade 0.76%    1.81%    1.87%    1.25%    1.87%    1.19%    0.96%    0.93%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.64%    2.32%    1.93%    1.68%    0.99%    0.83%    1.29%    0.68%   
Retail trade 1.03%    2.88%    3.10%    2.01%    1.90%    1.19%    1.68%    1.12%   
Professional services 0.51%    1.33%    1.46%    1.40%    1.16%    0.68%    0.80%    0.59%   
Other services 0.99%    2.11%    2.69%    1.78%    1.97%    1.57%    1.43%    1.15%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.49%    0.90%    1.19%    0.91%    0.95%    0.74%    0.67%    0.56%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.95%    1.90%    2.57%    1.87%    1.84%    1.63%    1.32%    1.15%   
Nonprofit 0.76%    2.97%    3.46%    2.16%    1.48%    0.93%    1.79%    0.82%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.75%    2.37%    3.69%    2.78%    4.17%    4.92%    1.92%    2.88%   
5-9 years 1.49%    2.22%    3.34%    2.78%    3.04%    3.81%    1.87%    2.14%   
10-19 years 1.07%    1.42%    2.28%    1.51%    1.57%    3.44%    1.17%    1.46%   
20 or more years 0.44%    1.32%    1.30%    1.05%    0.88%    0.60%    0.76%    0.48%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.49%    3.82%    4.85%    1.72%    0.92%    0.59%    1.87%    0.50%   
1 location only 0.60%    0.86%    1.10%    0.90%    1.21%    4.80%    0.61%    0.97%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.24%    5.77%    1.72%    3.59%    1.98%    1.82%    2.61%    1.38%   
25-49 % 0.85%    3.37%    2.91%    2.08%    1.36%    1.36%    1.55%    0.96%   
50-74 % 0.87%    1.68%    1.60%    1.11%    1.22%    1.40%    0.90%    1.01%   
75% or more 0.38%    0.72%    0.90%    0.71%    0.56%    0.61%    0.49%    0.44%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.44%    0.86%    1.08%    0.81%    0.78%    0.73%    0.58%    0.52%   
Has union employees 0.81%    4.59%    6.53%    4.01%    2.37%    0.90%    4.44%    0.83%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.81%    3.56%    3.10%    1.93%    1.61%    1.15%    1.75%    0.89%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.40%    0.82%    0.97%    0.70%    0.67%    0.64%    0.54%    0.47%   

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.

-- 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.