Table I.B.2.a.(1) Percent of private-sector 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, 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 73.5%    74.0%    69.9%    69.0%    71.0%    75.9%    70.7%    74.1%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 65.2%    60.3%    --    --    49.6%    84.0%    72.3%    63.8%   
Mining and manufacturing 82.0%    79.7%    73.8%    75.1%    81.3%    84.7%    73.2%    83.1%   
Construction 69.8%    71.5%    68.0%    68.6%    68.4%    76.5%    68.7%    70.6%   
Utilities and transp. 80.0%    67.0%    69.4%    69.8%    76.7%    82.7%    68.1%    81.3%   
Wholesale trade 79.7%    74.7%    79.1%    71.8%    78.0%    84.5%    76.3%    80.6%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 80.8%    73.6%    76.8%    78.4%    78.9%    81.9%    74.7%    81.4%   
Retail trade 68.1%    72.6%    66.6%    67.2%    67.0%    68.5%    68.4%    68.0%   
Professional services 74.2%    75.0%    67.3%    69.8%    72.8%    76.4%    70.8%    74.9%   
Other services 61.0%    74.6%    68.4%    60.0%    54.7%    61.6%    67.9%    59.6%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 73.8%    73.6%    69.0%    69.0%    70.6%    76.4%    70.1%    74.4%   
For profit, unincorporated 69.3%    73.2%    72.4%    65.0%    67.7%    70.6%    70.7%    68.9%   
Nonprofit 76.3%    79.1%    73.6%    74.6%    75.1%    77.2%    75.0%    76.5%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 67.3%    77.1%    63.6%    63.3%    69.5%    60.2%    68.2%    66.5%   
5-9 years 67.2%    72.6%    68.9%    66.8%    63.6%    69.6%    69.4%    65.7%   
10-19 years 67.3%    75.5%    68.8%    66.6%    64.6%    68.0%    69.1%    66.4%   
20 or more years 75.2%    72.6%    72.1%    71.3%    73.6%    76.4%    72.3%    75.5%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 75.7%    73.0%    75.5%    75.0%    74.0%    76.2%    74.4%    75.8%   
1 location only 68.6%    74.0%    69.6%    67.3%    67.4%    66.7%    70.3%    67.1%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 53.2%    65.9%    63.2%    40.7%    57.4%    53.1%    61.9%    51.4%   
25-49 % 58.0%    73.2%    57.1%    53.4%    55.9%    59.3%    61.2%    57.4%   
50-74 % 65.5%    68.9%    62.1%    61.5%    61.2%    67.8%    65.3%    65.5%   
75% or more 75.9%    75.2%    71.6%    71.9%    73.5%    78.3%    72.1%    76.7%   
Union presence
No union employees 72.3%    73.9%    69.4%    68.3%    70.5%    74.6%    70.2%    72.7%   
Has union employees 79.0%    77.5%    84.1%    79.9%    75.6%    79.4%    83.1%    78.9%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 57.1%    71.6%    55.8%    49.8%    52.8%    60.3%    58.3%    57.0%   
Less than 50% low-wage 76.1%    74.2%    71.0%    72.3%    74.3%    78.3%    71.9%    76.9%   

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.(1) Standard errors for percent of private-sector 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, 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 0.33%    0.98%    0.96%    0.73%    0.76%    0.45%    0.55%    0.37%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.09%    14.98%    --    --    10.41%    6.59%    10.58%    8.20%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.57%    4.08%    2.86%    1.40%    1.16%    0.74%    1.62%    0.60%   
Construction 1.45%    3.31%    2.32%    2.18%    3.64%    3.60%    1.54%    2.22%   
Utilities and transp. 1.46%    4.74%    5.41%    4.30%    3.26%    1.85%    3.72%    1.57%   
Wholesale trade 0.98%    3.05%    2.28%    2.61%    1.95%    1.37%    1.48%    1.18%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.75%    3.25%    2.43%    1.90%    1.24%    0.94%    1.72%    0.79%   
Retail trade 0.77%    2.86%    3.09%    2.06%    1.76%    1.05%    1.68%    0.86%   
Professional services 0.53%    1.56%    1.94%    1.32%    1.10%    0.75%    1.03%    0.60%   
Other services 0.93%    2.16%    2.46%    2.04%    2.41%    1.28%    1.41%    1.08%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.39%    1.09%    1.12%    0.87%    0.99%    0.52%    0.65%    0.45%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.00%    2.58%    2.34%    1.89%    2.11%    1.67%    1.36%    1.22%   
Nonprofit 0.62%    3.23%    3.08%    1.62%    1.02%    0.91%    1.66%    0.66%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.92%    2.90%    3.82%    2.78%    4.51%    9.48%    1.99%    3.26%   
5-9 years 1.66%    2.29%    3.29%    2.80%    3.67%    4.34%    1.83%    2.47%   
10-19 years 0.99%    1.79%    1.80%    1.51%    2.19%    2.35%    1.10%    1.37%   
20 or more years 0.35%    1.51%    1.16%    0.88%    0.74%    0.45%    0.70%    0.38%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.37%    6.46%    2.90%    1.18%    0.70%    0.44%    1.53%    0.37%   
1 location only 0.61%    0.99%    1.00%    0.85%    1.41%    4.01%    0.59%    1.00%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.17%    8.38%    5.55%    4.80%    4.52%    2.96%    4.82%    2.39%   
25-49 % 1.48%    4.65%    4.90%    3.35%    3.19%    2.10%    2.74%    1.68%   
50-74 % 0.90%    2.85%    2.96%    1.90%    2.22%    1.21%    1.67%    1.02%   
75% or more 0.35%    1.03%    1.02%    0.76%    0.84%    0.48%    0.60%    0.40%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.37%    0.99%    0.98%    0.73%    0.80%    0.55%    0.56%    0.43%   
Has union employees 0.71%    6.09%    3.92%    3.76%    2.38%    0.75%    2.48%    0.72%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.95%    4.11%    4.24%    2.06%    1.94%    1.29%    2.35%    1.02%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.33%    1.01%    0.95%    0.69%    0.79%    0.46%    0.55%    0.38%   

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.