Table I.B.2.b Percent of private-sector employees 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 56.5%    60.6%    54.1%    52.5%    54.4%    58.1%    55.4%    56.7%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 48.1%    46.7%    --    --    41.0%    54.7%    51.7%    47.3%   
Mining and manufacturing 78.3%    71.8%    65.8%    70.6%    77.6%    81.6%    66.7%    79.7%   
Construction 59.2%    62.6%    60.6%    61.5%    58.2%    54.0%    61.1%    58.0%   
Utilities and transp. 70.4%    57.9%    62.4%    59.3%    67.8%    73.0%    57.9%    71.8%   
Wholesale trade 71.9%    68.2%    70.2%    65.4%    69.3%    76.7%    69.2%    72.7%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 74.4%    62.0%    67.7%    69.6%    72.5%    76.3%    64.9%    75.5%   
Retail trade 39.2%    55.7%    48.1%    52.3%    49.1%    33.7%    51.1%    37.6%   
Professional services 59.6%    63.4%    54.9%    54.0%    56.0%    62.7%    58.1%    59.9%   
Other services 36.7%    53.3%    39.4%    32.7%    30.2%    39.0%    40.7%    35.9%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 57.7%    62.6%    56.0%    55.1%    56.2%    58.7%    57.1%    57.9%   
For profit, unincorporated 50.6%    60.1%    51.9%    47.3%    50.1%    50.6%    53.6%    49.9%   
Nonprofit 56.1%    49.8%    44.5%    46.9%    52.4%    61.4%    47.7%    57.2%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 51.2%    65.1%    49.7%    43.2%    54.6%    48.0%    52.4%    50.0%   
5-9 years 51.3%    62.6%    53.3%    49.3%    46.9%    54.8%    54.4%    49.3%   
10-19 years 51.6%    63.1%    51.3%    50.9%    52.4%    46.7%    54.2%    50.4%   
20 or more years 57.8%    57.2%    56.6%    55.3%    55.8%    58.8%    56.8%    57.9%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 58.2%    67.3%    62.6%    58.5%    56.5%    58.5%    60.7%    58.1%   
1 location only 52.7%    60.4%    53.5%    50.9%    51.9%    47.0%    54.9%    50.9%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 14.0%    35.7%    11.3%    12.0%    13.4%    13.5%    18.7%    13.1%   
25-49 % 24.1%    34.5%    23.6%    21.1%    22.5%    25.3%    24.8%    24.0%   
50-74 % 41.9%    45.7%    40.1%    39.0%    39.3%    43.2%    42.4%    41.8%   
75% or more 66.2%    68.1%    63.0%    63.2%    65.5%    67.3%    64.0%    66.6%   
Union presence
No union employees 54.8%    60.4%    53.6%    51.8%    53.9%    55.8%    55.1%    54.8%   
Has union employees 64.1%    65.2%    65.7%    63.9%    59.0%    64.9%    63.2%    64.2%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 29.5%    44.2%    23.8%    24.9%    27.1%    31.6%    28.9%    29.5%   
Less than 50% low-wage 63.2%    62.3%    58.5%    60.3%    62.6%    64.6%    59.7%    63.8%   

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.b Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees 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 0.41%    0.98%    1.06%    0.80%    0.83%    0.62%    0.60%    0.47%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 5.07%    10.49%    --    --    9.36%    5.42%    8.26%    5.86%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.63%    3.74%    3.28%    1.50%    1.30%    0.82%    1.65%    0.66%   
Construction 1.50%    2.84%    2.57%    2.14%    3.52%    4.23%    1.54%    2.24%   
Utilities and transp. 1.80%    3.91%    5.22%    4.35%    3.62%    2.35%    3.66%    1.96%   
Wholesale trade 1.09%    2.88%    2.80%    2.54%    2.19%    1.66%    1.56%    1.32%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.98%    3.03%    3.11%    2.26%    1.42%    1.25%    1.82%    1.04%   
Retail trade 0.82%    2.78%    2.82%    2.04%    1.94%    0.96%    1.58%    0.89%   
Professional services 0.61%    1.61%    1.83%    1.39%    1.29%    0.86%    1.00%    0.70%   
Other services 0.86%    2.29%    2.36%    1.58%    1.76%    1.33%    1.31%    0.99%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.52%    1.08%    1.23%    0.96%    1.09%    0.77%    0.71%    0.60%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.07%    2.40%    2.71%    1.86%    2.26%    1.80%    1.47%    1.29%   
Nonprofit 0.71%    3.06%    2.90%    1.96%    1.36%    0.94%    1.62%    0.77%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.09%    3.13%    3.98%    2.66%    5.30%    9.89%    2.06%    3.58%   
5-9 years 1.73%    2.70%    3.53%    2.96%    3.58%    4.52%    2.09%    2.49%   
10-19 years 1.04%    1.75%    2.09%    1.58%    2.16%    2.68%    1.17%    1.42%   
20 or more years 0.47%    1.38%    1.31%    1.01%    0.89%    0.63%    0.76%    0.51%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.52%    5.59%    4.49%    1.67%    0.93%    0.62%    1.88%    0.52%   
1 location only 0.62%    0.99%    1.09%    0.90%    1.44%    3.56%    0.63%    1.01%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 0.65%    4.32%    1.17%    1.22%    1.57%    0.84%    1.70%    0.69%   
25-49 % 0.75%    2.67%    1.68%    1.24%    1.53%    1.16%    1.11%    0.87%   
50-74 % 0.81%    2.13%    2.03%    1.30%    1.59%    1.22%    1.16%    0.92%   
75% or more 0.45%    1.02%    1.10%    0.85%    0.88%    0.68%    0.64%    0.52%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.46%    0.99%    1.07%    0.80%    0.87%    0.75%    0.60%    0.54%   
Has union employees 0.94%    5.93%    6.74%    4.21%    2.63%    1.04%    4.26%    0.96%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.66%    3.48%    1.85%    1.10%    1.33%    0.97%    1.34%    0.73%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.44%    0.99%    1.05%    0.78%    0.86%    0.67%    0.59%    0.51%   

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.