Table I.B.2.c Percent of private-sector employees working in establishments that offer two or more health insurance plans 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 72.4%    20.7%    33.0%    53.7%    64.4%    87.4%    34.9%    79.1%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 36.4%    3.3% * --    --    27.5% * 45.9% * 29.9% * 37.8%   
Mining and manufacturing 70.2%    26.0%    27.7%    52.6%    58.8%    84.3%    37.2%    74.3%   
Construction 50.4%    17.4%    37.2%    49.2%    48.4%    86.2%    32.5%    61.8%   
Utilities and transp. 58.8%    26.9% * 32.6% * 42.5%    51.7%    64.3%    33.8%    61.6%   
Wholesale trade 66.9%    15.8%    32.3%    51.8%    70.8%    84.1%    33.3%    76.3%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 79.0%    19.5%    46.8%    48.4%    61.6%    90.4%    36.5%    83.7%   
Retail trade 78.9%    10.5% * 24.4%    56.4%    66.1%    91.5%    27.5%    85.6%   
Professional services 74.8%    26.7%    33.7%    57.8%    69.5%    89.0%    36.9%    81.7%   
Other services 73.4%    20.1%    31.4%    53.7%    68.0%    90.3%    36.3%    80.7%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 73.1%    20.2%    31.2%    52.7%    63.3%    88.3%    34.2%    80.1%   
For profit, unincorporated 68.5%    25.6%    42.4%    58.7%    64.9%    83.7%    39.8%    75.8%   
Nonprofit 72.6%    14.4%    29.8%    52.5%    67.7%    86.2%    31.2%    77.9%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 59.6%    36.5%    49.0%    60.7%    69.9%    87.4%    48.9%    69.5%   
5-9 years 53.6%    22.4%    33.1%    61.6%    57.1%    78.1%    38.7%    63.1%   
10-19 years 59.9%    20.1%    35.1%    56.9%    67.5%    81.5%    35.2%    71.2%   
20 or more years 76.1%    16.2%    28.6%    49.8%    64.1%    87.9%    30.8%    81.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 82.2%    12.7% * 33.3%    51.0%    65.6%    87.9%    40.4%    83.0%   
1 location only 50.3%    20.9%    33.0%    54.5%    63.0%    73.8%    34.4%    63.5%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 63.9%    22.2% * 17.2% * 35.4%    63.8%    81.4%    25.9%    70.7%   
25-49 % 70.6%    14.8% * 35.3%    52.3%    60.7%    89.6%    35.1%    77.1%   
50-74 % 75.7%    15.7%    20.4%    60.7%    70.0%    89.8%    31.0%    83.1%   
75% or more 72.7%    22.3%    35.7%    54.5%    64.1%    87.2%    36.3%    79.3%   
Union presence
No union employees 70.4%    20.7%    32.7%    53.5%    64.1%    87.9%    34.6%    78.2%   
Has union employees 81.6%    20.8% * 42.5%    56.7%    67.7%    86.1%    43.1%    82.9%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 72.4%    12.9% * 23.1%    48.9%    63.2%    88.0%    31.7%    77.3%   
Less than 50% low-wage 72.4%    21.6%    34.5%    55.1%    64.8%    87.3%    35.4%    79.6%   

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.B.2.c Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees working in establishments that offer two or more health insurance plans 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 0.52%    1.42%    1.76%    1.34%    1.27%    0.61%    1.02%    0.56%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.63%    2.47% * --    --    10.81% * 15.48% * 12.09% * 9.06%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.49%    5.54%    5.29%    3.60%    3.40%    1.66%    3.20%    1.57%   
Construction 2.69%    4.52%    6.02%    4.41%    6.27%    4.86%    3.38%    3.77%   
Utilities and transp. 3.36%    9.21% * 10.43% * 7.44%    5.98%    4.51%    6.09%    3.70%   
Wholesale trade 2.03%    4.37%    5.54%    5.00%    4.33%    2.59%    3.24%    2.25%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.63%    4.30%    6.48%    5.04%    4.26%    1.52%    3.55%    1.64%   
Retail trade 1.18%    3.64% * 5.05%    4.13%    3.92%    0.92%    3.08%    1.12%   
Professional services 0.90%    2.78%    3.09%    2.49%    2.07%    0.99%    1.80%    0.95%   
Other services 1.11%    3.08%    3.64%    2.89%    2.83%    1.14%    2.31%    1.18%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.62%    1.72%    2.10%    1.61%    1.63%    0.68%    1.25%    0.66%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.47%    3.41%    4.25%    3.17%    3.27%    2.08%    2.31%    1.68%   
Nonprofit 1.31%    3.11%    4.70%    3.68%    2.48%    1.62%    2.70%    1.37%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.07%    4.89%    6.92%    4.37%    7.55%    9.28%    3.41%    4.93%   
5-9 years 2.69%    3.64%    4.98%    4.24%    5.88%    7.44%    3.31%    3.96%   
10-19 years 1.60%    2.84%    3.33%    2.74%    3.11%    3.65%    1.94%    2.05%   
20 or more years 0.55%    1.79%    2.22%    1.77%    1.41%    0.61%    1.32%    0.57%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.55%    6.28% * 6.34%    2.68%    1.40%    0.59%    3.36%    0.56%   
1 location only 1.03%    1.44%    1.83%    1.54%    2.25%    6.04%    1.07%    1.61%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.20%    7.81% * 5.49% * 4.87%    4.70%    2.77%    3.84%    2.38%   
25-49 % 1.83%    4.86% * 6.29%    4.87%    4.46%    1.52%    3.85%    2.00%   
50-74 % 1.39%    3.40%    4.20%    3.50%    3.21%    1.71%    2.85%    1.45%   
75% or more 0.61%    1.66%    2.06%    1.57%    1.52%    0.72%    1.18%    0.66%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.57%    1.45%    1.78%    1.37%    1.34%    0.64%    1.03%    0.62%   
Has union employees 1.35%    6.91% * 9.89%    6.11%    4.03%    1.48%    5.96%    1.38%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.12%    4.33% * 4.59%    3.23%    2.72%    1.06%    3.16%    1.18%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.59%    1.51%    1.89%    1.46%    1.43%    0.71%    1.07%    0.64%   

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.