Table I.B.3.b.(1) Percent of private-sector full-time 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 89.8%    93.3%    90.7%    91.7%    92.3%    88.0%    91.9%    89.4%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 83.6%    80.2%    --    --    85.7%    87.7%    73.8%    85.5%   
Mining and manufacturing 96.6%    94.1%    93.0%    96.2%    96.8%    97.0%    94.4%    96.9%   
Construction 86.7%    91.8%    91.3%    91.6%    86.7%    71.6%    91.6%    83.7%   
Utilities and transp. 92.6%    93.4%    96.0%    91.1%    94.8%    92.2%    91.1%    92.8%   
Wholesale trade 94.4%    95.7%    93.5%    95.6%    94.8%    93.7%    95.2%    94.2%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 95.8%    92.1%    94.3%    95.9%    97.6%    95.7%    94.0%    96.0%   
Retail trade 80.4%    90.9%    92.1%    92.9%    89.6%    73.9%    91.6%    78.7%   
Professional services 91.1%    93.3%    92.5%    92.7%    93.3%    89.6%    94.0%    90.6%   
Other services 83.0%    94.9%    84.0%    84.4%    86.8%    80.3%    86.5%    82.3%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 90.0%    93.8%    90.8%    92.1%    92.7%    88.4%    91.7%    89.7%   
For profit, unincorporated 88.1%    91.0%    89.8%    90.6%    91.2%    84.9%    91.3%    87.3%   
Nonprofit 90.0%    94.8%    91.6%    91.1%    91.9%    88.7%    94.3%    89.6%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 91.3%    94.4%    91.1%    86.4%    96.1%    87.7%    91.3%    91.3%   
5-9 years 91.0%    95.2%    89.8%    90.2%    90.4%    91.8%    90.8%    91.2%   
10-19 years 90.3%    92.6%    89.5%    91.3%    93.6%    83.3%    91.5%    89.8%   
20 or more years 89.5%    92.6%    91.5%    93.0%    91.9%    88.2%    92.5%    89.2%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 89.0%    95.5%    98.6%    91.0%    92.6%    88.1%    94.7%    88.9%   
1 location only 91.5%    93.2%    90.2%    92.0%    92.0%    85.3%    91.6%    91.4%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 92.3%    87.5%    94.5%    93.5%    92.6%    91.8%    92.0%    92.3%   
25-49 % 90.7%    93.6%    84.7%    91.5%    91.6%    90.4%    89.4%    90.9%   
50-74 % 91.8%    93.4%    92.5%    94.8%    92.8%    90.7%    93.3%    91.6%   
75% or more 89.5%    93.3%    90.8%    91.4%    92.3%    87.6%    91.8%    89.0%   
Union presence
No union employees 90.0%    93.4%    91.1%    91.9%    93.1%    87.5%    92.2%    89.5%   
Has union employees 88.9%    89.4%    81.2%    89.0%    86.2%    89.4%    82.8%    89.1%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 81.5%    87.9%    73.8%    78.9%    85.3%    80.8%    80.1%    81.7%   
Less than 50% low-wage 91.1%    93.7%    92.3%    94.1%    93.6%    89.2%    93.1%    90.7%   

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.3.b.(1) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time 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 0.35%    0.61%    0.84%    0.64%    0.49%    0.56%    0.45%    0.40%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 3.17%    15.44%    --    --    3.38%    4.59%    10.54%    3.05%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.30%    2.20%    2.60%    0.77%    0.70%    0.34%    1.10%    0.30%   
Construction 1.44%    1.94%    2.04%    1.49%    3.30%    4.51%    1.14%    2.20%   
Utilities and transp. 1.57%    3.34%    1.60%    3.30%    1.14%    2.14%    2.94%    1.71%   
Wholesale trade 0.63%    1.20%    1.70%    1.24%    1.40%    1.05%    0.80%    0.78%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.52%    2.08%    1.44%    1.34%    0.57%    0.70%    1.06%    0.56%   
Retail trade 1.67%    2.35%    2.19%    1.23%    1.75%    2.40%    1.25%    1.88%   
Professional services 0.42%    1.09%    1.06%    1.52%    0.72%    0.60%    0.55%    0.48%   
Other services 1.07%    0.96%    2.79%    1.91%    1.53%    1.69%    1.49%    1.24%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.43%    0.64%    1.01%    0.65%    0.62%    0.68%    0.55%    0.50%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.90%    1.81%    1.81%    1.56%    1.29%    1.66%    0.97%    1.10%   
Nonprofit 0.68%    1.77%    2.19%    2.91%    0.91%    0.93%    0.91%    0.74%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.32%    1.55%    3.02%    2.97%    1.32%    5.72%    1.72%    2.00%   
5-9 years 1.08%    1.79%    3.15%    2.49%    1.85%    1.95%    1.81%    1.33%   
10-19 years 1.04%    1.21%    1.80%    1.08%    0.89%    4.18%    0.86%    1.46%   
20 or more years 0.39%    0.88%    0.86%    0.81%    0.62%    0.55%    0.49%    0.43%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.44%    2.84%    0.52%    1.75%    0.56%    0.54%    1.27%    0.45%   
1 location only 0.51%    0.62%    0.88%    0.65%    0.84%    6.01%    0.48%    0.85%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 0.89%    10.92%    2.60%    1.51%    1.57%    1.33%    2.45%    0.95%   
25-49 % 0.78%    2.95%    3.37%    1.65%    1.91%    0.95%    1.72%    0.86%   
50-74 % 0.93%    1.34%    1.55%    1.05%    0.95%    1.51%    0.80%    1.07%   
75% or more 0.39%    0.69%    0.94%    0.74%    0.55%    0.62%    0.51%    0.45%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.39%    0.62%    0.82%    0.65%    0.45%    0.70%    0.43%    0.46%   
Has union employees 0.75%    4.63%    6.71%    3.25%    2.38%    0.82%    4.03%    0.76%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.94%    3.71%    3.94%    2.59%    1.41%    1.37%    1.96%    1.02%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.37%    0.59%    0.81%    0.52%    0.50%    0.60%    0.43%    0.43%   

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.