Table I.B.3.b.(1).(a) Percent of private-sector full-time 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 75.1%    75.8%    71.5%    70.9%    71.9%    77.7%    72.0%    75.7%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 66.7%    81.5%    --    --    49.9%    84.0%    84.3%    63.8%   
Mining and manufacturing 82.2%    81.4%    74.1%    75.3%    81.4%    84.8%    73.7%    83.2%   
Construction 70.4%    71.7%    69.3%    69.2%    68.7%    76.6%    69.3%    71.1%   
Utilities and transp. 80.6%    68.7%    70.3%    69.4%    76.8%    83.4%    68.3%    81.8%   
Wholesale trade 79.8%    74.4%    79.2%    72.0%    77.9%    84.7%    76.3%    80.8%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 81.4%    76.1%    78.1%    78.9%    79.4%    82.5%    76.2%    82.0%   
Retail trade 69.6%    74.9%    69.9%    68.2%    67.4%    70.3%    70.6%    69.4%   
Professional services 76.0%    76.3%    68.5%    71.8%    74.6%    78.3%    71.9%    76.8%   
Other services 64.3%    76.7%    71.4%    65.2%    55.6%    65.6%    70.5%    63.1%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 75.1%    74.9%    70.6%    70.5%    71.4%    77.9%    71.3%    75.8%   
For profit, unincorporated 71.8%    76.6%    73.8%    68.2%    68.5%    74.0%    72.7%    71.6%   
Nonprofit 78.4%    80.6%    75.0%    76.2%    77.1%    79.6%    76.4%    78.6%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 69.4%    78.5%    66.7%    65.3%    72.1%    60.4%    70.1%    68.8%   
5-9 years 68.6%    74.4%    70.9%    69.9%    63.6%    70.4%    70.9%    67.0%   
10-19 years 68.8%    76.8%    70.3%    68.1%    65.5%    71.0%    70.2%    68.2%   
20 or more years 76.7%    74.8%    73.3%    72.9%    74.6%    78.2%    73.7%    77.1%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 77.3%    73.5%    77.3%    76.1%    74.9%    78.0%    75.2%    77.4%   
1 location only 70.1%    75.8%    71.1%    69.4%    68.3%    68.4%    71.7%    68.8%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 66.3%    79.5%    75.6%    66.3%    60.6%    67.5%    73.9%    65.1%   
25-49 % 64.1%    83.6%    70.6%    60.5%    58.1%    66.6%    69.0%    63.3%   
50-74 % 67.7%    72.2%    66.0%    64.3%    63.7%    69.6%    68.6%    67.5%   
75% or more 76.6%    75.9%    72.0%    72.3%    73.8%    79.3%    72.5%    77.4%   
Union presence
No union employees 73.9%    75.7%    71.0%    70.2%    71.4%    76.5%    71.6%    74.4%   
Has union employees 80.4%    77.3%    84.4%    80.2%    76.7%    81.0%    83.2%    80.3%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 60.5%    73.5%    58.5%    54.0%    53.7%    64.9%    59.8%    60.6%   
Less than 50% low-wage 77.2%    75.9%    72.5%    73.4%    75.1%    79.5%    73.2%    78.0%   

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.3.b.(1).(a) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time 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 0.32%    0.96%    0.94%    0.69%    0.77%    0.44%    0.55%    0.37%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.38%    5.31%    --    --    10.53%    6.80%    3.91%    8.33%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.57%    3.93%    2.84%    1.40%    1.14%    0.74%    1.61%    0.59%   
Construction 1.46%    3.36%    2.34%    2.16%    3.65%    3.62%    1.55%    2.23%   
Utilities and transp. 1.55%    5.09%    5.32%    4.26%    3.27%    1.97%    3.75%    1.66%   
Wholesale trade 0.98%    3.14%    2.27%    2.63%    1.98%    1.37%    1.49%    1.18%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.74%    3.23%    2.38%    1.87%    1.23%    0.93%    1.69%    0.78%   
Retail trade 0.76%    3.04%    3.05%    2.05%    1.79%    1.00%    1.67%    0.84%   
Professional services 0.54%    1.54%    1.96%    1.26%    1.12%    0.76%    1.04%    0.61%   
Other services 0.95%    2.28%    2.21%    1.86%    2.50%    1.29%    1.41%    1.10%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.39%    1.11%    1.09%    0.83%    1.01%    0.51%    0.65%    0.45%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.95%    2.21%    2.30%    1.66%    2.04%    1.59%    1.28%    1.16%   
Nonprofit 0.63%    3.62%    3.18%    1.60%    1.07%    0.92%    1.72%    0.67%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.85%    2.98%    3.50%    2.77%    4.12%    9.61%    1.94%    3.11%   
5-9 years 1.67%    2.32%    3.26%    2.40%    3.78%    4.33%    1.85%    2.48%   
10-19 years 1.03%    1.83%    1.80%    1.48%    2.28%    2.49%    1.11%    1.43%   
20 or more years 0.34%    1.40%    1.15%    0.83%    0.74%    0.44%    0.68%    0.37%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.36%    6.65%    2.89%    1.12%    0.71%    0.43%    1.53%    0.37%   
1 location only 0.61%    0.97%    0.98%    0.81%    1.42%    3.97%    0.58%    1.00%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.62%    9.72%    5.18%    3.61%    3.27%    2.37%    3.47%    1.79%   
25-49 % 1.41%    4.42%    3.94%    3.04%    3.68%    1.51%    2.50%    1.60%   
50-74 % 0.89%    2.98%    3.03%    1.90%    2.27%    1.18%    1.69%    1.00%   
75% or more 0.35%    1.03%    1.02%    0.76%    0.84%    0.48%    0.60%    0.40%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.36%    0.97%    0.95%    0.69%    0.80%    0.53%    0.56%    0.42%   
Has union employees 0.74%    6.27%    3.73%    3.75%    2.50%    0.79%    2.48%    0.76%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.97%    4.41%    4.59%    2.02%    1.99%    1.29%    2.50%    1.04%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.33%    0.97%    0.92%    0.67%    0.80%    0.45%    0.53%    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.