Table I.D.4.a Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take family coverage that required no employee contribution 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 8.8%    52.0%    27.3%    19.5%    8.7%    3.1%    32.0%    5.4%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 10.8% * --    --    --    --    --    46.2%    3.4% *
Mining and manufacturing 8.6%    16.3% * 26.0% * 18.9%    9.0% * 5.7% * 18.4%    7.7%   
Construction 31.8%    57.9%    19.2%    43.0%    36.4% * 2.4% * 32.8%    31.1%   
Utilities and transp. 6.8%    35.5% * 25.7% * 3.2% * 16.3% * 4.4%    20.7% * 5.9%   
Wholesale trade 7.8%    52.2%    24.6%    6.8% * 6.4% * 1.6% * 25.6%    3.8% *
Fin. svs. and real estate 4.9%    54.5%    44.1%    18.1% * 3.6% * 2.0% * 40.1%    2.7% *
Retail trade 5.5%    60.7%    24.2%    14.7% * 0.4% * 0.9% * 30.0%    1.9% *
Professional services 7.7%    53.3%    27.2%    12.8%    5.8%    2.9% * 32.6%    4.0%   
Other services 10.6%    55.4%    32.2%    22.2%    5.9% * 3.2% * 41.0%    4.3% *
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 8.1%    49.7%    27.1%    21.0%    10.1%    1.8%    31.1%    4.7%   
For profit, unincorporated 15.1%    53.0%    22.8%    13.8% * 4.3% * 14.7% * 29.8%    11.7%   
Nonprofit 7.2%    67.0%    38.4%    17.6%    6.8% * 2.4% * 42.0%    3.9%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 15.3%    35.0%    34.1% * 4.0% * 3.1% * 0.0%    28.0%    2.3% *
5-9 years 13.2%    40.9%    26.9% * 9.8% * 3.1% * 0.9% * 26.0%    4.0% *
10-19 years 19.7%    61.1%    25.2%    23.9%    11.4% * 1.9% * 37.4%    11.1%   
20 or more years 7.1%    54.2%    27.4%    20.7%    8.9%    3.2%    31.5%    5.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 4.4%    --    32.7%    12.8% * 9.6%    3.0%    19.7%    4.2%   
1 location only 22.0%    52.0%    26.9%    21.3%    7.4%    6.4% * 33.1%    12.0%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 21.1%    76.4%    74.2%    41.8%    20.2% * 0.9% * 72.4%    7.6% *
25-49 % 14.1%    75.9%    56.1%    22.6% * 11.9% * 0.9% * 54.6%    5.1% *
50-74 % 6.3%    51.4%    43.2%    9.7% * 1.5% * 1.5% * 41.1%    1.4% *
75% or more 8.6%    49.2%    24.4%    20.0%    9.0%    3.4%    29.1%    5.7%   
Union presence
No union employees 7.6%    50.4%    27.1%    13.9%    5.5%    1.8%    30.5%    3.5%   
Has union employees 12.5%    78.9%    29.4% * 54.0%    27.9%    6.1%    49.0%    10.8%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 5.7%    75.4%    33.0% * 10.2%    2.1% * 0.9% * 45.1%    1.2%   
Less than 50% low-wage 9.0%    50.2%    27.0%    20.1%    9.3%    3.3%    31.2%    5.7%   

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.

* 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.D.4.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take family coverage that required no employee contribution 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 0.61%    2.79%    2.56%    2.31%    1.75%    0.65%    1.59%    0.65%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 3.48% * --    --    --    --    --    12.87%    1.80% *
Mining and manufacturing 2.13%    7.53% * 9.49% * 5.55%    3.88% * 3.01% * 4.10%    2.30%   
Construction 5.05%    9.14%    4.63%    7.74%    13.45% * 1.86% * 4.81%    7.63%   
Utilities and transp. 1.25%    13.28% * 13.69% * 1.80% * 5.59% * 1.12%    6.43% * 1.24%   
Wholesale trade 1.37%    8.10%    7.13%    3.29% * 3.37% * 0.90% * 4.15%    1.28% *
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.01%    10.41%    8.92%    7.25% * 1.72% * 0.99% * 5.83%    0.92% *
Retail trade 1.17%    8.93%    6.92%    7.06% * 0.31% * 0.46% * 5.48%    1.01% *
Professional services 0.87%    4.74%    5.18%    3.56%    1.63%    0.99% * 2.92%    0.85%   
Other services 1.49%    6.55%    6.71%    5.28%    2.44% * 1.79% * 4.23%    1.44% *
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.65%    3.32%    3.01%    2.94%    2.40%    0.40%    1.89%    0.67%   
For profit, unincorporated 2.74%    6.57%    5.91%    4.80% * 2.13% * 4.89% * 3.83%    3.37%   
Nonprofit 1.01%    7.86%    8.50%    3.90%    2.31% * 0.98% * 4.81%    0.93%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.12%    7.90%    10.81% * 2.07% * 2.22% * 0.00%    5.25%    1.49% *
5-9 years 2.48%    7.93%    8.43% * 4.21% * 1.57% * 0.42% * 4.56%    1.88% *
10-19 years 2.18%    4.95%    4.57%    5.28%    4.68% * 1.34% * 3.31%    2.77%   
20 or more years 0.66%    4.15%    3.28%    3.01%    2.11%    0.68%    2.16%    0.69%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.69%    --    9.10%    4.26% * 2.68%    0.65%    3.75%    0.70%   
1 location only 1.24%    2.81%    2.67%    2.69%    1.58%    4.18% * 1.69%    1.76%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 4.48%    11.65%    10.14%    9.54%    14.77% * 0.92% * 8.13%    4.40% *
25-49 % 2.73%    8.70%    10.90%    8.57% * 6.94% * 0.45% * 7.14%    2.11% *
50-74 % 1.03%    8.68%    9.40%    3.93% * 0.80% * 0.72% * 5.45%    0.57% *
75% or more 0.68%    3.15%    2.69%    2.56%    1.92%    0.74%    1.72%    0.73%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.48%    2.83%    2.67%    1.88%    1.13%    0.44%    1.56%    0.47%   
Has union employees 1.95%    11.46%    9.14% * 8.29%    8.26%    1.82%    8.27%    2.01%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.03%    8.56%    10.56% * 2.61%    1.00% * 0.32% * 6.30%    0.33%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.65%    2.89%    2.63%    2.44%    1.88%    0.69%    1.64%    0.70%   

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.