Table I.E.4.a Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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 7.3%    49.7%    22.4%    11.2%    5.5%    4.3%    27.2%    4.8%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 14.1% * --    --    --    --    --    62.5%    3.3% *
Mining and manufacturing 6.1%    41.5%    26.7% * 11.0% * 1.6% * 5.8% * 21.7%    5.0%   
Construction 16.2%    63.1%    14.8%    7.1%    19.7% * 1.6% * 24.9%    11.7% *
Utilities and transp. 7.8%    --    28.5% * 7.3% * 15.6% * 5.3%    14.6% * 7.1%   
Wholesale trade 9.0%    56.2%    16.6% * 8.7% * 4.9% * 4.5% * 29.0%    4.8%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 4.6%    50.6%    22.6%    14.2% * 1.9% * 2.5% * 31.2%    2.7% *
Retail trade 6.8%    36.4% * 29.5% * 8.4% * 2.3% * 5.0%    26.9%    4.3%   
Professional services 7.2%    36.5%    23.7%    14.5%    6.0%    4.6%    25.4%    5.2%   
Other services 8.4%    59.3%    23.7%    11.8%    5.6% * 3.6% * 33.1%    4.3%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 6.5%    49.8%    23.0%    10.8%    5.1%    3.2%    26.3%    4.0%   
For profit, unincorporated 10.1%    44.1%    15.5%    12.0% * 2.5% * 9.1% * 26.6%    6.9%   
Nonprofit 8.8%    62.3%    30.8%    12.9%    9.5%    5.9%    35.3%    6.9%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 15.2%    39.7%    6.7% * 20.1% * 3.7% * 1.1% * 22.6%    9.8% *
5-9 years 9.0%    41.2%    24.6% * 6.0% * 1.0% * 1.2% * 25.6%    1.8% *
10-19 years 12.8%    52.5%    22.2%    11.8%    5.1% * 8.0% * 29.1%    6.6%   
20 or more years 6.3%    53.7%    24.6%    10.5%    6.1%    4.2%    27.7%    4.7%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 4.7%    --    41.9% * 10.1% * 4.2%    4.3%    23.4%    4.4%   
1 location only 15.6%    50.1%    20.5%    11.6%    7.1%    4.0% * 27.7%    7.3%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 12.7%    --    --    14.1% * 12.8% * 2.2% * 40.0%    5.7% *
25-49 % 9.6%    73.2%    28.6% * 13.1%    6.0% * 3.5% * 40.6%    4.9%   
50-74 % 6.5%    50.2%    24.8% * 16.1% * 2.7% * 3.5%    32.8%    3.8%   
75% or more 7.2%    49.1%    21.6%    10.7%    5.5%    4.4%    26.0%    4.9%   
Union presence
No union employees 7.0%    49.2%    21.4%    11.2%    3.8%    3.4%    26.7%    4.0%   
Has union employees 8.2%    --    49.3%    10.6%    18.7%    6.3%    43.9%    7.6%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 4.2%    49.9%    27.1% * 7.1%    1.3% * 2.6%    31.3%    2.3%   
Less than 50% low-wage 7.5%    49.7%    22.3%    11.5%    5.8%    4.4%    27.1%    5.1%   

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.E.4.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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 0.43%    3.38%    2.64%    1.51%    0.83%    0.51%    1.60%    0.43%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 6.18% * --    --    --    --    --    15.49%    1.72% *
Mining and manufacturing 1.23%    11.70%    9.14% * 3.75% * 0.82% * 1.81% * 4.09%    1.29%   
Construction 2.98%    9.08%    4.24%    2.06%    7.09% * 1.16% * 4.16%    4.03% *
Utilities and transp. 1.72%    --    18.09% * 4.84% * 6.20% * 1.57%    8.60% * 1.69%   
Wholesale trade 1.50%    9.81%    5.69% * 2.88% * 2.44% * 1.79% * 4.98%    1.35%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.91%    10.15%    6.70%    4.59% * 0.81% * 0.95% * 5.39%    0.81% *
Retail trade 1.20%    11.56% * 15.60% * 4.10% * 1.20% * 1.01%    7.20%    0.78%   
Professional services 0.82%    6.54%    4.62%    4.21%    1.48%    0.93%    3.11%    0.83%   
Other services 1.02%    6.17%    6.13%    2.11%    1.97% * 1.18% * 3.53%    0.97%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.44%    4.13%    3.20%    1.80%    1.05%    0.41%    1.85%    0.42%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.74%    7.64%    4.41%    4.22% * 1.10% * 2.99% * 4.29%    1.89%   
Nonprofit 1.16%    8.53%    8.21%    3.17%    2.31%    1.45%    4.36%    1.20%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.80%    10.22%    3.71% * 9.42% * 2.09% * 0.70% * 5.08%    5.39% *
5-9 years 1.91%    9.28%    9.56% * 2.61% * 0.59% * 0.80% * 5.00%    0.87% *
10-19 years 1.60%    6.60%    4.07%    3.23%    1.82% * 3.76% * 3.52%    1.60%   
20 or more years 0.46%    4.46%    3.86%    1.62%    1.05%    0.52%    2.08%    0.46%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.46%    --    13.22% * 3.09% * 0.83%    0.51%    5.54%    0.45%   
1 location only 1.05%    3.40%    2.45%    1.74%    1.57%    3.32% * 1.66%    1.25%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 3.09%    --    --    5.56% * 9.04% * 1.33% * 10.11%    2.96% *
25-49 % 1.65%    10.53%    12.55% * 3.82%    2.94% * 1.20% * 7.18%    1.28%   
50-74 % 0.95%    9.61%    8.16% * 5.55% * 1.04% * 0.84%    5.32%    0.77%   
75% or more 0.48%    3.79%    2.86%    1.64%    0.92%    0.57%    1.74%    0.48%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.44%    3.45%    2.69%    1.60%    0.69%    0.48%    1.64%    0.41%   
Has union employees 1.22%    --    13.98%    3.18%    4.54%    1.29%    8.08%    1.23%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.65%    13.32%    9.03% * 1.86%    0.50% * 0.71%    5.46%    0.52%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.47%    3.49%    2.71%    1.62%    0.90%    0.55%    1.66%    0.47%   

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.