Table I.F.8 Percent of private-sector employees enrolled with single coverage health insurance in a plan that had an individual maximum out-of-pocket 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 93.4%    85.4%    88.6%    92.1%    92.0%    95.7%    88.8%    94.4%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 81.6%    85.5%    --    82.4%    66.5%    97.5%    94.6%    78.5%   
Mining and manufacturing 93.7%    87.1%    87.3%    93.6%    91.7%    95.4%    90.7%    94.1%   
Construction 92.6%    88.0%    92.8%    93.3%    90.3%    98.5%    91.0%    93.8%   
Utilities and transp. 94.1%    84.8%    92.7%    96.9%    82.7%    96.7%    92.4%    94.2%   
Wholesale trade 94.2%    89.5%    83.0%    94.9%    94.2%    96.9%    89.3%    95.7%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 92.7%    78.3%    87.8%    87.5%    94.4%    94.0%    85.8%    93.6%   
Retail trade 94.4%    80.0%    85.3%    90.3%    96.6%    96.9%    84.1%    96.5%   
Professional services 92.9%    87.3%    86.2%    91.9%    91.9%    95.0%    88.5%    93.8%   
Other services 94.5%    85.5%    93.3%    91.8%    92.8%    97.3%    89.8%    95.7%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 93.5%    87.2%    87.8%    92.8%    90.5%    95.9%    89.1%    94.4%   
For profit, unincorporated 94.3%    81.9%    91.6%    91.2%    95.8%    97.7%    88.1%    96.2%   
Nonprofit 92.7%    80.2%    88.9%    90.1%    94.0%    93.5%    88.1%    93.2%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 89.8%    79.0%    95.3%    88.3%    93.7%    97.5%    86.4%    93.3%   
5-9 years 91.9%    87.1%    91.3%    95.1%    94.4%    85.3%    90.6%    93.0%   
10-19 years 90.8%    87.8%    89.1%    90.6%    88.9%    97.6%    89.2%    91.7%   
20 or more years 94.1%    85.4%    86.2%    92.8%    92.4%    95.7%    88.7%    94.8%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 94.9%    98.7%    81.4%    94.3%    92.4%    95.7%    90.5%    95.0%   
1 location only 90.3%    85.1%    89.1%    91.4%    91.4%    97.6%    88.6%    91.9%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 90.9%    65.2%    83.6%    86.6%    91.6%    97.6%    78.3%    94.1%   
25-49 % 92.3%    73.3%    81.8%    90.2%    90.2%    96.9%    81.7%    94.2%   
50-74 % 93.2%    90.7%    84.0%    93.6%    87.6%    96.1%    89.7%    93.8%   
75% or more 93.6%    85.9%    89.5%    92.2%    92.6%    95.6%    89.3%    94.5%   
Union presence
No union employees 93.3%    85.4%    88.7%    92.2%    92.0%    96.1%    88.9%    94.4%   
Has union employees 94.2%    85.1%    82.2%    91.7%    91.8%    94.8%    84.9%    94.4%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 91.8%    78.2%    88.0%    89.2%    87.1%    95.4%    87.8%    92.3%   
Less than 50% low-wage 93.7%    86.0%    88.6%    92.6%    92.8%    95.8%    88.9%    94.7%   

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.F.8 Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled with single coverage health insurance in a plan that had an individual maximum out-of-pocket 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%    1.38%    1.23%    0.77%    0.81%    0.42%    0.67%    0.36%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 9.34%    6.80%    --    14.65%    18.37%    2.26%    2.76%    11.38%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.82%    5.05%    4.48%    1.83%    2.07%    0.99%    2.03%    0.89%   
Construction 1.24%    3.87%    2.37%    1.77%    3.44%    0.75%    1.65%    1.80%   
Utilities and transp. 1.66%    7.94%    3.57%    1.72%    6.59%    1.60%    2.65%    1.81%   
Wholesale trade 0.85%    3.64%    4.56%    1.83%    2.08%    0.85%    2.17%    0.86%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.26%    5.44%    4.52%    4.07%    1.63%    1.72%    2.77%    1.38%   
Retail trade 0.65%    5.43%    4.70%    2.51%    0.99%    0.50%    2.68%    0.51%   
Professional services 0.57%    2.08%    2.65%    1.72%    1.41%    0.67%    1.27%    0.64%   
Other services 0.53%    3.13%    1.79%    1.52%    1.60%    0.46%    1.42%    0.55%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.40%    1.40%    1.49%    0.84%    1.18%    0.50%    0.78%    0.45%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.59%    3.49%    2.12%    1.83%    1.01%    0.49%    1.61%    0.56%   
Nonprofit 0.82%    6.06%    4.73%    2.86%    1.06%    1.18%    2.39%    0.87%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.64%    4.61%    1.64%    2.93%    2.92%    2.11%    2.29%    2.21%   
5-9 years 1.53%    3.95%    3.22%    1.26%    1.87%    8.93%    1.92%    2.27%   
10-19 years 1.16%    2.09%    2.08%    2.01%    2.93%    0.78%    1.19%    1.67%   
20 or more years 0.34%    2.02%    1.95%    0.92%    0.83%    0.42%    0.97%    0.36%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.36%    1.06%    5.52%    1.10%    0.84%    0.43%    1.83%    0.37%   
1 location only 0.64%    1.40%    1.26%    0.95%    1.51%    1.10%    0.72%    1.04%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.56%    11.16%    8.25%    3.99%    2.30%    0.91%    5.78%    1.17%   
25-49 % 1.03%    7.24%    5.87%    3.47%    2.45%    0.66%    3.34%    1.01%   
50-74 % 0.94%    2.29%    4.30%    1.37%    3.45%    0.87%    1.68%    1.07%   
75% or more 0.36%    1.56%    1.32%    0.89%    0.87%    0.49%    0.75%    0.41%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.36%    1.40%    1.25%    0.79%    0.88%    0.49%    0.68%    0.42%   
Has union employees 0.72%    8.24%    8.11%    3.25%    2.06%    0.79%    4.07%    0.73%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.91%    5.09%    3.01%    2.11%    2.99%    0.63%    1.80%    1.01%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.34%    1.43%    1.30%    0.83%    0.80%    0.47%    0.72%    0.39%   

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.