Table I.B.2.a Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2018
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 78.0%    81.4%    78.9%    76.4%    78.0%    77.9%    79.1%    77.8%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 75.6%    81.4%    --    95.2%    54.8%    91.4%    85.0%    73.9%   
Mining and manufacturing 94.5%    87.7%    87.4%    92.0%    94.5%    96.0%    89.1%    95.2%   
Construction 84.1%    84.1%    84.8%    85.2%    86.4%    78.8%    85.4%    83.4%   
Utilities and transp. 89.1%    81.3%    76.8%    84.9%    90.3%    90.2%    80.8%    89.9%   
Wholesale trade 92.9%    86.5%    90.3%    93.5%    93.1%    93.7%    90.5%    93.5%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 91.8%    88.5%    92.9%    92.7%    90.1%    92.4%    90.7%    92.0%   
Retail trade 65.0%    74.3%    76.7%    74.8%    79.0%    60.3%    73.4%    63.9%   
Professional services 81.7%    84.7%    82.1%    78.6%    76.4%    84.2%    83.2%    81.5%   
Other services 59.5%    72.5%    62.5%    55.9%    59.7%    59.1%    63.0%    58.8%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 78.9%    82.8%    82.7%    78.2%    80.6%    77.8%    81.6%    78.4%   
For profit, unincorporated 74.9%    81.6%    73.6%    74.5%    76.3%    73.5%    76.3%    74.6%   
Nonprofit 76.9%    71.5%    62.2%    70.0%    72.7%    81.3%    67.9%    77.8%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 74.4%    87.2%    69.8%    67.4%    78.7%    64.9%    76.2%    72.9%   
5-9 years 75.5%    86.7%    77.6%    73.8%    72.8%    72.9%    80.9%    71.9%   
10-19 years 78.5%    79.4%    81.7%    77.4%    79.0%    76.4%    79.3%    78.1%   
20 or more years 78.2%    78.7%    79.8%    77.8%    78.3%    78.1%    79.3%    78.1%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 78.4%    86.3%    86.6%    80.5%    79.4%    78.1%    85.7%    78.3%   
1 location only 76.8%    81.4%    78.4%    75.5%    76.0%    73.7%    78.7%    75.3%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 27.7%    34.7%    34.0%    19.7%    27.1%    28.9%    28.4%    27.6%   
25-49 % 42.0%    48.1%    42.7%    41.6%    43.0%    41.2%    43.7%    41.7%   
50-74 % 65.2%    66.4%    67.5%    63.7%    65.5%    65.1%    66.0%    65.1%   
75% or more 87.9%    89.6%    87.7%    87.9%    88.7%    87.4%    88.3%    87.8%   
Union presence
No union employees 77.3%    81.3%    78.9%    76.6%    77.9%    76.7%    79.2%    76.9%   
Has union employees 80.3%    83.2%    77.5%    73.4%    78.8%    80.8%    77.4%    80.4%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 53.6%    59.8%    55.8%    49.6%    52.9%    54.4%    53.2%    53.7%   
Less than 50% low-wage 83.6%    84.0%    81.7%    82.5%    84.8%    83.5%    83.0%    83.7%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 85.2%    84.3%    84.7%    86.1%    85.5%    84.9%    84.7%    85.4%   
25-49 % 81.3%    80.6%    82.8%    78.0%    83.2%    81.2%    79.5%    81.5%   
50-74 % 72.4%    79.5%    70.9%    64.9%    71.7%    73.5%    72.8%    72.3%   
75% or more 74.6%    79.5%    72.8%    71.9%    72.3%    75.9%    75.2%    74.5%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 71.7%    80.6%    76.3%    71.3%    74.2%    68.9%    76.4%    70.6%   
25-49 % 82.2%    82.6%    82.9%    82.2%    80.8%    82.6%    82.5%    82.2%   
50-74 % 80.6%    82.8%    81.9%    81.5%    81.9%    79.0%    82.7%    80.0%   
75% or more 82.2%    80.3%    75.4%    79.2%    83.0%    86.7%    78.6%    84.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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.2.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2018
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 0.41%    0.98%    1.04%    0.80%    0.83%    0.62%    0.59%    0.47%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 8.94%    7.84%    --    1.96%    15.52%    3.92%    4.30%    10.36%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.35%    2.96%    1.92%    0.95%    0.78%    0.40%    1.10%    0.36%   
Construction 1.38%    2.65%    2.62%    2.10%    2.90%    4.13%    1.42%    2.03%   
Utilities and transp. 1.39%    6.68%    4.61%    3.43%    2.47%    1.85%    3.03%    1.50%   
Wholesale trade 0.88%    2.39%    1.66%    1.17%    1.32%    1.66%    1.02%    1.07%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.72%    2.42%    1.35%    0.93%    1.25%    0.99%    1.21%    0.79%   
Retail trade 1.21%    3.28%    3.05%    2.13%    1.73%    1.66%    1.74%    1.35%   
Professional services 0.51%    1.29%    1.29%    1.41%    1.27%    0.64%    0.77%    0.58%   
Other services 1.10%    2.66%    2.82%    1.73%    1.82%    1.82%    1.55%    1.27%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.54%    1.20%    0.95%    0.98%    1.11%    0.80%    0.63%    0.62%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.92%    1.90%    3.47%    1.81%    1.73%    1.59%    1.63%    1.08%   
Nonprofit 0.76%    3.26%    3.02%    1.98%    1.58%    0.95%    1.74%    0.82%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.67%    2.23%    4.97%    3.02%    2.79%    6.13%    2.43%    2.33%   
5-9 years 1.56%    1.86%    2.84%    2.52%    3.77%    3.58%    1.51%    2.34%   
10-19 years 0.89%    1.68%    1.60%    1.57%    1.68%    2.77%    1.07%    1.23%   
20 or more years 0.48%    1.67%    1.21%    1.04%    1.00%    0.65%    0.77%    0.52%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.52%    5.87%    2.92%    1.68%    0.82%    0.63%    1.51%    0.52%   
1 location only 0.65%    0.99%    1.09%    0.90%    1.61%    4.00%    0.62%    1.08%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.36%    5.41%    5.21%    1.66%    2.01%    2.11%    2.70%    1.50%   
25-49 % 0.83%    3.86%    2.53%    1.63%    1.67%    1.29%    1.74%    0.93%   
50-74 % 0.75%    2.39%    2.09%    1.73%    1.25%    1.13%    1.31%    0.84%   
75% or more 0.43%    0.79%    1.08%    0.66%    0.88%    0.66%    0.55%    0.50%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.47%    1.00%    1.05%    0.79%    0.86%    0.81%    0.60%    0.56%   
Has union employees 0.83%    4.53%    7.02%    4.66%    2.73%    0.89%    3.17%    0.84%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.00%    3.44%    3.40%    1.96%    2.16%    1.38%    1.91%    1.09%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.41%    0.96%    1.07%    0.76%    0.66%    0.65%    0.57%    0.48%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 1.12%    1.57%    1.33%    1.05%    2.11%    2.43%    0.83%    1.47%   
25-49 % 0.67%    2.20%    1.93%    1.54%    1.42%    0.92%    1.31%    0.74%   
50-74 % 0.81%    2.32%    3.25%    1.85%    1.41%    1.13%    1.55%    0.88%   
75% or more 0.67%    1.71%    1.77%    1.70%    1.42%    0.95%    1.05%    0.76%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 0.72%    1.63%    1.66%    1.18%    1.09%    1.31%    0.93%    0.86%   
25-49 % 0.56%    1.73%    1.41%    1.19%    1.49%    0.70%    0.89%    0.61%   
50-74 % 0.93%    2.02%    1.92%    1.95%    2.05%    1.53%    1.19%    1.14%   
75% or more 1.74%    2.18%    4.63%    4.40%    3.19%    3.51%    1.98%    2.54%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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.