Table I.B.3.b.(1) Percent of private-sector full-time 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 90.1%    91.2%    91.2%    91.1%    91.4%    89.2%    91.3%    89.9%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 78.9%    90.7%    --    97.2%    58.7%    92.6%    90.6%    77.0%   
Mining and manufacturing 95.9%    91.8%    93.2%    95.2%    95.4%    96.7%    93.9%    96.2%   
Construction 86.6%    87.9%    89.3%    86.8%    88.2%    81.3%    88.7%    85.3%   
Utilities and transp. 92.9%    87.9%    93.0%    94.7%    93.6%    92.6%    93.0%    92.9%   
Wholesale trade 96.3%    92.0%    95.5%    96.7%    97.2%    96.2%    95.1%    96.6%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 96.1%    93.3%    97.3%    99.0%    94.7%    96.4%    96.0%    96.1%   
Retail trade 88.4%    88.3%    94.3%    91.0%    95.1%    86.2%    90.7%    88.1%   
Professional services 91.1%    93.7%    92.3%    92.7%    92.1%    90.1%    93.2%    90.7%   
Other services 80.8%    89.4%    84.4%    83.7%    86.5%    77.0%    85.8%    79.9%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 90.3%    91.1%    92.7%    91.2%    91.9%    89.4%    91.9%    90.0%   
For profit, unincorporated 88.8%    90.8%    84.8%    90.7%    89.8%    87.9%    88.8%    88.8%   
Nonprofit 90.3%    93.0%    92.6%    91.1%    91.3%    89.4%    92.1%    90.1%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 87.9%    94.0%    81.1%    87.0%    91.9%    76.2%    88.4%    87.5%   
5-9 years 89.6%    93.2%    88.2%    90.6%    87.7%    89.3%    91.8%    88.0%   
10-19 years 91.0%    90.9%    93.1%    90.8%    92.0%    87.8%    91.6%    90.6%   
20 or more years 90.1%    89.4%    93.2%    91.8%    91.6%    89.3%    91.7%    90.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 90.2%    96.0%    97.8%    94.7%    92.9%    89.3%    96.4%    90.1%   
1 location only 89.9%    91.1%    90.8%    90.3%    89.3%    85.8%    90.9%    89.0%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 87.7%    96.4%    88.6%    83.0%    88.6%    88.2%    91.2%    87.3%   
25-49 % 88.7%    94.6%    93.6%    90.2%    90.1%    86.7%    93.2%    88.0%   
50-74 % 90.9%    86.9%    91.8%    91.1%    92.2%    90.6%    89.8%    91.1%   
75% or more 90.1%    91.7%    91.1%    91.3%    91.4%    89.2%    91.4%    89.9%   
Union presence
No union employees 90.7%    91.5%    91.3%    91.7%    92.1%    89.7%    91.7%    90.5%   
Has union employees 87.8%    86.0%    88.7%    82.4%    86.1%    88.2%    83.5%    87.9%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 82.3%    84.3%    90.4%    80.0%    81.7%    82.6%    84.1%    82.1%   
Less than 50% low-wage 91.3%    91.7%    91.3%    92.7%    93.2%    90.3%    92.0%    91.2%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 90.1%    90.8%    92.2%    92.0%    90.1%    88.6%    91.4%    89.7%   
25-49 % 92.1%    90.3%    93.8%    93.3%    95.5%    90.9%    93.0%    92.0%   
50-74 % 88.8%    90.8%    86.6%    87.6%    89.3%    88.9%    88.5%    88.9%   
75% or more 89.4%    93.1%    91.0%    90.9%    91.6%    87.9%    92.6%    88.9%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 88.8%    91.0%    89.0%    89.3%    90.4%    87.5%    89.8%    88.6%   
25-49 % 90.8%    91.9%    93.6%    92.4%    92.5%    90.0%    93.0%    90.6%   
50-74 % 90.5%    91.3%    93.4%    93.1%    91.2%    88.8%    93.0%    89.9%   
75% or more 93.3%    90.4%    94.1%    97.1%    90.1%    94.8%    92.1%    94.1%   

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.3.b.(1) Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time 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 0.40%    0.85%    1.04%    0.61%    0.79%    0.61%    0.53%    0.46%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 9.34%    5.14%    --    1.50%    17.30%    3.72%    3.38%    10.74%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.32%    2.53%    1.47%    0.83%    0.78%    0.37%    0.89%    0.34%   
Construction 1.41%    2.74%    2.19%    2.18%    2.94%    4.27%    1.35%    2.07%   
Utilities and transp. 1.41%    5.62%    2.86%    2.32%    2.63%    1.89%    1.92%    1.53%   
Wholesale trade 0.65%    2.43%    1.26%    1.09%    0.87%    1.20%    0.86%    0.78%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.48%    2.29%    0.90%    0.34%    1.41%    0.56%    1.05%    0.53%   
Retail trade 1.11%    2.91%    1.28%    1.63%    0.90%    1.55%    1.39%    1.25%   
Professional services 0.40%    0.94%    0.99%    0.98%    0.71%    0.60%    0.58%    0.46%   
Other services 1.50%    2.68%    4.31%    1.92%    1.67%    2.46%    2.03%    1.73%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.53%    1.09%    0.64%    0.74%    1.13%    0.80%    0.51%    0.62%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.80%    1.55%    4.46%    1.34%    1.69%    1.19%    1.81%    0.88%   
Nonprofit 0.59%    2.27%    2.13%    1.78%    1.00%    0.85%    1.34%    0.63%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.66%    1.53%    6.49%    2.62%    2.01%    6.53%    2.76%    1.95%   
5-9 years 1.31%    1.50%    2.94%    2.07%    3.19%    2.97%    1.22%    2.03%   
10-19 years 0.71%    1.56%    1.03%    1.25%    1.21%    2.37%    0.86%    0.98%   
20 or more years 0.47%    1.56%    0.72%    0.76%    1.01%    0.63%    0.61%    0.51%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.50%    2.94%    0.76%    0.76%    0.56%    0.62%    0.73%    0.50%   
1 location only 0.64%    0.86%    1.10%    0.73%    1.73%    3.72%    0.56%    1.09%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.32%    2.59%    4.53%    4.49%    2.70%    1.66%    2.58%    1.44%   
25-49 % 1.10%    1.94%    2.01%    1.90%    1.65%    1.96%    1.27%    1.26%   
50-74 % 0.73%    4.11%    2.25%    1.49%    1.20%    1.07%    1.84%    0.80%   
75% or more 0.45%    0.78%    1.16%    0.69%    0.92%    0.69%    0.57%    0.52%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.45%    0.85%    1.06%    0.59%    0.84%    0.78%    0.53%    0.54%   
Has union employees 0.81%    4.70%    3.82%    4.05%    2.48%    0.90%    2.83%    0.84%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.26%    3.62%    1.70%    2.64%    3.88%    1.26%    2.29%    1.37%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.41%    0.87%    1.10%    0.55%    0.51%    0.68%    0.53%    0.48%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 1.21%    1.23%    1.07%    0.95%    2.19%    2.61%    0.73%    1.58%   
25-49 % 0.60%    1.94%    1.05%    1.09%    0.52%    0.88%    0.81%    0.67%   
50-74 % 0.60%    2.34%    4.44%    1.58%    1.27%    0.77%    1.79%    0.64%   
75% or more 0.49%    1.16%    1.25%    1.32%    0.90%    0.72%    0.68%    0.56%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 0.82%    1.47%    1.84%    0.93%    0.95%    1.64%    0.94%    1.00%   
25-49 % 0.49%    1.55%    0.91%    1.00%    1.47%    0.58%    0.61%    0.53%   
50-74 % 0.77%    1.47%    1.27%    1.41%    1.74%    1.29%    0.77%    0.95%   
75% or more 0.90%    1.93%    2.22%    0.96%    2.89%    1.39%    1.32%    1.17%   

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.