Table I.A.2.k Among small firms, percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that use a third party to help purchase the insurance plans by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2019
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-49 employees 50-100 employees
United States 83.5%    77.9%    90.3%    91.7%    91.3%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 72.7%    66.5%    81.5%    95.5%    100.0%   
Mining and manufacturing 75.9%    56.4%    90.0%    95.2%    90.6%   
Construction 83.0%    78.8%    88.5%    84.9%    98.4%   
Utilities and transp. 86.9%    82.8%    89.1%    96.0%    --   
Wholesale trade 89.0%    82.8%    95.0%    97.2%    100.0%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 81.3%    79.2%    86.5%    86.7%    80.3%   
Retail trade 86.8%    80.1%    93.0%    95.6%    88.8%   
Professional services 84.4%    78.6%    92.5%    92.9%    96.1%   
Other services 82.2%    77.6%    86.9%    89.3%    86.6%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 84.0%    78.0%    91.1%    91.7%    92.7%   
For profit, unincorporated 86.5%    83.2%    91.9%    93.9%    91.3%   
Nonprofit 73.8%    63.8%    82.3%    88.6%    84.7%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 84.2%    79.4%    96.8%    93.7%    100.0%   
5-9 years 81.4%    73.5%    94.8%    95.0%    85.4%   
10-19 years 86.6%    84.4%    88.8%    92.2%    94.6%   
20 or more years 82.3%    74.8%    88.7%    90.8%    90.4%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 90.3%    90.5%    87.4%    92.4%    89.2%   
1 location only 82.6%    77.6%    90.7%    91.3%    92.9%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 68.0%    57.0%    76.6%    83.4%    --   
25-49 % 83.1%    79.0%    88.6%    85.1%    81.5%   
50-74 % 79.8%    73.1%    88.3%    93.9%    92.2%   
75% or more 85.3%    80.1%    91.8%    92.8%    93.8%   
Union presence
No union employees 83.7%    78.0%    90.5%    92.3%    91.3%   
Has union employees 78.3%    74.7%    83.8%    79.1%    92.7%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 76.5%    66.6%    91.5%    88.3%    --   
Less than 50% low-wage 84.3%    79.2%    90.1%    92.3%    94.8%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 83.2%    77.9%    89.3%    90.3%    98.6%   
25-49 % 89.6%    87.3%    93.0%    92.1%    85.3%   
50-74 % 80.8%    73.5%    91.0%    92.5%    94.8%   
75% or more 82.2%    75.9%    88.8%    92.6%    81.8%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 83.4%    76.4%    91.0%    91.4%    94.9%   
25-49 % 86.8%    82.1%    90.5%    91.9%    84.9%   
50-74 % 88.6%    87.7%    88.3%    93.7%    85.0%   
75% or more 71.5%    68.1%    87.9%    88.3%    100.0%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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.A.2.k Standard errors among small firms for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that use a third party to help purchase the insurance plans by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2019
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-49 employees 50-100 employees
United States 0.97%    1.61%    0.97%    0.84%    2.92%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 8.33%    11.32%    10.16%    4.52%    0.00%   
Mining and manufacturing 5.65%    10.11%    3.44%    1.48%    7.14%   
Construction 2.59%    4.57%    3.25%    3.70%    1.59%   
Utilities and transp. 4.33%    7.57%    6.85%    1.80%    --   
Wholesale trade 3.93%    6.99%    1.76%    1.67%    0.00%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 3.17%    4.30%    4.23%    3.82%    13.03%   
Retail trade 2.38%    4.41%    2.33%    1.42%    8.03%   
Professional services 1.90%    3.03%    1.35%    1.61%    2.87%   
Other services 1.90%    3.16%    2.69%    2.00%    9.31%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 1.17%    2.00%    1.07%    1.01%    3.81%   
For profit, unincorporated 2.01%    3.00%    2.01%    2.07%    5.92%   
Nonprofit 3.31%    5.63%    4.25%    2.34%    6.60%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.97%    4.11%    1.35%    2.13%    0.00%   
5-9 years 3.00%    4.61%    2.08%    1.84%    9.60%   
10-19 years 1.90%    2.91%    2.26%    1.99%    5.21%   
20 or more years 1.31%    2.46%    1.39%    1.13%    4.01%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 1.35%    4.78%    2.79%    1.43%    5.56%   
1 location only 1.08%    1.65%    1.04%    1.04%    2.98%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 5.43%    9.27%    7.66%    5.41%    --   
25-49 % 2.98%    5.75%    3.15%    3.54%    13.43%   
50-74 % 2.68%    4.19%    2.79%    1.80%    7.35%   
75% or more 1.11%    1.85%    1.01%    0.93%    2.40%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.99%    1.64%    0.98%    0.84%    3.06%   
Has union employees 4.87%    8.85%    6.19%    5.66%    7.04%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 3.44%    5.89%    2.31%    2.61%    --   
Less than 50% low-wage 1.00%    1.66%    1.05%    0.89%    1.83%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 1.60%    2.65%    1.71%    1.55%    1.18%   
25-49 % 1.69%    2.86%    2.13%    2.41%    7.48%   
50-74 % 2.26%    3.58%    2.02%    1.60%    3.71%   
75% or more 2.12%    3.55%    2.00%    1.35%    9.89%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 1.39%    2.44%    1.35%    1.21%    3.85%   
25-49 % 1.81%    3.67%    1.53%    1.62%    5.96%   
50-74 % 1.67%    2.43%    3.05%    1.75%    9.23%   
75% or more 3.75%    4.40%    5.02%    4.31%    0.00%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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.