Table I.A.2.b Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2020
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 26.2%    57.2%    40.5%    28.0%    13.6%    6.6%    48.1%    10.3%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 56.3%    65.0%    69.4%    47.3% * 28.4% * 0.0%    66.5%    20.5% *
Mining and manufacturing 29.1%    54.2%    51.9%    20.7%    9.8%    11.3%    46.7%    10.8%   
Construction 42.5%    61.1%    43.1%    31.3%    29.0%    5.5% * 47.3%    25.4%   
Utilities and transp. 25.6%    59.0%    42.0%    24.6%    21.6%    4.4% * 50.0%    10.2%   
Wholesale trade 26.6%    50.7%    46.2%    31.5%    10.1%    2.0% * 47.1%    8.0%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 20.7%    60.2%    45.7%    34.1%    15.0%    6.7%    55.1%    10.0%   
Retail trade 14.3%    56.5%    32.1%    19.5%    5.2%    2.7% * 42.4%    3.9%   
Professional services 33.3%    60.0%    36.3%    30.0%    15.3%    15.1%    49.7%    16.3%   
Other services 25.8%    52.3%    40.6%    28.3%    14.9%    5.2%    45.2%    10.4%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 24.7%    56.2%    40.3%    27.3%    12.6%    6.7%    47.1%    9.5%   
For profit, unincorporated 29.9%    63.6%    38.7%    24.6%    12.6%    5.0%    51.7%    9.7%   
Nonprofit 31.0%    52.9%    44.3%    35.6%    17.8%    8.7%    48.6%    16.9%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 50.0%    63.1%    39.1%    27.2%    13.3% * --    54.9%    13.4%   
5-9 years 38.1%    50.5%    35.8%    22.2%    16.4% * 7.4% * 43.6%    17.1%   
10-19 years 38.1%    60.5%    41.9%    26.2%    9.2%    2.2%    50.0%    11.2%   
20 or more years 20.8%    55.4%    40.9%    29.4%    14.4%    6.8%    46.6%    10.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 11.1%    --    39.5%    27.2%    12.9%    6.6%    35.7%    9.2%   
1 location only 46.4%    57.4%    40.6%    28.6%    19.2%    13.1%    49.4%    22.0%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 22.2%    43.7%    47.5%    26.6%    9.3%    6.5% * 41.4%    10.2%   
25-49 % 18.8%    52.4%    33.2%    32.9%    11.8%    2.8% * 42.7%    7.9%   
50-74 % 24.4%    52.3%    42.5%    30.1%    9.3%    5.0%    48.1%    7.4%   
75% or more 27.6%    59.4%    40.4%    27.3%    14.8%    7.5%    48.9%    11.2%   
Union presence
No union employees 27.0%    57.3%    39.6%    27.2%    13.3%    5.5%    47.9%    9.7%   
Has union employees 18.4%    51.1%    68.9%    51.1%    19.4%    11.6%    56.0%    13.8%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 18.7%    65.1%    39.5%    23.9%    10.3%    2.9%    51.1%    6.2%   
Less than 50% low-wage 27.8%    56.1%    40.6%    28.7%    14.6%    7.8%    47.7%    11.4%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 33.4%    58.2%    42.5%    26.5%    13.3%    4.5%    48.4%    11.2%   
25-49 % 23.2%    56.3%    38.6%    32.9%    13.0%    9.4%    46.9%    11.6%   
50-74 % 23.2%    58.1%    44.6%    29.1%    14.3%    5.0%    52.0%    8.4%   
75% or more 24.9%    54.8%    35.3%    25.6%    13.6%    7.1%    44.2%    11.1%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 27.3%    54.4%    39.8%    27.5%    13.5%    5.9%    45.8%    10.7%   
25-49 % 19.3%    54.6%    42.6%    31.1%    16.1%    7.4%    45.3%    10.4%   
50-74 % 28.2%    51.5%    40.8%    24.7%    9.5%    5.0%    45.6%    8.6%   
75% or more 52.3%    71.0%    33.8%    21.3%    11.8% * 5.4% * 64.9%    8.5%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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.A.2.b Standard errors for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2020
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 0.70%    2.13%    1.75%    1.25%    0.90%    0.66%    1.32%    0.52%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.21%    10.59%    13.20%    18.16% * 10.90% * 0.00%    8.09%    8.43% *
Mining and manufacturing 2.53%    9.65%    5.89%    3.06%    2.60%    2.58%    4.45%    1.62%   
Construction 2.87%    6.08%    5.05%    3.86%    5.89%    2.52% * 3.42%    3.79%   
Utilities and transp. 4.00%    12.79%    10.22%    6.82%    4.90%    1.60% * 8.33%    1.83%   
Wholesale trade 2.50%    8.15%    6.42%    4.58%    2.47%    0.82% * 4.62%    1.40%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.76%    6.63%    6.69%    4.42%    2.47%    1.32%    4.69%    1.16%   
Retail trade 1.61%    7.33%    5.23%    3.53%    1.42%    0.82% * 4.31%    0.77%   
Professional services 1.53%    3.46%    3.07%    2.28%    1.65%    2.54%    2.35%    1.57%   
Other services 1.66%    4.90%    3.94%    2.74%    2.30%    0.85%    3.09%    1.00%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.82%    2.59%    2.03%    1.56%    1.04%    0.77%    1.57%    0.62%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.99%    4.62%    4.42%    2.59%    2.41%    1.12%    3.21%    1.13%   
Nonprofit 2.10%    6.30%    5.36%    3.22%    2.22%    1.79%    3.97%    1.46%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.84%    5.31%    6.34%    6.16%    4.71% * --    4.15%    3.36%   
5-9 years 3.48%    6.19%    5.21%    3.31%    5.11% * 5.72% * 4.22%    3.13%   
10-19 years 2.16%    4.22%    3.58%    2.56%    1.41%    0.55%    2.77%    1.31%   
20 or more years 0.71%    3.05%    2.31%    1.57%    1.05%    0.69%    1.71%    0.57%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.56%    --    4.64%    2.10%    0.99%    0.66%    2.89%    0.55%   
1 location only 1.29%    2.15%    1.88%    1.51%    1.86%    3.27%    1.42%    1.53%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 3.27%    10.84%    8.12%    6.30%    2.39%    2.74% * 6.57%    2.25%   
25-49 % 2.12%    9.40%    5.99%    4.99%    2.38%    1.07% * 5.16%    1.28%   
50-74 % 2.00%    5.78%    4.92%    4.65%    1.95%    1.34%    3.91%    1.13%   
75% or more 0.84%    2.40%    2.02%    1.34%    1.12%    0.86%    1.49%    0.65%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.74%    2.16%    1.77%    1.27%    0.93%    0.54%    1.35%    0.48%   
Has union employees 2.16%    12.17%    8.10%    6.45%    3.63%    2.47%    6.71%    2.20%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.81%    5.94%    5.35%    3.15%    1.90%    0.62%    4.23%    0.75%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.78%    2.26%    1.85%    1.36%    1.02%    0.84%    1.39%    0.63%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 1.46%    3.48%    2.76%    1.94%    1.53%    0.96%    2.10%    0.99%   
25-49 % 1.48%    5.14%    4.13%    3.45%    2.04%    1.78%    3.00%    1.42%   
50-74 % 1.40%    4.45%    4.14%    2.83%    1.82%    0.81%    3.09%    0.75%   
75% or more 1.40%    4.34%    3.45%    2.28%    1.68%    1.13%    2.64%    0.93%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 1.08%    3.19%    2.47%    1.76%    1.32%    0.85%    1.90%    0.74%   
25-49 % 0.98%    4.83%    3.27%    2.26%    1.73%    1.03%    2.42%    0.87%   
50-74 % 2.13%    5.20%    4.43%    3.40%    1.54%    1.17%    3.37%    1.04%   
75% or more 3.54%    4.45%    7.18%    5.01%    3.69% * 2.89% * 3.96%    2.06%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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.