Table I.A.2.f Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance 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 76.4%    54.0%    80.7%    87.5%    90.5%    79.3%    67.2%    83.0%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 73.6%    52.8%    100.0%    95.4%    95.5%    96.2%    67.5%    95.0%   
Mining and manufacturing 81.3%    69.0%    86.4%    90.5%    92.6%    69.8%    80.8%    81.8%   
Construction 79.8%    59.5%    86.6%    90.7%    94.6%    95.5%    75.6%    94.7%   
Utilities and transp. 74.7%    72.6%    89.0%    92.8%    90.2%    61.0%    80.1%    71.2%   
Wholesale trade 75.3%    52.8%    88.7%    88.2%    92.0%    68.8%    71.0%    79.2%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 75.6%    57.6%    76.0%    86.2%    89.8%    74.2%    65.2%    78.8%   
Retail trade 84.3%    53.0%    90.9%    94.8%    94.4%    86.6%    72.9%    88.6%   
Professional services 70.2%    50.2%    77.0%    83.0%    87.8%    71.9%    62.0%    78.5%   
Other services 76.3%    51.1%    70.9%    83.5%    90.1%    88.0%    61.6%    87.9%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 77.3%    55.6%    83.7%    88.3%    91.3%    79.2%    69.5%    82.6%   
For profit, unincorporated 76.5%    55.6%    77.1%    92.6%    89.9%    81.4%    66.9%    85.5%   
Nonprofit 69.7%    42.7%    64.7%    76.6%    88.6%    76.5%    53.4%    82.8%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 61.7%    49.0%    71.7%    88.1%    85.7%    91.7%    57.9%    90.0%   
5-9 years 70.6%    55.8%    78.9%    87.4%    92.8%    92.2%    65.0%    91.5%   
10-19 years 74.6%    55.5%    80.8%    87.3%    90.7%    93.3%    67.5%    90.7%   
20 or more years 78.4%    54.3%    82.1%    87.4%    90.4%    78.6%    69.7%    82.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 82.8%    --    81.5%    89.0%    91.1%    79.3%    82.9%    82.8%   
1 location only 67.7%    53.8%    80.6%    86.3%    86.2%    83.6%    65.5%    85.8%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 70.1%    36.8%    58.9%    76.1%    95.2%    79.6%    49.9%    82.8%   
25-49 % 78.7%    40.5%    71.0%    83.4%    92.3%    86.8%    58.7%    87.9%   
50-74 % 82.4%    63.7%    83.3%    89.8%    91.2%    89.8%    71.3%    90.5%   
75% or more 75.3%    53.8%    82.4%    88.3%    89.8%    75.8%    68.1%    80.9%   
Union presence
No union employees 77.1%    54.1%    80.7%    87.8%    90.5%    82.3%    67.2%    85.3%   
Has union employees 68.8%    49.6%    80.8%    77.6%    90.3%    66.6%    64.7%    69.3%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 81.0%    40.6%    80.3%    84.4%    92.2%    89.3%    59.4%    89.4%   
Less than 50% low-wage 75.4%    55.9%    80.7%    88.0%    90.0%    76.2%    68.2%    81.3%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 76.6%    55.3%    84.6%    88.3%    91.5%    82.2%    69.9%    86.4%   
25-49 % 71.8%    55.1%    80.4%    88.8%    93.4%    66.3%    69.1%    73.1%   
50-74 % 78.4%    53.1%    77.5%    88.8%    88.9%    85.2%    63.5%    86.1%   
75% or more 77.6%    52.3%    77.4%    84.0%    89.5%    84.9%    65.1%    86.6%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 78.4%    57.8%    80.2%    87.4%    90.6%    83.7%    69.6%    86.4%   
25-49 % 78.6%    58.7%    82.0%    88.9%    91.8%    76.6%    74.3%    80.1%   
50-74 % 73.6%    53.4%    81.1%    85.4%    85.9%    79.1%    65.7%    82.6%   
75% or more 55.9%    41.1%    76.0%    83.4%    94.6%    75.8%    47.1%    86.8%   

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.

-- 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.f Standard errors for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance 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 0.71%    2.18%    1.36%    0.84%    0.81%    1.01%    1.32%    0.70%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.12%    11.45%    0.00%    3.44%    4.39%    2.98%    8.83%    3.11%   
Mining and manufacturing 2.16%    8.45%    3.74%    2.58%    1.60%    3.62%    3.74%    2.06%   
Construction 2.72%    6.42%    3.33%    2.18%    1.85%    1.74%    3.35%    1.30%   
Utilities and transp. 3.83%    13.05%    6.33%    3.23%    3.67%    4.74%    8.45%    3.47%   
Wholesale trade 2.58%    8.08%    3.93%    2.84%    2.36%    4.66%    4.40%    2.85%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.80%    6.82%    5.44%    3.11%    2.05%    2.44%    4.72%    1.78%   
Retail trade 1.70%    7.64%    2.88%    1.51%    1.91%    1.87%    4.44%    1.49%   
Professional services 1.48%    3.68%    2.56%    1.79%    1.54%    2.66%    2.37%    1.68%   
Other services 1.62%    4.91%    3.65%    2.20%    2.19%    1.73%    3.05%    1.30%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.83%    2.65%    1.47%    1.01%    0.94%    1.13%    1.58%    0.83%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.83%    4.91%    4.05%    1.48%    2.60%    2.99%    3.13%    1.89%   
Nonprofit 2.00%    6.44%    4.83%    2.73%    1.65%    3.17%    3.93%    1.54%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.90%    5.77%    5.37%    3.45%    5.49%    8.34%    4.32%    2.96%   
5-9 years 3.52%    6.21%    4.51%    2.65%    2.29%    4.76%    4.27%    1.83%   
10-19 years 2.02%    4.45%    3.05%    1.79%    2.16%    1.92%    2.75%    1.34%   
20 or more years 0.75%    3.07%    1.65%    1.06%    0.92%    1.05%    1.68%    0.77%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.72%    --    3.29%    1.35%    0.90%    1.01%    2.20%    0.75%   
1 location only 1.29%    2.20%    1.48%    1.07%    1.51%    3.83%    1.43%    1.23%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 3.39%    9.62%    7.79%    5.94%    1.87%    4.08%    6.33%    2.96%   
25-49 % 2.22%    9.33%    5.40%    3.34%    2.43%    2.40%    5.18%    1.74%   
50-74 % 1.66%    5.11%    3.22%    2.06%    2.32%    2.17%    3.28%    1.63%   
75% or more 0.85%    2.51%    1.56%    0.91%    0.98%    1.28%    1.53%    0.87%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.73%    2.21%    1.39%    0.85%    0.83%    0.98%    1.34%    0.65%   
Has union employees 2.54%    12.27%    6.99%    4.95%    3.98%    3.06%    6.50%    2.74%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.71%    6.86%    3.87%    2.82%    1.93%    1.44%    4.48%    1.15%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.78%    2.27%    1.45%    0.86%    0.88%    1.24%    1.36%    0.83%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 1.45%    3.60%    1.94%    1.44%    1.42%    2.25%    2.17%    1.27%   
25-49 % 1.58%    5.22%    3.27%    1.93%    1.05%    2.36%    2.96%    1.86%   
50-74 % 1.31%    4.52%    3.46%    1.57%    1.73%    1.37%    3.05%    1.06%   
75% or more 1.34%    4.41%    2.83%    1.82%    1.67%    1.72%    2.59%    1.13%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 1.05%    3.17%    2.00%    1.22%    1.23%    1.58%    1.86%    1.00%   
25-49 % 1.05%    4.98%    2.46%    1.31%    1.16%    1.44%    2.41%    1.13%   
50-74 % 2.08%    5.23%    3.13%    2.44%    2.54%    3.49%    3.34%    2.05%   
75% or more 3.66%    5.20%    6.23%    4.66%    2.21%    7.90%    4.45%    3.44%   

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.

-- 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.