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, 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 80.5%    82.7%    78.5%    78.8%    80.1%    81.1%    80.2%    80.6%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 78.9%    76.2%    --    77.5%    76.5%    89.3%    63.0%    83.5%   
Mining and manufacturing 94.7%    86.9%    90.3%    93.6%    94.0%    95.9%    91.0%    95.1%   
Construction 85.2%    92.1%    87.5%    85.3%    77.0%    92.0%    89.1%    83.0%   
Utilities and transp. 89.4%    88.6%    88.6%    86.3%    92.5%    89.0%    87.6%    89.5%   
Wholesale trade 93.9%    93.5%    87.9%    94.9%    92.7%    95.3%    91.4%    94.5%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 93.4%    88.2%    92.7%    91.9%    94.3%    93.5%    91.4%    93.6%   
Retail trade 68.9%    81.6%    68.9%    77.7%    80.0%    64.3%    74.2%    68.2%   
Professional services 82.9%    86.0%    82.9%    80.7%    80.0%    84.2%    83.5%    82.8%   
Other services 65.1%    69.5%    62.9%    57.3%    59.5%    68.6%    63.6%    65.4%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 81.6%    85.0%    80.2%    82.5%    82.6%    81.0%    82.8%    81.4%   
For profit, unincorporated 76.9%    80.6%    78.4%    71.9%    77.9%    77.5%    75.8%    77.1%   
Nonprofit 79.1%    73.2%    66.1%    69.5%    74.2%    84.0%    69.1%    80.1%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 75.1%    84.7%    77.0%    73.3%    73.3%    69.4%    77.8%    72.7%   
5-9 years 76.1%    86.2%    78.7%    71.5%    77.0%    72.1%    81.5%    72.6%   
10-19 years 79.8%    85.5%    81.4%    79.2%    78.7%    79.3%    81.6%    79.0%   
20 or more years 81.0%    79.6%    77.3%    80.7%    81.0%    81.3%    79.6%    81.1%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 81.8%    84.1%    84.1%    82.2%    82.1%    81.7%    83.7%    81.8%   
1 location only 77.1%    82.7%    78.0%    77.7%    77.1%    60.5%    79.8%    74.9%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 36.0%    25.0%    22.7%    30.8%    28.8%    42.2%    26.8%    37.4%   
25-49 % 40.9%    58.4%    37.8%    35.9%    42.1%    41.3%    43.2%    40.6%   
50-74 % 68.1%    70.8%    65.0%    65.8%    64.6%    69.4%    66.5%    68.3%   
75% or more 89.8%    91.0%    88.0%    89.7%    89.9%    89.9%    89.0%    89.9%   
Union presence
No union employees 80.4%    82.8%    78.3%    78.9%    80.6%    80.9%    80.2%    80.5%   
Has union employees 80.8%    79.3%    83.6%    75.0%    75.2%    81.7%    80.1%    80.8%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 58.4%    62.6%    48.1%    50.7%    55.8%    61.0%    54.8%    58.7%   
Less than 50% low-wage 84.7%    85.1%    82.0%    83.5%    84.9%    85.2%    83.4%    84.9%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 89.0%    82.3%    85.4%    87.2%    89.8%    91.2%    86.1%    89.9%   
25-49 % 82.5%    84.3%    76.0%    77.2%    84.2%    83.0%    78.2%    83.0%   
50-74 % 76.0%    83.8%    75.1%    68.3%    73.8%    77.4%    76.0%    76.0%   
75% or more 75.6%    80.5%    72.5%    73.4%    73.2%    77.1%    74.7%    75.8%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 74.6%    82.9%    76.2%    72.8%    74.6%    74.4%    77.8%    73.9%   
25-49 % 84.4%    83.8%    84.0%    86.2%    84.7%    84.2%    84.4%    84.4%   
50-74 % 82.9%    82.6%    74.6%    83.7%    81.7%    84.6%    79.8%    83.6%   
75% or more 80.3%    80.7%    82.3%    81.6%    79.9%    79.2%    81.6%    79.5%   

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.

-- 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, 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 0.39%    1.10%    1.09%    0.89%    0.69%    0.59%    0.63%    0.44%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 4.15%    7.87%    --    8.01%    6.53%    5.40%    8.76%    3.97%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.45%    3.17%    1.44%    0.92%    0.76%    0.70%    0.99%    0.49%   
Construction 1.47%    1.71%    1.97%    2.02%    4.09%    1.66%    1.12%    2.20%   
Utilities and transp. 2.35%    3.57%    3.01%    2.97%    1.87%    3.42%    2.74%    2.56%   
Wholesale trade 0.75%    2.17%    2.23%    0.79%    1.77%    1.19%    1.16%    0.88%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.67%    2.58%    1.57%    1.53%    0.82%    0.91%    1.20%    0.72%   
Retail trade 1.05%    3.41%    3.30%    2.27%    2.27%    1.38%    1.92%    1.18%   
Professional services 0.50%    1.44%    1.33%    1.28%    1.04%    0.69%    0.83%    0.56%   
Other services 1.13%    3.08%    2.89%    2.28%    1.89%    1.70%    1.69%    1.28%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.50%    1.21%    1.22%    0.91%    0.84%    0.76%    0.68%    0.58%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.98%    3.06%    3.02%    2.77%    1.69%    1.44%    1.85%    1.11%   
Nonprofit 0.71%    3.45%    3.61%    2.11%    1.59%    0.80%    1.94%    0.75%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.91%    3.22%    3.15%    3.04%    4.24%    13.77%    2.12%    3.13%   
5-9 years 1.66%    3.67%    3.30%    3.13%    2.76%    7.80%    1.92%    2.40%   
10-19 years 1.03%    2.09%    1.98%    1.93%    1.80%    2.65%    1.29%    1.38%   
20 or more years 0.45%    1.46%    1.54%    1.12%    0.80%    0.60%    0.83%    0.48%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.45%    8.55%    2.40%    1.36%    0.81%    0.55%    1.56%    0.46%   
1 location only 0.74%    1.11%    1.16%    1.07%    1.23%    6.12%    0.67%    1.21%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.29%    4.88%    2.82%    4.58%    2.94%    3.65%    2.88%    2.58%   
25-49 % 1.02%    6.38%    2.63%    1.93%    1.94%    1.49%    2.20%    1.12%   
50-74 % 0.75%    2.05%    2.24%    1.42%    1.65%    1.01%    1.31%    0.83%   
75% or more 0.38%    0.81%    0.86%    0.59%    0.58%    0.61%    0.48%    0.44%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.43%    1.11%    1.12%    0.91%    0.70%    0.70%    0.64%    0.50%   
Has union employees 0.97%    8.33%    4.89%    4.21%    3.04%    1.06%    3.58%    0.99%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.01%    5.34%    3.84%    2.38%    1.85%    1.42%    2.21%    1.10%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.40%    0.94%    1.04%    0.86%    0.69%    0.61%    0.60%    0.46%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 0.53%    1.98%    1.15%    1.06%    1.00%    0.94%    0.82%    0.65%   
25-49 % 0.86%    2.97%    3.40%    2.67%    1.43%    1.16%    1.84%    0.94%   
50-74 % 0.68%    1.76%    2.55%    2.08%    1.33%    0.89%    1.43%    0.73%   
75% or more 0.92%    2.17%    2.01%    1.66%    1.45%    1.46%    1.19%    1.05%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 0.75%    1.65%    1.51%    1.41%    1.23%    1.30%    0.93%    0.89%   
25-49 % 0.46%    2.67%    1.54%    1.01%    0.87%    0.61%    0.96%    0.49%   
50-74 % 1.05%    2.12%    3.73%    1.91%    1.90%    1.69%    1.90%    1.21%   
75% or more 2.21%    2.74%    3.03%    3.77%    5.73%    4.85%    1.88%    3.39%   

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.