Table I.B.2.b.1.a Among self-insured plans, percent of private-sector employees that are enrolled in a plan with a third party administrator (TPA) or administrative services only (ASO) 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 84.4%    39.1%    31.0%    59.4%    81.3%    87.2%    41.9%    85.8%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 47.7% * 0.0%    0.0%    --    --    27.8% * --    50.7% *
Mining and manufacturing 80.6%    --    --    76.3%    83.4%    80.4%    56.3%    81.2%   
Construction 73.9%    20.9% * 27.3% * 42.6%    84.7%    85.8%    33.5%    83.2%   
Utilities and transp. 88.7%    --    --    45.9% * 69.4%    94.4%    34.9% * 89.6%   
Wholesale trade 78.1%    --    --    69.5%    86.5%    78.5%    32.6%    80.6%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 90.3%    --    --    68.1%    87.0%    91.8%    41.4%    91.1%   
Retail trade 84.5%    --    28.6% * 53.7%    71.2%    88.3%    47.2%    85.8%   
Professional services 86.4%    38.4% * 46.8%    50.9%    79.6%    89.2%    43.4%    87.5%   
Other services 80.9%    43.0%    23.4% * 55.6%    79.0%    84.3%    44.7%    82.6%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 83.9%    34.2%    31.4%    60.0%    80.9%    86.6%    40.8%    85.4%   
For profit, unincorporated 81.4%    43.4% * 20.6% * 65.6%    81.4%    85.0%    43.2%    83.3%   
Nonprofit 87.8%    51.6%    46.9% * 48.2%    82.6%    90.6%    46.9%    88.7%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 60.1%    41.1% * 23.7% * 58.1%    76.7%    77.3%    53.8%    64.5%   
5-9 years 58.6%    44.3% * --    71.4%    61.6%    47.5% * 45.0%    63.7%   
10-19 years 73.2%    23.1% * 23.9% * 61.2%    76.6%    82.4%    35.4%    78.6%   
20 or more years 85.7%    43.2%    34.7%    56.4%    83.0%    87.6%    41.7%    86.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 86.1%    --    43.8%    58.8%    79.9%    87.3%    52.7%    86.2%   
1 location only 69.9%    38.7%    29.3%    59.6%    84.6%    85.2%    40.5%    81.0%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 86.3%    --    --    --    25.3% * 95.0%    45.7% * 89.3%   
25-49 % 88.5%    --    --    47.5% * 86.1%    91.0%    36.8%    89.9%   
50-74 % 87.8%    31.1% * --    60.6%    79.3%    90.5%    32.8%    89.2%   
75% or more 83.7%    40.1%    31.7%    59.5%    81.7%    86.4%    42.9%    85.1%   
Union presence
No union employees 83.4%    37.7%    30.6%    59.5%    81.5%    86.8%    42.0%    85.2%   
Has union employees 87.3%    --    --    --    78.6%    88.3%    41.0% * 87.7%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 82.5%    --    32.5% * 52.5%    82.0%    84.6%    35.2%    83.8%   
Less than 50% low-wage 84.6%    41.0%    30.9%    60.0%    81.2%    87.5%    42.5%    86.0%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 81.7%    36.6%    26.4%    62.3%    78.3%    88.5%    43.7%    84.7%   
25-49 % 83.8%    39.8% * 38.5% * 54.3%    89.0%    84.3%    42.2%    84.6%   
50-74 % 85.2%    29.9%    22.9% * 61.4%    79.9%    87.5%    32.7%    86.2%   
75% or more 86.8%    52.2%    38.4%    53.7%    77.4%    90.4%    45.4%    88.2%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 83.3%    49.3%    25.7%    48.7%    83.0%    88.1%    39.8%    86.0%   
25-49 % 85.5%    35.9% * 45.7%    64.5%    80.0%    87.4%    49.1%    86.1%   
50-74 % 81.2%    21.4% * 9.9% * 76.2%    80.9%    83.8%    39.7%    83.1%   
75% or more 81.3%    11.0% * --    --    95.0%    86.7%    30.0%    88.4%   

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.B.2.b.1.a Standard errors among self-insured plans for percent of private-sector employees that are enrolled in a plan with a third party administrator (TPA) or administrative services only (ASO) 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 0.68%    5.68%    4.92%    3.46%    1.62%    0.76%    2.85%    0.69%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 19.64% * 0.00%    0.00%    --    --    20.51% * --    21.34% *
Mining and manufacturing 1.98%    --    --    7.17%    3.51%    2.45%    9.60%    2.02%   
Construction 5.31%    9.48% * 9.67% * 11.32%    8.13%    8.54%    6.80%    6.13%   
Utilities and transp. 2.31%    --    --    17.51% * 9.65%    1.82%    14.70% * 2.30%   
Wholesale trade 2.54%    --    --    7.36%    4.54%    3.28%    7.93%    2.60%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.26%    --    --    12.27%    3.41%    1.36%    8.97%    1.25%   
Retail trade 1.73%    --    13.09% * 9.03%    6.23%    1.70%    10.15%    1.74%   
Professional services 1.07%    11.84% * 11.27%    6.35%    3.15%    1.14%    6.07%    1.08%   
Other services 2.24%    8.91%    8.10% * 7.89%    4.41%    2.65%    5.51%    2.32%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.84%    7.18%    6.01%    4.31%    2.04%    0.96%    3.45%    0.86%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.82%    14.82% * 8.70% * 7.65%    4.23%    2.08%    7.37%    1.85%   
Nonprofit 1.39%    10.87%    17.35% * 7.85%    3.34%    1.52%    6.88%    1.40%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 6.67%    12.86% * 12.53% * 11.59%    12.16%    13.56%    8.89%    9.53%   
5-9 years 6.73%    15.22% * --    8.27%    10.08%    19.71% * 8.71%    8.81%   
10-19 years 2.96%    8.26% * 7.51% * 8.07%    5.02%    4.53%    5.59%    3.17%   
20 or more years 0.69%    8.41%    7.28%    4.30%    1.71%    0.77%    3.83%    0.70%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.72%    --    11.47%    6.41%    1.96%    0.77%    7.85%    0.72%   
1 location only 2.07%    5.73%    5.33%    4.08%    2.78%    4.72%    3.06%    2.29%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 4.32%    --    --    --    10.51% * 1.93%    14.30% * 3.84%   
25-49 % 2.06%    --    --    15.86% * 6.02%    2.15%    9.58%    2.05%   
50-74 % 1.48%    11.62% * --    8.08%    4.77%    1.50%    7.42%    1.45%   
75% or more 0.77%    6.59%    5.52%    3.83%    1.73%    0.89%    3.18%    0.78%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.78%    5.96%    5.14%    3.52%    1.69%    0.92%    2.92%    0.80%   
Has union employees 1.34%    --    --    --    5.64%    1.38%    12.33% * 1.33%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 2.82%    --    13.33% * 9.91%    4.07%    3.31%    8.36%    2.89%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.69%    5.87%    5.16%    3.66%    1.72%    0.77%    3.00%    0.70%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 1.38%    9.51%    6.27%    5.16%    3.39%    1.49%    4.44%    1.42%   
25-49 % 1.46%    12.42% * 12.14% * 8.81%    2.19%    1.68%    6.93%    1.48%   
50-74 % 1.16%    8.92%    9.98% * 8.29%    3.16%    1.26%    5.69%    1.16%   
75% or more 1.32%    12.17%    9.77%    6.41%    3.80%    1.41%    5.80%    1.33%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 1.12%    7.98%    5.59%    4.68%    2.27%    1.26%    4.09%    1.11%   
25-49 % 0.93%    10.92% * 10.88%    5.85%    2.50%    1.03%    5.27%    0.94%   
50-74 % 2.02%    9.94% * 5.97% * 8.47%    3.92%    2.41%    7.24%    2.05%   
75% or more 3.86%    5.17% * --    --    2.55%    4.41%    8.45%    3.56%   

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.