Table I.E.4.a Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one coverage that required no employee contribution 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 7.2%    42.4%    23.6%    9.9%    6.1%    4.7%    24.4%    5.1%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 12.2% * --    --    --    --    --    48.0% * 2.0% *
Mining and manufacturing 8.0%    38.9% * 28.6% * 10.7% * 8.5% * 6.0%    24.1%    6.5%   
Construction 15.6%    53.8%    15.3%    14.6%    19.5% * 5.6% * 23.7%    12.0% *
Utilities and transp. 5.8%    --    31.2% * 8.0% * 3.8% * 5.3% * 21.4% * 4.9% *
Wholesale trade 6.3%    32.7% * 32.2%    10.0% * --    1.7% * 26.5%    2.9% *
Fin. svs. and real estate 3.3%    48.1%    13.1% * 5.9% * 1.9% * 2.2%    21.3%    2.1%   
Retail trade 5.8%    58.9% * 25.2% * 3.0% * 2.8% * 4.0%    24.2% * 3.6%   
Professional services 8.7%    40.4%    25.3%    9.8%    5.5%    7.1%    25.7%    6.8%   
Other services 5.8%    36.4%    14.2% * 11.9%    6.6%    2.4%    21.5%    3.7%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 7.2%    50.5%    24.8%    9.8%    6.1%    4.4%    25.4%    4.9%   
For profit, unincorporated 7.8%    28.6%    15.4% * 8.7%    6.4% * 5.6%    19.6%    5.8%   
Nonprofit 6.5%    23.5% * 25.9% * 12.3%    5.9%    5.3%    25.1%    5.5%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 11.7%    51.3%    24.9% * 4.1% * 1.0% * 0.0%    24.2%    2.1% *
5-9 years 11.1%    36.7% * 19.0% * 6.8% * 1.5% * 0.7% * 21.3%    3.3% *
10-19 years 11.6%    41.0%    17.1%    10.2%    8.0% * 5.8% * 22.4%    7.0%   
20 or more years 6.5%    43.8%    27.2%    10.8%    6.2%    4.7%    26.0%    5.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 5.0%    --    18.9%    7.8%    4.8%    4.8%    13.6%    4.8%   
1 location only 15.4%    42.3%    24.0%    10.6%    8.5%    1.7% * 25.6%    7.0%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 36.5% * --    81.5%    14.2% * 13.2% * 39.3% * 54.2% * 34.0% *
25-49 % 7.3%    --    8.1% * 11.9% * 10.5% * 3.2% * 28.5%    4.7% *
50-74 % 4.7%    26.6% * 34.7%    6.2% * 4.7% * 2.6%    23.1%    3.0%   
75% or more 7.1%    43.5%    21.7%    10.1%    6.1%    4.5%    24.0%    5.0%   
Union presence
No union employees 7.4%    43.1%    22.8%    9.4%    4.7%    4.9%    24.3%    4.9%   
Has union employees 6.4%    --    38.4% * 21.6%    20.6% * 4.1%    27.6% * 5.9%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 6.1%    54.8%    24.6% * 11.0% * 4.3% * 3.0%    31.9%    3.4%   
Less than 50% low-wage 7.3%    41.1%    23.6%    9.8%    6.3%    4.9%    23.9%    5.3%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 10.6%    45.4%    21.0%    10.8%    10.3% * 6.2%    22.9%    7.6%   
25-49 % 5.6%    25.7%    24.5%    8.3%    4.3%    4.5%    20.6%    4.5%   
50-74 % 6.6%    60.1%    31.9%    10.8%    4.3%    4.0%    36.0%    4.3%   
75% or more 6.0%    23.9%    20.2%    7.9%    4.3% * 4.9%    19.0%    4.7%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 8.2%    36.8%    16.5%    10.3%    3.8%    6.6%    21.4%    5.8%   
25-49 % 5.9%    44.9%    21.9%    9.3%    7.6%    4.2%    20.9%    5.0%   
50-74 % 8.4%    33.8%    41.1%    10.2%    6.7%    3.6%    29.4%    4.6%   
75% or more 18.6%    63.2%    25.2% * 11.3% * 1.6% * 0.0%    43.8%    0.5% *

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.E.4.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one coverage that required no employee contribution 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 0.45%    4.13%    2.63%    1.22%    1.09%    0.53%    1.67%    0.45%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 6.16% * --    --    --    --    --    16.40% * 1.78% *
Mining and manufacturing 1.48%    12.83% * 9.56% * 4.15% * 3.62% * 1.68%    5.83%    1.51%   
Construction 2.93%    12.15%    4.15%    3.76%    9.02% * 2.05% * 4.11%    3.79% *
Utilities and transp. 1.74%    --    18.49% * 4.38% * 2.17% * 2.23% * 8.88% * 1.73% *
Wholesale trade 1.23%    13.65% * 8.07%    3.33% * --    0.77% * 5.17%    1.05% *
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.59%    10.04%    4.79% * 2.41% * 0.89% * 0.65%    4.43%    0.54%   
Retail trade 1.23%    17.99% * 7.80% * 1.66% * 1.39% * 1.08%    7.62% * 0.85%   
Professional services 0.96%    6.85%    4.92%    2.07%    1.34%    1.25%    3.09%    0.99%   
Other services 0.79%    8.16%    4.49% * 3.51%    1.93%    0.67%    3.56%    0.72%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.56%    5.10%    3.05%    1.51%    1.51%    0.62%    2.02%    0.56%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.01%    7.01%    5.57% * 2.57%    2.13% * 1.26%    3.44%    1.02%   
Nonprofit 1.00%    7.15% * 8.87% * 2.69%    1.44%    1.31%    4.40%    1.03%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.05%    12.20%    11.49% * 1.72% * 1.04% * 0.00%    5.95%    1.09% *
5-9 years 2.88%    12.75% * 6.34% * 3.13% * 0.88% * 0.44% * 5.76%    1.56% *
10-19 years 1.55%    6.79%    4.23%    2.34%    3.56% * 1.93% * 2.88%    1.82%   
20 or more years 0.48%    5.99%    3.68%    1.67%    1.20%    0.55%    2.32%    0.48%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.47%    --    5.47%    2.04%    1.06%    0.54%    2.80%    0.47%   
1 location only 1.17%    4.16%    2.83%    1.48%    2.38%    1.20% * 1.82%    1.44%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 11.30% * --    13.02%    8.30% * 9.29% * 14.79% * 16.74% * 12.95% *
25-49 % 1.64%    --    6.64% * 4.60% * 4.24% * 1.49% * 7.91%    1.40% *
50-74 % 0.71%    8.71% * 9.37%    2.21% * 2.26% * 0.57%    5.04%    0.58%   
75% or more 0.47%    4.58%    2.67%    1.33%    1.18%    0.52%    1.79%    0.47%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.49%    4.20%    2.62%    1.24%    0.95%    0.63%    1.71%    0.50%   
Has union employees 1.08%    --    15.53% * 6.39%    6.61% * 0.93%    8.49% * 1.08%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.25%    16.30%    10.47% * 3.92% * 1.54% * 0.75%    8.79%    0.67%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.48%    4.08%    2.71%    1.26%    1.16%    0.57%    1.67%    0.49%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 1.18%    6.00%    3.68%    2.09%    3.11% * 1.59%    2.40%    1.35%   
25-49 % 0.78%    7.37%    6.37%    1.95%    1.10%    1.00%    3.44%    0.79%   
50-74 % 0.67%    7.53%    6.44%    2.61%    0.99%    0.62%    4.49%    0.53%   
75% or more 0.97%    6.72%    5.63%    2.00%    1.66% * 1.27%    3.11%    1.02%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 0.89%    6.19%    2.95%    2.07%    0.95%    1.34%    2.46%    0.94%   
25-49 % 0.59%    7.95%    4.45%    1.73%    1.92%    0.60%    2.50%    0.60%   
50-74 % 1.02%    7.38%    7.29%    2.85%    1.97%    0.91%    4.08%    0.83%   
75% or more 4.46%    9.58%    12.14% * 9.72% * 0.99% * 0.00%    8.02%    0.28% *

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.