Table III.G.3(2006) Employer cost distributions (in dollars) for employees enrolled in single, employee-plus-one, and family coverage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles through State and local government jobs by government type: United States, 2006
  All State and local governments State governments Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees
Single coverage:
Average (mean) 4,405    4,143    4,745    4,681    4,514    4,279    4,267   
10th percentile 2,880    3,132    2,988    2,784    2,784    2,928    2,700   
25th percentile 3,552    3,624    3,624    3,792    3,540    3,492    3,360   
50th percentile (median) 4,152    4,068    4,500    4,452    4,307    4,068    4,068   
75th percentile 4,992    4,536    5,388    5,258    5,244    5,157    4,704   
90th percentile 6,000    5,148    6,650    6,612    6,252    5,784    5,868   
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 7,100    6,906    8,015    7,307    7,192    6,431    6,884   
10th percentile 3,864    3,924    3,720    3,900    3,732    3,540    3,744   
25th percentile 5,256    5,676    5,520    4,741    4,716    4,872    4,914   
50th percentile (median) 6,876    6,960    8,208    7,020    6,744    6,216    6,540   
75th percentile 8,604    8,124    9,900    9,276    8,916    7,632    8,448   
90th percentile 10,680    9,168    12,024    11,551    10,836    10,092    10,380   
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 9,705    9,495    10,881    9,906    9,971    9,359    8,793   
10th percentile 5,784    6,878    5,460    4,800    4,920    4,344    4,896   
25th percentile 7,800    8,028    8,400    7,956    7,512    7,584    7,228   
50th percentile (median) 9,564    9,468    11,400    9,950    10,104    9,168    8,736   
75th percentile 11,760    10,944    12,840    12,276    12,373    11,325    10,380   
90th percentile 13,776    12,168    15,636    14,439    14,820    14,028    12,312   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

 

Table III.G.3(2006) Standard error for employer cost distributions (in dollars) for employees enrolled in single, employee-plus-one, and family coverage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles through State and local government jobs by government type: United States, 2006
  All State and local governments State governments Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees
Single coverage:
Average (mean) 18.19    0.00    102.21    107.00    114.77    50.96    0.00   
10th percentile 25.46    0.00    93.40    110.55    122.76    39.54    0.00   
25th percentile 16.58    0.00    66.81    117.22    75.38    21.19    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 18.07    0.00    89.20    96.68    78.63    45.90    0.00   
75th percentile 36.35    0.00    157.39    97.96    117.34    117.95    0.00   
90th percentile 52.12    0.00    497.88    228.98    189.01    106.37    0.00   
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 30.97    0.00    135.58    151.65    200.25    126.40    0.00   
10th percentile 26.08    0.00    245.51    271.20    134.92    62.26    0.00   
25th percentile 75.49    0.00    348.00    306.06    213.76    199.63    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 52.95    0.00    231.79    232.20    293.70    152.11    0.00   
75th percentile 56.16    0.00    261.57    188.41    263.53    243.40    0.00   
90th percentile 89.38    0.00    428.00    160.84    420.84    214.31    0.00   
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 54.92    0.00    239.33    164.37    168.55    117.00    0.00   
10th percentile 104.40    0.00    417.82    488.58    259.41    189.73    0.00   
25th percentile 72.79    0.00    504.28    204.16    187.14    189.40    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 34.06    0.00    320.95    149.10    244.07    135.88    0.00   
75th percentile 96.77    0.00    327.52    244.35    379.60    211.20    0.00   
90th percentile 196.34    0.00    417.99    273.70    479.92    131.71    0.00   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

Standard errors of zero indicate that all governments in the category are in the survey.