Table III.G.3(2008) 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, 2008
  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) 4,864    4,561    4,994    5,257    4,994    4,580    4,854   
10th percentile 3,132    3,288    3,000    3,000    3,084    2,976    3,216   
25th percentile 4,056    4,152    3,936    4,020    4,020    3,624    4,152   
50th percentile (median) 4,584    4,446    4,848    4,908    4,784    4,272    4,560   
75th percentile 5,496    4,968    5,868    5,892    5,789    5,174    5,436   
90th percentile 6,672    5,700    7,248    7,500    6,812    6,504    6,600   
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 7,784    7,896    8,382    7,650    7,840    7,021    7,658   
10th percentile 4,152    4,440    3,696    3,720    3,840    4,152    4,152   
25th percentile 5,460    5,976    5,856    4,440    5,088    4,440    5,520   
50th percentile (median) 7,512    8,232    8,388    7,296    7,452    6,948    7,524   
75th percentile 9,996    9,756    10,790    10,212    10,244    8,976    9,739   
90th percentile 11,724    11,292    12,444    12,456    12,168    11,628    11,304   
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 10,992    10,723    11,459    11,642    10,922    10,860    10,585   
10th percentile 6,276    7,632    4,908    6,180    4,968    6,084    6,132   
25th percentile 8,928    8,928    8,964    9,024    8,064    9,060    9,396   
50th percentile (median) 10,868    10,776    12,000    11,775    11,129    11,112    10,824   
75th percentile 13,308    12,264    14,376    14,264    13,440    13,212    11,762   
90th percentile 15,600    14,088    16,128    16,968    16,560    15,288    14,196   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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(2008) 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, 2008
  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) 21.03    0.00    94.16    95.50    81.32    38.47    0.00   
10th percentile 36.73    0.00    92.64    158.46    151.10    61.66    0.00   
25th percentile 16.41    0.00    91.53    51.86    109.35    103.89    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 26.08    0.00    58.48    94.97    70.37    32.17    0.00   
75th percentile 35.15    0.00    158.68    95.68    114.66    78.64    0.00   
90th percentile 61.53    0.00    215.56    213.50    402.35    87.55    0.00   
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 53.03    0.00    168.70    174.03    150.20    278.11    0.00   
10th percentile 15.39    0.00    227.63    207.38    200.24    157.60    0.00   
25th percentile 132.15    0.00    303.56    326.70    307.71    284.13    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 76.01    0.00    188.80    307.93    171.32    299.01    0.00   
75th percentile 76.48    0.00    228.71    324.13    137.69    609.74    0.00   
90th percentile 70.39    0.00    540.23    344.24    330.49    508.89    0.00   
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 56.16    0.00    262.27    283.76    258.94    198.84    0.00   
10th percentile 133.82    0.00    403.12    471.40    232.59    272.49    0.00   
25th percentile 45.22    0.00    427.73    279.84    405.42    92.04    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 45.25    0.00    307.65    260.67    300.53    300.82    0.00   
75th percentile 104.13    0.00    257.92    377.69    354.29    479.29    0.00   
90th percentile 177.95    0.00    330.24    465.98    486.70    448.33    0.00   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.