Table III.G.3 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, 2015
  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) 6,379    6,233    6,404    6,451    6,262    6,229    6,783**
10th percentile 4,267    4,254    4,189    4,250    4,272    3,617    4,230**
25th percentile 5,370    5,360    5,283    5,484    5,370    4,906    5,584**
50th percentile (median) 6,323    6,253    6,287    6,408    6,286    6,102    6,601**
75th percentile 7,174    6,600    7,388    7,538    6,919    7,198    7,392**
90th percentile 8,556    7,979    8,683    8,651    8,178    8,279    9,670**
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 10,667    10,829    11,060    10,744    10,518    9,899    10,681**
10th percentile 6,148    6,930    6,149    6,146    6,020    4,535    5,372**
25th percentile 8,271    8,439    8,398    8,609    8,273    6,990    8,051**
50th percentile (median) 10,382    10,089    10,844    10,442    10,308    9,667    10,565**
75th percentile 12,720    12,588    13,761    13,049    12,584    12,573    13,036**
90th percentile 15,648    15,068    15,980    15,537    15,494    15,675    16,521**
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 15,282    15,266    15,229    15,346    14,963    15,591    15,625**
10th percentile 9,258    10,016    8,766    8,614    7,648    7,698    10,557**
25th percentile 12,612    12,856    12,418    12,800    12,197    12,630    12,973**
50th percentile (median) 16,264    15,467    16,011    16,280    16,324    16,472    17,496**
75th percentile 17,523    16,785    17,898    17,673    17,702    19,340    17,660**
90th percentile 20,587    19,810    20,721    21,055    20,415    21,251    20,961**

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

** Positive standard error is the result of one or more non-certainty unit(s) in a size category that has historically contained only certainty units.

 

Table III.G.3 Standard errors 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, 2015
  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) 24.09    0.00    83.83    81.30    79.90    76.54    1.62**
10th percentile 31.58    0.00    100.64    91.02    72.02    151.42    6.04**
25th percentile 25.75    0.00    99.09    128.27    103.05    170.48    6.43**
50th percentile (median) 18.71    0.00    99.20    43.63    100.65    109.31    1.30**
75th percentile 36.59    0.00    122.50    114.42    138.16    64.43    6.99**
90th percentile 66.00    0.00    207.87    276.41    166.18    129.45    18.38**
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 57.23    0.00    194.84    162.03    212.73    148.62    20.93**
10th percentile 58.31    0.00    239.34    136.82    240.58    77.41    6.49**
25th percentile 77.80    0.00    253.69    191.24    256.12    278.67    36.09**
50th percentile (median) 56.87    0.00    281.04    238.39    340.53    404.18    16.41**
75th percentile 65.90    0.00    322.50    290.41    129.61    198.67    10.54**
90th percentile 149.11    0.00    353.58    261.72    558.02    438.45    45.51**
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 81.67    0.00    208.04    224.46    297.94    197.05    9.03**
10th percentile 258.50    0.00    475.78    380.91    729.43    606.61    11.38**
25th percentile 102.97    0.00    302.25    302.77    592.90    427.34    5.14**
50th percentile (median) 63.63    0.00    205.20    154.25    186.19    72.12    98.78**
75th percentile 80.10    0.00    434.99    415.35    359.99    165.45    31.06**
90th percentile 132.93    0.00    373.18    307.18    577.45    200.92    56.67**

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

** Positive standard error is the result of one or more non-certainty unit(s) in a size category that has historically contained only certainty units.

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