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, 2017
  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) 6,697    6,515    6,802    6,428    6,819    6,717    7,049   
10th percentile 4,266    4,265    4,297    4,075    4,282    4,275    4,441   
25th percentile 5,551    5,544    5,493    4,813    5,615    5,555    5,757   
50th percentile (median) 6,594    6,528    6,608    6,507    6,599    6,174    7,237   
75th percentile 7,716    7,400    7,981    7,791    7,924    7,414    8,011   
90th percentile 9,106    8,319    9,438    9,158    9,442    9,396    8,884   
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 11,066    10,913    12,139    10,388    11,639    9,686    11,301   
10th percentile 5,747    6,869    5,380    4,223    5,732    5,547    5,602   
25th percentile 8,292    8,648    8,338    7,151    8,573    6,051    8,509   
50th percentile (median) 10,797    10,259    12,396    10,248    11,825    9,551    11,259   
75th percentile 13,954    13,536    15,227    13,891    14,796    12,563    14,039   
90th percentile 16,363    15,471    18,012    16,417    17,348    14,427    16,970   
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 15,923    15,423    15,840    15,108    16,132    16,596    17,233   
10th percentile 8,535    9,459    6,849    7,440    9,082    8,092    9,158   
25th percentile 12,467    12,481    11,893    11,675    12,248    13,057    14,183   
50th percentile (median) 16,439    16,272    16,385    15,277    16,438    16,637    19,997   
75th percentile 20,002    18,665    19,949    19,160    20,038    20,015    20,065   
90th percentile 21,936    20,672    23,450    22,035    22,608    26,533    21,214   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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 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, 2017
  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) 53.52    129.07    96.51    115.67    133.03    153.60    92.95   
10th percentile 34.45    70.87    125.89    191.03    130.86    142.50    111.29   
25th percentile 99.39    203.02    117.53    227.80    115.95    155.59    63.69   
50th percentile (median) 106.35    232.46    99.39    146.66    151.94    199.59    275.69   
75th percentile 65.18    245.53    126.00    115.27    160.85    139.17    73.89   
90th percentile 153.47    412.68    134.91    183.01    346.78    283.79    403.07   
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 129.93    236.08    305.71    276.40    297.78    233.92    408.86   
10th percentile 133.81    309.43    403.50    428.93    304.63    103.39    515.02   
25th percentile 198.08    406.70    436.59    413.48    414.98    533.16    236.51   
50th percentile (median) 287.70    381.99    343.42    414.95    444.41    348.89    566.03   
75th percentile 228.95    526.54    284.30    428.80    342.10    493.98    809.66   
90th percentile 285.40    1,530.29    844.19    463.37    666.85    291.58    451.39   
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 184.41    331.17    348.42    305.49    331.83    277.45    574.13   
10th percentile 383.09    1,677.48    945.61    1,023.82    599.23    724.79    1,282.14   
25th percentile 297.00    459.12    708.93    415.88    540.36    379.98    1,095.82   
50th percentile (median) 100.43    237.01    359.99    295.04    346.20    451.41    1,179.08   
75th percentile 251.96    344.99    392.22    433.07    293.87    305.81    413.36   
90th percentile 299.86    1,229.80    354.86    572.06    788.94    609.96    905.57   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.