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, 2018
  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) 6,958    6,768    7,058    6,895    6,920    6,800    7,427   
10th percentile 4,511    4,590    4,258    4,260    4,544    4,214    4,979   
25th percentile 5,795    5,983    5,500    5,407    5,648    5,404    5,988   
50th percentile (median) 6,887    6,841    6,883    6,774    6,730    6,767    7,357   
75th percentile 7,879    7,549    8,271    8,177    7,834    7,928    8,967   
90th percentile 9,088    7,906    9,747    9,659    9,278    9,062    8,999   
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 11,806    11,436    12,182    11,585    12,392    10,906    12,181   
10th percentile 5,988    6,961    4,925    4,621    6,369    5,563    6,828   
25th percentile 8,921    9,305    8,281    8,400    8,767    8,008    8,922   
50th percentile (median) 11,672    11,547    12,467    11,454    11,822    11,397    12,529   
75th percentile 14,724    13,649    15,406    14,433    15,421    13,403    14,886   
90th percentile 17,142    15,310    17,821    17,853    17,893    16,002    16,988   
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 16,888    16,542    17,391    16,298    16,502    17,062    18,307   
10th percentile 10,200    11,405    8,467    8,569    8,924    10,005    12,003   
25th percentile 13,568    13,946    14,174    12,646    12,794    13,784    15,062   
50th percentile (median) 17,278    17,101    17,469    16,656    16,665    17,683    20,168   
75th percentile 20,334    18,809    20,878    19,389    20,581    20,513    21,581   
90th percentile 22,641    20,217    25,635    23,724    22,666    23,226    21,599   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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, 2018
  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) 52.57    88.31    129.59    108.49    117.15    134.71    162.61   
10th percentile 51.99    66.55    134.60    106.75    130.93    85.88    166.21   
25th percentile 78.26    121.70    132.24    189.04    143.70    164.89    74.16   
50th percentile (median) 88.69    160.62    140.81    135.30    147.66    136.76    297.37   
75th percentile 58.07    68.11    186.57    128.37    105.10    178.51    274.79   
90th percentile 115.05    133.88    233.13    177.73    382.76    172.21    274.79   
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 119.86    189.74    353.46    289.64    357.20    256.24    241.31   
10th percentile 102.17    251.67    609.12    472.59    337.54    117.64    162.88   
25th percentile 167.96    245.60    544.08    481.84    539.15    675.02    83.38   
50th percentile (median) 82.75    371.92    454.27    262.09    378.31    324.10    589.36   
75th percentile 213.42    642.39    370.02    378.70    618.02    557.08    579.42   
90th percentile 93.66    526.43    774.53    619.93    616.15    376.70    171.47   
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 182.74    221.73    363.98    313.21    355.43    356.11    623.86   
10th percentile 326.81    157.95    690.50    748.50    691.22    861.98    1,050.79   
25th percentile 311.12    760.95    754.67    494.56    625.18    489.66    1,125.83   
50th percentile (median) 177.97    235.67    300.27    262.87    422.24    474.56    1,345.52   
75th percentile 335.01    319.99    337.53    402.11    445.42    536.92    898.48   
90th percentile 334.04    249.73    638.70    637.90    820.69    905.27    898.48   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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.