Table III.A.2.j Percent of State and local governments that offer tax-advantaged benefits for contributions to health insurance,Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Flexible Benefits Plans by government type and size and census division: United States, 2019
Census division/ government type and size Pretax Contributions Flexible Spending Account Flexible Benefits Plans
United States 53.6%    36.8%    28.4%   
Census division:
New England 75.3%    55.3%    32.6%   
Middle Atlantic 53.3%    36.0%    21.2%   
East North Central 45.5%    29.0%    15.9%   
West North Central 46.7%    31.5%    23.5%   
South Atlantic 69.5%    40.5%    36.8%   
East South Central 57.3%    31.4%    44.0%   
West South Central 51.4%    33.9%    38.9%   
Mountain 48.2%    45.2%    28.3%   
Pacific 63.8%    56.2%    46.0%   
Government type and size:
State governments 95.6%    93.9%    53.8%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 44.2%    26.0%    22.1%   
   250-999 employees 88.7%    75.8%    51.2%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 91.0%    82.3%    53.0%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 95.3%    90.7%    64.5%   
   10,000 or more employees 92.9%    91.1%    60.2%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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.A.2.j Standard errors for percent of State and local governments that offer tax-advantaged benefits for contributions to health insurance,Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Flexible Benefits Plans by government type and size and census division: United States, 2019
Census division/ government type and size Pretax Contributions Flexible Spending Account Flexible Benefits Plans
United States 2.18%    1.72%    1.47%   
Census division:
New England 4.95%    4.85%    3.99%   
Middle Atlantic 5.17%    4.20%    3.51%   
East North Central 5.28%    3.96%    2.79%   
West North Central 5.28%    4.33%    3.45%   
South Atlantic 5.52%    4.20%    4.05%   
East South Central 5.23%    3.61%    4.56%   
West South Central 7.78%    5.68%    6.34%   
Mountain 5.26%    5.06%    3.81%   
Pacific 6.25%    6.11%    5.72%   
Government type and size:
State governments 0.94%    1.17%    1.99%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 2.44%    1.81%    1.65%   
   250-999 employees 1.40%    2.09%    2.35%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 1.70%    2.44%    3.07%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 1.46%    1.03%    3.78%   
   10,000 or more employees 2.96%    1.72%    3.28%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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.