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, 2020
Census division/ government type and size Pretax Contributions Flexible Spending Account Flexible Benefits Plans
United States 52.9%    40.2%    28.3%   
Census division:
New England 74.3%    55.0%    26.5%   
Middle Atlantic 49.5%    44.2%    15.0%   
East North Central 43.0%    29.9%    18.1%   
West North Central 44.8%    39.1%    29.9%   
South Atlantic 64.8%    45.1%    41.9%   
East South Central 55.9%    37.6%    40.1%   
West South Central 60.6%    44.5%    41.7%   
Mountain 58.8%    41.8%    37.5%   
Pacific 65.4%    50.2%    29.0%   
Government type and size:
State governments 94.3%    92.9%    54.8%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 44.0%    31.1%    23.4%   
   250-999 employees 89.0%    76.0%    47.8%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 87.3%    74.9%    46.4%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 96.4%    86.1%    54.6%   
   10,000 or more employees 94.3%    90.6%    59.3%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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, 2020
Census division/ government type and size Pretax Contributions Flexible Spending Account Flexible Benefits Plans
United States 2.22%    1.90%    1.55%   
Census division:
New England 5.85%    5.73%    4.15%   
Middle Atlantic 5.24%    4.96%    2.77%   
East North Central 5.44%    4.36%    3.36%   
West North Central 5.46%    5.07%    4.32%   
South Atlantic 5.35%    4.50%    4.25%   
East South Central 5.33%    4.20%    4.33%   
West South Central 5.77%    5.13%    5.68%   
Mountain 5.53%    4.80%    4.81%   
Pacific 6.83%    6.36%    4.78%   
Government type and size:
State governments 1.06%    1.31%    2.20%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 2.49%    2.06%    1.77%   
   250-999 employees 2.24%    2.60%    2.84%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 3.10%    5.54%    6.29%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 1.56%    1.05%    2.53%   
   10,000 or more employees 0.73%    2.22%    2.78%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 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.