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, 2020
  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) 7,391    7,018    7,666    7,401    7,207    6,892    8,328   
10th percentile 4,554    4,942    4,670    4,396    4,531    3,866    5,428   
25th percentile 6,045    6,340    5,986    5,771    5,486    5,463    6,644   
50th percentile (median) 7,306    7,307    7,253    7,186    6,815    6,748    8,320   
75th percentile 8,567    7,980    8,961    8,917    8,397    8,038    9,541   
90th percentile 10,221    8,564    11,436    10,956    10,280    9,773    11,580   
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 12,558    12,306    13,328    12,753    11,960    11,635    13,514   
10th percentile 6,381    8,918    5,841    4,923    5,364    5,200    6,388   
25th percentile 9,629    10,312    9,346    9,271    8,672    7,475    9,842   
50th percentile (median) 12,000    11,500    13,578    12,398    11,919    11,680    13,743   
75th percentile 15,470    14,649    17,054    16,757    14,928    14,515    15,877   
90th percentile 18,612    16,643    20,424    19,492    17,998    17,795    20,736   
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 18,104    17,349    18,081    18,063    17,498    17,888    20,331   
10th percentile 9,584    11,596    7,623    9,260    8,917    6,979    12,097   
25th percentile 14,233    14,620    13,056    13,274    13,388    14,152    15,812   
50th percentile (median) 18,539    18,460    18,359    18,378    17,840    18,481    22,778   
75th percentile 22,054    19,578    23,032    22,710    21,202    21,433    23,048   
90th percentile 25,588    22,055    26,901    27,014    25,616    24,754    27,098   

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.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, 2020
  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) 54.96    79.73    129.27    127.92    170.24    112.06    125.11   
10th percentile 80.33    276.40    122.33    236.30    248.46    224.35    339.91   
25th percentile 77.10    157.39    125.08    201.90    202.65    187.28    134.82   
50th percentile (median) 39.74    97.06    129.48    125.27    183.88    118.28    198.55   
75th percentile 74.66    64.89    186.37    202.15    240.58    147.13    215.12   
90th percentile 135.56    60.58    314.40    270.93    458.35    215.74    410.37   
Employee-plus-one coverage:
Average (mean) 146.01    179.58    321.71    374.90    368.99    235.94    521.96   
10th percentile 151.10    432.88    546.02    663.88    616.31    107.57    385.72   
25th percentile 85.57    152.94    595.39    539.58    540.59    528.85    416.73   
50th percentile (median) 92.99    145.24    527.30    517.57    460.99    253.36    323.96   
75th percentile 187.88    312.75    390.52    387.71    371.84    421.81    87.93   
90th percentile 380.27    528.66    423.34    787.21    967.64    349.60    262.14   
Family coverage:
Average (mean) 220.96    481.90    393.26    379.54    508.57    210.19    563.95   
10th percentile 487.93    2,080.66    583.80    680.29    869.65    155.75    821.08   
25th percentile 245.40    622.08    615.87    580.53    814.91    146.38    598.42   
50th percentile (median) 144.28    192.99    429.26    454.36    638.59    333.77    470.44   
75th percentile 261.41    68.89    583.24    648.99    417.76    148.52    403.74   
90th percentile 574.53    244.61    663.79    568.88    1,173.63    631.19    1,783.36   

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.