| Division and State | Total | Percent Full-Time Employees | Percent Low-Wage Employees ** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75% or more | 50-74% | Less than 50% | 50% or more | Less than 50% | ||
| United States | 56.5% | 66.2% | 41.9% | 20.0% | 29.5% | 63.2% |
| New England: | ||||||
| Connecticut | 55.9% | 64.1% | 48.9% | 24.7% | 28.3% | 60.4% |
| Maine | 55.2% | 65.8% | 38.8% | 22.2% | 33.1% | 63.1% |
| Massachusetts | 51.8% | 64.0% | 41.3% | 22.0% | 27.8% | 55.5% |
| New Hampshire | 52.5% | 66.7% | 34.4% | 18.6% | 29.3% | 57.9% |
| Rhode Island | 51.2% | 60.5% | 47.7% | 20.6% | 22.3% | 54.6% |
| Vermont | 48.0% | 58.5% | 38.7% | 17.7% | 18.9% | 52.2% |
| Middle Atlantic: | ||||||
| New Jersey | 52.1% | 61.9% | 39.1% | 16.2% | 30.6% | 57.2% |
| New York | 52.7% | 63.3% | 39.2% | 19.1% | 20.3% | 57.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 56.8% | 66.7% | 48.5% | 20.0% | 36.2% | 62.9% |
| East North Central: | ||||||
| Illinois | 56.6% | 64.6% | 37.4% | 24.4% | 29.6% | 64.4% |
| Indiana | 58.2% | 66.2% | 45.4% | 19.0% | 28.0% | 65.7% |
| Michigan | 61.8% | 72.1% | 46.3% | 23.4% | 26.7% | 68.7% |
| Ohio | 57.6% | 67.1% | 41.9% | 18.2% | 26.9% | 64.7% |
| Wisconsin | 59.8% | 69.4% | 53.7% | 14.0% | 23.1% | 69.3% |
| West North Central: | ||||||
| Iowa | 54.4% | 67.7% | 50.0% | 19.8% | 26.5% | 63.7% |
| Kansas | 56.3% | 66.2% | 33.3% | 20.4% | 23.5% | 63.8% |
| Minnesota | 58.3% | 69.3% | 38.6% | 24.6% | 23.2% | 63.3% |
| Missouri | 59.0% | 71.0% | 39.8% | 16.7% | 30.1% | 68.5% |
| Nebraska | 58.7% | 66.7% | 42.9% | 21.9% | 31.9% | 64.7% |
| North Dakota | 58.6% | 68.9% | 44.0% | 23.7% | 23.4% | 64.0% |
| South Dakota | 57.1% | 64.8% | 46.5% | 19.6% | 29.0% | 63.3% |
| South Atlantic: | ||||||
| Delaware | 53.4% | 67.5% | 44.4% | 21.3% | 25.5% | 61.7% |
| District of Columbia | 54.7% | 63.7% | 33.3% | 14.3% | -- | 55.2% |
| Florida | 59.4% | 68.9% | 44.6% | 21.0% | 36.7% | 64.4% |
| Georgia | 56.6% | 65.2% | 42.1% | 16.4% | 30.3% | 65.9% |
| Maryland | 53.4% | 61.6% | 34.0% | 22.8% | 29.9% | 57.4% |
| North Carolina | 56.5% | 68.0% | 34.7% | 16.3% | 26.2% | 67.4% |
| South Carolina | 60.5% | 71.3% | 44.4% | 19.4% | 35.1% | 70.2% |
| Virginia | 53.0% | 62.7% | 39.3% | 19.4% | 28.4% | 59.5% |
| West Virginia | 58.3% | 68.3% | 32.6% | 18.6% | 33.1% | 70.6% |
| East South Central: | ||||||
| Alabama | 59.3% | 67.8% | 46.4% | 20.9% | 34.2% | 70.1% |
| Kentucky | 59.5% | 67.3% | 43.3% | 12.9% | 37.2% | 66.2% |
| Mississippi | 55.7% | 64.0% | 40.6% | 17.3% | 40.3% | 64.7% |
| Tennessee | 52.4% | 61.7% | 37.7% | 17.2% | 23.7% | 64.3% |
| West South Central: | ||||||
| Arkansas | 61.3% | 73.3% | 38.6% | 21.3% | 41.1% | 69.5% |
| Louisiana | 51.8% | 59.9% | 37.9% | 19.0% | 24.8% | 63.7% |
| Oklahoma | 57.7% | 69.6% | 39.6% | 18.8% | 32.5% | 67.2% |
| Texas | 55.7% | 65.5% | 35.9% | 15.3% | 24.8% | 64.8% |
| Mountain: | ||||||
| Arizona | 55.6% | 69.1% | 31.0% | 16.5% | 27.5% | 63.3% |
| Colorado | 56.4% | 62.9% | 53.3% | 18.9% | 24.2% | 60.5% |
| Idaho | 61.4% | 73.6% | 45.0% | 26.5% | 36.7% | 70.9% |
| Montana | 61.8% | 68.2% | 47.4% | 29.8% | 33.7% | 67.0% |
| Nevada | 53.7% | 61.6% | 49.1% | 21.0% | 36.1% | 60.9% |
| New Mexico | 49.9% | 59.2% | 45.7% | 19.7% | 25.1% | 59.1% |
| Utah | 57.9% | 67.4% | 51.4% | 18.8% | 35.2% | 64.6% |
| Wyoming | 56.2% | 67.2% | 29.2% | 16.8% | 25.3% | 65.2% |
| Pacific: | ||||||
| Alaska | 56.7% | 67.2% | 42.9% | 15.6% | 35.5% * | 59.9% |
| California | 56.8% | 66.3% | 42.2% | 20.2% | 30.6% | 61.5% |
| Hawaii | 61.5% | 70.6% | 53.2% | 29.5% | 48.6% | 64.6% |
| Oregon | 60.9% | 68.5% | 42.3% | 26.2% | 34.5% | 65.8% |
| Washington | 60.5% | 66.4% | 41.3% | 44.1% | 30.0% | 63.8% |
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.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.
** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.
| Division and State | Total | Percent Full-Time Employees | Percent Low-Wage Employees ** | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75% or more | 50-74% | Less than 50% | 50% or more | Less than 50% | ||
| United States | 0.41% | 0.45% | 0.81% | 0.55% | 0.66% | 0.44% |
| New England: | ||||||
| Connecticut | 1.77% | 1.81% | 6.28% | 2.95% | 3.87% | 1.81% |
| Maine | 1.75% | 1.52% | 3.41% | 3.55% | 3.29% | 1.62% |
| Massachusetts | 1.76% | 2.10% | 3.29% | 2.72% | 3.87% | 1.87% |
| New Hampshire | 2.18% | 1.82% | 4.59% | 1.82% | 3.48% | 2.44% |
| Rhode Island | 1.82% | 1.83% | 2.37% | 3.57% | 3.79% | 1.92% |
| Vermont | 2.22% | 2.60% | 2.62% | 1.78% | 2.26% | 2.27% |
| Middle Atlantic: | ||||||
| New Jersey | 1.79% | 2.06% | 4.24% | 1.48% | 4.33% | 1.86% |
| New York | 2.15% | 2.45% | 3.28% | 1.84% | 2.74% | 2.25% |
| Pennsylvania | 1.59% | 2.02% | 1.58% | 1.53% | 3.94% | 1.70% |
| East North Central: | ||||||
| Illinois | 2.64% | 2.86% | 3.05% | 3.06% | 2.89% | 2.78% |
| Indiana | 2.75% | 3.04% | 3.63% | 2.91% | 3.47% | 2.87% |
| Michigan | 2.17% | 2.10% | 2.93% | 4.18% | 3.48% | 1.99% |
| Ohio | 2.03% | 2.34% | 3.33% | 2.00% | 3.05% | 2.21% |
| Wisconsin | 2.32% | 2.06% | 3.82% | 2.29% | 3.60% | 1.95% |
| West North Central: | ||||||
| Iowa | 2.06% | 1.99% | 3.69% | 1.77% | 2.53% | 1.82% |
| Kansas | 2.36% | 2.72% | 3.14% | 2.23% | 2.52% | 2.58% |
| Minnesota | 1.95% | 1.94% | 3.25% | 3.44% | 2.92% | 2.01% |
| Missouri | 2.52% | 2.10% | 3.79% | 2.07% | 3.24% | 2.15% |
| Nebraska | 2.05% | 2.14% | 3.77% | 3.10% | 5.28% | 1.93% |
| North Dakota | 1.59% | 1.67% | 3.11% | 2.70% | 3.59% | 1.42% |
| South Dakota | 1.43% | 1.24% | 2.70% | 2.00% | 2.71% | 1.18% |
| South Atlantic: | ||||||
| Delaware | 2.30% | 2.55% | 3.20% | 2.38% | 3.56% | 2.33% |
| District of Columbia | 2.74% | 2.10% | 7.63% | 2.67% | -- | 2.84% |
| Florida | 2.40% | 2.43% | 4.03% | 2.67% | 3.77% | 2.56% |
| Georgia | 2.48% | 2.57% | 2.56% | 2.32% | 3.39% | 2.53% |
| Maryland | 1.90% | 1.99% | 3.47% | 3.57% | 5.44% | 1.96% |
| North Carolina | 1.97% | 2.20% | 2.85% | 1.50% | 2.19% | 2.08% |
| South Carolina | 2.02% | 2.09% | 4.25% | 2.77% | 3.86% | 2.06% |
| Virginia | 2.30% | 2.81% | 3.67% | 2.09% | 3.66% | 2.64% |
| West Virginia | 2.51% | 2.47% | 2.69% | 2.57% | 2.79% | 2.47% |
| East South Central: | ||||||
| Alabama | 2.40% | 2.68% | 3.95% | 2.49% | 3.10% | 2.46% |
| Kentucky | 2.03% | 2.09% | 4.47% | 1.81% | 4.66% | 2.08% |
| Mississippi | 2.76% | 3.32% | 3.40% | 2.07% | 3.55% | 3.90% |
| Tennessee | 2.35% | 2.43% | 8.91% | 1.70% | 2.50% | 2.27% |
| West South Central: | ||||||
| Arkansas | 2.58% | 2.22% | 5.65% | 2.63% | 4.75% | 2.64% |
| Louisiana | 2.40% | 3.07% | 4.13% | 2.18% | 2.58% | 2.65% |
| Oklahoma | 1.92% | 1.83% | 2.34% | 1.97% | 2.68% | 2.16% |
| Texas | 1.73% | 1.93% | 3.35% | 1.60% | 2.03% | 1.81% |
| Mountain: | ||||||
| Arizona | 3.14% | 2.39% | 2.64% | 3.99% | 3.00% | 3.70% |
| Colorado | 2.06% | 2.43% | 4.84% | 3.21% | 4.00% | 2.14% |
| Idaho | 2.11% | 1.69% | 4.38% | 2.29% | 3.60% | 1.80% |
| Montana | 1.92% | 1.64% | 7.36% | 6.68% | 3.43% | 1.79% |
| Nevada | 2.19% | 2.53% | 3.64% | 4.06% | 4.00% | 2.44% |
| New Mexico | 1.95% | 2.33% | 4.68% | 4.36% | 2.74% | 2.11% |
| Utah | 2.25% | 2.33% | 7.14% | 2.04% | 7.35% | 2.07% |
| Wyoming | 2.41% | 1.91% | 4.70% | 3.43% | 4.05% | 1.89% |
| Pacific: | ||||||
| Alaska | 2.59% | 2.50% | 6.55% | 1.71% | 13.90% * | 2.57% |
| California | 1.48% | 1.52% | 4.04% | 1.82% | 3.60% | 1.55% |
| Hawaii | 1.97% | 2.22% | 4.01% | 4.01% | 3.94% | 2.31% |
| Oregon | 3.11% | 4.15% | 3.33% | 2.71% | 3.61% | 3.75% |
| Washington | 2.49% | 3.12% | 4.11% | 7.41% | 4.73% | 2.65% |
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.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.
** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.