Table VII.B.3.b Percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2017
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 88.7%    90.3%    82.3%    77.2%    77.5%    90.8%   
New England:
Connecticut 90.5%    91.6%    89.5%    79.0%    81.1%    91.5%   
Maine 85.6%    87.4%    84.2%    65.5%    76.7%    88.1%   
Massachusetts 94.1%    95.6%    91.4%    85.5%    85.9%    94.9%   
New Hampshire 88.6%    91.5%    77.2%    81.8%    80.5%    89.9%   
Rhode Island 90.3%    91.1%    89.3%    83.3%    77.3%    91.6%   
Vermont 81.6%    85.3%    78.8%    55.9%    62.8%    83.8%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 89.5%    91.4%    83.5%    77.7%    76.8%    92.0%   
New York 90.4%    92.2%    83.6%    82.1%    70.9%    92.8%   
Pennsylvania 92.8%    94.1%    92.8%    75.3%    87.1%    94.0%   
East North Central:
Illinois 90.6%    91.7%    85.4%    81.6%    84.6%    91.9%   
Indiana 88.6%    91.5%    76.5%    62.5%    68.7%    92.6%   
Michigan 90.5%    92.1%    84.7%    78.7%    73.3%    92.7%   
Ohio 91.1%    94.0%    79.5%    68.6%    75.9%    93.4%   
Wisconsin 88.3%    90.9%    79.0%    61.1%    68.2%    91.7%   
West North Central:
Iowa 88.1%    88.6%    89.3%    80.0%    75.1%    90.8%   
Kansas 89.5%    91.6%    76.7%    78.8%    73.5%    92.1%   
Minnesota 89.6%    91.5%    85.9%    71.5%    74.8%    91.3%   
Missouri 90.7%    91.4%    89.7%    82.0%    80.4%    93.3%   
Nebraska 87.7%    90.4%    79.1%    63.3%    76.8%    89.7%   
North Dakota 89.1%    90.8%    87.0%    71.9%    71.7%    91.1%   
South Dakota 87.9%    89.6%    85.3%    65.9%    76.9%    89.8%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 86.1%    88.6%    69.3%    82.6%    70.9%    89.1%   
District of Columbia 94.3%    94.8%    92.9%    86.0%    79.7%    94.9%   
Florida 86.0%    86.9%    79.7%    82.7%    79.7%    87.1%   
Georgia 87.2%    90.5%    59.3%    73.9%    75.7%    90.4%   
Maryland 92.3%    93.9%    83.3%    85.0%    84.3%    93.4%   
North Carolina 84.3%    85.7%    84.3%    63.1%    75.9%    86.5%   
South Carolina 87.6%    89.3%    77.6%    83.4%    81.1%    89.3%   
Virginia 88.6%    90.2%    77.3%    84.0%    80.0%    90.1%   
West Virginia 88.4%    90.9%    73.3%    72.4%    79.6%    91.7%   
East South Central:
Alabama 89.1%    91.0%    77.6%    80.7%    82.6%    91.2%   
Kentucky 91.7%    93.0%    89.3%    67.4%    82.8%    94.0%   
Mississippi 88.7%    90.6%    71.1%    78.4%    85.8%    90.0%   
Tennessee 89.3%    90.8%    80.8%    82.1%    85.0%    90.7%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 83.1%    86.2%    59.8%    75.0%    67.4%    88.7%   
Louisiana 87.5%    87.9%    88.9%    79.4%    82.1%    89.5%   
Oklahoma 86.5%    87.6%    81.8%    77.4%    75.6%    89.4%   
Texas 87.5%    89.0%    76.1%    76.2%    73.3%    90.5%   
Mountain:
Arizona 90.7%    91.8%    82.2%    86.5%    83.5%    92.1%   
Colorado 87.8%    89.5%    78.9%    76.8%    69.6%    89.4%   
Idaho 79.5%    80.1%    78.6%    74.8%    72.4%    81.6%   
Montana 82.3%    86.8%    69.5%    48.3%    65.1%    85.6%   
Nevada 88.7%    88.8%    89.6%    85.0%    81.4%    90.9%   
New Mexico 83.5%    84.8%    80.4%    74.4%    75.1%    86.0%   
Utah 86.2%    86.9%    87.7%    73.8%    78.4%    88.0%   
Wyoming 75.2%    78.8%    58.7%    58.6%    64.9%    77.6%   
Pacific:
Alaska 79.7%    83.1%    56.8%    68.7%    60.3%    82.3%   
California 87.1%    88.1%    83.5%    78.4%    73.2%    89.1%   
Hawaii 97.6%    97.8%    98.3%    91.5%    94.7%    98.1%   
Oregon 85.8%    89.5%    69.3%    61.7%    70.8%    87.9%   
Washington 89.9%    92.5%    77.8%    74.0%    75.7%    91.4%   

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.

** 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.

 

Table VII.B.3.b Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2017
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 0.21%    0.24%    0.77%    0.91%    0.78%    0.22%   
New England:
Connecticut 0.98%    1.10%    3.87%    4.74%    4.68%    1.00%   
Maine 1.39%    1.69%    3.66%    7.19%    4.16%    1.50%   
Massachusetts 0.86%    0.92%    2.78%    4.20%    4.33%    0.86%   
New Hampshire 1.28%    1.48%    4.78%    4.18%    4.43%    1.40%   
Rhode Island 1.14%    1.38%    3.25%    5.03%    5.71%    1.18%   
Vermont 1.57%    1.84%    4.10%    6.35%    7.09%    1.62%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.22%    1.45%    3.77%    4.79%    4.04%    1.34%   
New York 0.89%    0.97%    3.36%    3.25%    4.56%    0.80%   
Pennsylvania 0.68%    0.76%    1.84%    4.33%    2.69%    0.70%   
East North Central:
Illinois 1.02%    1.14%    4.66%    5.41%    3.55%    1.10%   
Indiana 1.26%    1.08%    5.97%    10.48%    5.84%    1.02%   
Michigan 1.14%    1.31%    3.61%    5.32%    4.95%    1.16%   
Ohio 0.83%    0.82%    4.36%    6.14%    4.10%    0.81%   
Wisconsin 1.13%    1.20%    4.96%    6.75%    5.30%    1.08%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.37%    1.76%    3.07%    4.17%    5.83%    1.13%   
Kansas 1.14%    1.23%    5.89%    4.70%    4.77%    1.09%   
Minnesota 1.27%    1.42%    4.37%    4.95%    5.26%    1.31%   
Missouri 1.27%    1.46%    3.08%    4.39%    4.02%    1.21%   
Nebraska 1.20%    1.34%    4.35%    7.60%    4.65%    1.29%   
North Dakota 1.12%    1.30%    3.50%    5.47%    5.77%    1.13%   
South Dakota 0.97%    1.12%    3.43%    6.59%    4.20%    1.04%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 1.65%    1.75%    8.02%    4.51%    6.43%    1.59%   
District of Columbia 0.81%    0.94%    2.59%    6.25%    8.68%    0.79%   
Florida 1.21%    1.37%    4.66%    3.77%    3.58%    1.33%   
Georgia 1.18%    1.15%    8.01%    6.54%    4.03%    1.24%   
Maryland 0.95%    0.99%    5.07%    4.19%    4.32%    0.99%   
North Carolina 1.25%    1.49%    3.45%    5.42%    3.45%    1.48%   
South Carolina 1.07%    1.18%    4.63%    3.98%    3.16%    1.20%   
Virginia 2.03%    2.37%    6.60%    4.48%    4.62%    2.34%   
West Virginia 1.19%    1.26%    5.79%    6.77%    3.20%    1.26%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.21%    1.36%    5.41%    5.32%    3.23%    1.38%   
Kentucky 0.87%    0.94%    3.54%    7.93%    3.09%    0.94%   
Mississippi 1.26%    1.38%    7.52%    5.39%    2.88%    1.60%   
Tennessee 1.02%    1.18%    5.66%    4.45%    2.99%    1.15%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1.70%    1.71%    8.26%    8.21%    4.55%    1.80%   
Louisiana 1.26%    1.47%    3.37%    5.35%    3.51%    1.46%   
Oklahoma 1.20%    1.35%    5.81%    5.05%    3.94%    1.29%   
Texas 0.81%    0.88%    4.06%    3.80%    3.27%    0.81%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.09%    1.24%    4.91%    4.23%    3.20%    1.19%   
Colorado 1.16%    1.29%    6.71%    5.69%    6.54%    1.20%   
Idaho 1.71%    2.14%    4.49%    5.37%    4.66%    1.95%   
Montana 1.55%    1.62%    6.58%    7.91%    5.71%    1.60%   
Nevada 1.38%    1.71%    3.07%    4.45%    4.37%    1.36%   
New Mexico 1.59%    1.94%    5.35%    5.34%    4.45%    1.75%   
Utah 1.35%    1.62%    3.97%    5.76%    5.62%    1.41%   
Wyoming 1.95%    2.09%    7.62%    8.43%    6.00%    2.11%   
Pacific:
Alaska 1.74%    1.96%    7.52%    7.68%    10.14%    1.84%   
California 0.97%    1.13%    2.57%    3.02%    4.26%    0.96%   
Hawaii 0.67%    0.81%    0.77%    4.36%    2.56%    0.65%   
Oregon 1.42%    1.50%    6.13%    7.68%    5.20%    1.50%   
Washington 0.98%    1.01%    4.80%    7.24%    5.53%    0.98%   

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.

** 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.