Table VII.A.2.f Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2018
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 74.8%    73.6%    78.0%    78.1%    81.8%    73.3%   
New England:
Connecticut 81.1%    77.3%    88.9%    90.2%    84.9%    80.5%   
Maine 81.0%    77.9%    95.6%    80.6%    96.0%    78.5%   
Massachusetts 61.1%    49.8%    77.3%    88.6%    92.3%    58.2%   
New Hampshire 70.0%    71.9%    73.5%    61.7%    66.9%    70.8%   
Rhode Island 74.2%    66.8%    91.3%    91.8%    77.4%    73.7%   
Vermont 66.2%    64.2%    67.2%    79.4%    74.9%    65.2%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 74.5%    75.4%    73.4%    70.6%    95.2%    70.5%   
New York 62.8%    60.2%    68.7%    67.6%    65.1%    62.4%   
Pennsylvania 75.2%    75.4%    72.1%    78.5%    88.2%    72.7%   
East North Central:
Illinois 75.0%    70.9%    94.2%    83.0%    79.8%    74.1%   
Indiana 79.3%    80.0%    82.7%    72.8%    80.1%    79.0%   
Michigan 73.1%    74.9%    67.1%    70.1%    82.9%    71.3%   
Ohio 72.4%    69.7%    80.2%    78.5%    85.8%    68.5%   
Wisconsin 81.3%    84.2%    66.8%    74.0%    89.1%    79.8%   
West North Central:
Iowa 76.1%    80.9%    58.4%    74.5%    75.2%    76.4%   
Kansas 72.8%    73.5%    72.2%    70.3%    84.8%    69.4%   
Minnesota 79.7%    78.6%    86.1%    79.2%    83.9%    78.7%   
Missouri 76.5%    74.1%    85.7%    74.4%    83.3%    74.6%   
Nebraska 72.0%    66.8%    88.4%    87.4%    71.3%    72.2%   
North Dakota 66.8%    64.1%    69.4%    79.0%    63.7%    67.1%   
South Dakota 79.5%    77.4%    86.3%    79.1%    83.6%    78.6%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 82.1%    83.3%    76.1%    82.7%    92.2%    79.5%   
District of Columbia 60.9%    58.3%    78.4%    83.0%    --    61.0%   
Florida 72.2%    67.1%    85.9%    90.6%    83.1%    69.1%   
Georgia 74.5%    73.7%    68.3%    86.5%    78.0%    73.4%   
Maryland 70.6%    67.0%    85.3%    72.4%    63.4%    72.1%   
North Carolina 77.4%    78.6%    75.1%    73.2%    77.2%    77.5%   
South Carolina 77.5%    76.8%    84.8%    74.7%    76.8%    77.6%   
Virginia 76.0%    75.9%    76.3%    76.1%    86.1%    73.5%   
West Virginia 79.4%    80.6%    82.6%    71.7%    70.4%    84.2%   
East South Central:
Alabama 72.1%    74.1%    67.6%    67.3%    77.7%    70.1%   
Kentucky 82.4%    83.2%    77.9%    84.2%    88.7%    80.5%   
Mississippi 80.5%    78.6%    84.7%    89.6%    83.9%    79.3%   
Tennessee 77.0%    80.3%    56.5%    82.6%    76.9%    77.0%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 80.6%    80.4%    77.3%    88.1%    81.8%    80.2%   
Louisiana 76.4%    73.8%    90.1%    90.1%    80.8%    75.1%   
Oklahoma 84.3%    82.2%    93.5%    88.6%    90.2%    80.9%   
Texas 80.1%    81.4%    78.1%    73.8%    83.4%    79.1%   
Mountain:
Arizona 78.1%    79.0%    85.9%    65.7%    91.6%    74.4%   
Colorado 84.4%    85.1%    --    83.6%    84.3%    84.4%   
Idaho 90.5%    90.3%    98.1%    82.9%    91.5%    90.2%   
Montana 75.1%    74.2%    67.4%    100.0%    84.5%    73.3%   
Nevada 80.5%    82.4%    85.8%    66.9%    82.4%    79.8%   
New Mexico 74.9%    73.5%    71.4%    87.8%    97.8%    68.9%   
Utah 86.9%    87.3%    85.5%    87.0%    91.7%    85.5%   
Wyoming 72.7%    72.5%    87.3%    56.6%    88.5%    70.0%   
Pacific:
Alaska 76.4%    72.6%    98.2%    91.2%    93.1%    74.7%   
California 73.1%    69.6%    78.6%    86.7%    84.2%    71.8%   
Hawaii 59.8%    60.7%    63.9%    51.0%    48.7%    61.9%   
Oregon 83.5%    81.8%    94.8%    83.8%    89.7%    83.2%   
Washington 75.3%    75.3%    82.2%    62.7%    82.1%    74.5%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

-- 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.

 

Table VII.A.2.f Standard errors for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2018
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 0.65%    0.78%    1.70%    1.58%    1.43%    0.73%   
New England:
Connecticut 3.93%    5.20%    6.78%    5.65%    11.54%    4.23%   
Maine 3.28%    4.12%    3.83%    9.41%    3.85%    3.74%   
Massachusetts 4.48%    5.68%    7.15%    4.90%    7.31%    4.75%   
New Hampshire 3.84%    4.47%    8.87%    10.60%    9.99%    4.15%   
Rhode Island 4.54%    5.80%    5.81%    4.92%    13.00%    4.92%   
Vermont 4.06%    4.91%    10.30%    9.48%    13.13%    4.36%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3.32%    3.90%    7.58%    11.32%    2.50%    3.78%   
New York 3.40%    4.19%    8.55%    8.42%    9.87%    3.64%   
Pennsylvania 3.07%    3.81%    7.84%    7.14%    4.28%    3.53%   
East North Central:
Illinois 4.09%    4.97%    4.24%    9.29%    10.06%    4.49%   
Indiana 3.40%    3.96%    8.47%    10.15%    7.92%    3.76%   
Michigan 3.68%    4.40%    10.75%    9.53%    8.06%    4.15%   
Ohio 3.23%    4.02%    7.37%    6.85%    4.58%    3.87%   
Wisconsin 3.64%    3.86%    15.61%    10.53%    6.11%    4.20%   
West North Central:
Iowa 3.58%    4.10%    10.76%    7.50%    7.86%    4.10%   
Kansas 3.95%    4.87%    9.72%    9.68%    4.76%    4.77%   
Minnesota 3.72%    4.68%    7.05%    9.05%    6.80%    4.32%   
Missouri 4.02%    4.95%    8.04%    11.71%    8.40%    4.59%   
Nebraska 4.51%    5.63%    8.30%    6.16%    11.85%    4.86%   
North Dakota 4.21%    5.13%    13.81%    6.76%    13.58%    4.45%   
South Dakota 3.58%    4.77%    6.05%    7.64%    7.06%    4.11%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 3.99%    4.76%    12.37%    7.91%    4.65%    4.81%   
District of Columbia 3.91%    4.24%    17.49%    11.94%    --    3.94%   
Florida 3.57%    4.32%    7.59%    4.76%    6.55%    4.23%   
Georgia 4.30%    5.00%    15.03%    5.82%    9.89%    4.83%   
Maryland 4.33%    5.33%    7.19%    13.05%    12.86%    4.51%   
North Carolina 3.45%    3.72%    11.61%    9.76%    7.40%    3.77%   
South Carolina 3.52%    4.27%    8.73%    7.76%    6.43%    4.12%   
Virginia 3.61%    4.12%    11.10%    10.17%    7.54%    4.12%   
West Virginia 3.48%    4.09%    9.28%    8.83%    6.87%    3.64%   
East South Central:
Alabama 3.52%    4.02%    9.62%    9.99%    7.14%    4.12%   
Kentucky 3.15%    3.59%    8.74%    9.74%    5.80%    3.73%   
Mississippi 3.54%    4.20%    10.46%    5.99%    5.20%    4.39%   
Tennessee 3.76%    4.18%    12.89%    5.95%    7.97%    4.32%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 4.11%    4.81%    9.74%    5.52%    8.85%    4.67%   
Louisiana 3.61%    4.11%    5.84%    7.50%    6.96%    4.22%   
Oklahoma 3.42%    4.19%    5.19%    6.53%    4.66%    4.61%   
Texas 2.44%    2.75%    8.05%    7.23%    5.03%    2.82%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.59%    4.17%    8.07%    10.46%    3.50%    4.31%   
Colorado 3.61%    4.05%    --    8.63%    13.41%    3.74%   
Idaho 3.05%    3.77%    1.92%    8.61%    4.78%    3.67%   
Montana 4.87%    5.37%    16.90%    0.00%    12.84%    5.34%   
Nevada 4.94%    5.53%    8.03%    17.66%    10.19%    5.72%   
New Mexico 4.29%    5.10%    13.08%    7.50%    1.95%    5.19%   
Utah 2.92%    3.28%    8.77%    6.37%    3.62%    3.62%   
Wyoming 4.02%    4.48%    8.09%    15.03%    6.20%    4.54%   
Pacific:
Alaska 4.19%    4.83%    1.76%    6.03%    4.48%    4.53%   
California 2.29%    2.77%    6.22%    3.79%    6.61%    2.45%   
Hawaii 3.91%    5.02%    8.43%    10.18%    9.89%    4.26%   
Oregon 3.31%    3.88%    3.89%    10.46%    8.23%    3.45%   
Washington 3.61%    4.29%    7.89%    10.87%    9.18%    3.90%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

-- 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.