Table VIII.B.3.b(2002) Percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2002: (43 States are shown separately)
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

91.3%

76.7%

89.3%

96.3%

97.8%
 
New England:
Connecticut

95.3%

81.6%

96.4%

98.6%

98.6%
Maine

88.3%

71.4%

88.5%

92.2%

95.7%
Massachusetts

94.6%

84.9%

91.8%

98.1%

98.9%
New Hampshire

92.6%

85.5%

88.5%

94.3%

98.7%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

92.8%

82.5%

91.4%

95.9%

98.5%
New York

92.7%

78.6%

93.2%

97.5%

97.8%
Pennsylvania

94.8%

80.6%

96.8%

98.3%

98.7%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

93.0%

80.8%

91.4%

96.7%

98.7%
Indiana

92.2%

82.7%

86.5%

97.5%

97.9%
Michigan

93.1%

78.6%

91.8%

97.7%

98.7%
Ohio

93.9%

80.4%

92.6%

98.3%

99.1%
Wisconsin

93.6%

78.4%

94.7%

96.9%

97.5%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

90.4%

76.6%

85.5%

95.4%

96.8%
Kansas

91.6%

71.9%

87.4%

96.3%

99.2%
Minnesota

93.1%

78.5%

92.2%

97.0%

98.9%
Missouri

92.8%

83.2%

88.9%

97.0%

98.5%
Nebraska

88.6%

73.1%

79.7%

96.5%

96.5%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

92.2%

73.0%

92.1%

99.0%

99.1%
Florida

89.2%

74.4%

89.4%

93.0%

95.8%
Georgia

91.6%

77.6%

89.3%

96.4%

98.2%
Maryland

91.9%

84.7%

91.4%

96.1%

92.6%
North Carolina

90.6%

73.2%

87.0%

98.3%

97.1%
South Carolina

86.0%

65.5%

78.4%

93.9%

97.2%
Virginia

92.9%

84.4%

89.8%

97.1%

97.7%
West Virginia

86.9%

65.3%

85.4%

94.3%

93.8%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

92.2%

79.2%

89.6%

96.0%

98.6%
Kentucky

92.6%

80.6%

88.9%

97.1%

99.0%
Mississippi

86.8%

72.0%

80.2%

91.4%

97.3%
Tennessee

86.2%

70.3%

83.7%

86.8%

97.4%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

89.2%

71.1%

87.2%

94.7%

95.7%
Oklahoma

88.6%

70.6%

93.3%

91.1%

94.8%
Texas

88.7%

70.6%

85.0%

96.0%

97.5%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

88.7%

74.0%

84.7%

94.7%

94.6%
Colorado

92.6%

82.9%

92.0%

94.6%

98.0%
Montana

78.8%

46.1%

68.9%

90.8%

93.6%
Nevada

93.7%

81.5%

94.8%

97.4%

97.2%
New Mexico

80.3%

56.9%

73.9%

84.1%

95.1%
Utah

92.2%

77.4%

91.2%

96.2%

98.6%
Wyoming

81.7%

49.9%

79.3%

89.4%

94.1%
 
Pacific:
California

89.8%

71.8%

88.7%

96.6%

97.5%
Hawaii

99.1%

96.6%

99.7%

99.9%

99.5%
Oregon

90.8%

82.6%

82.6%

97.2%

98.2%
Washington

92.1%

75.0%

91.4%

97.2%

97.9%
 
States not shown separately

88.8%

68.3%

78.1%

92.7%

97.2%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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 VIII.B.3.b(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2002: (43 States are shown separately)
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

0.16%

0.74%

0.33%

0.30%

0.23%
 
New England:
Connecticut

0.46%

3.08%

0.79%

0.50%

0.31%
Maine

1.89%

8.40%

3.66%

1.13%

1.15%
Massachusetts

0.77%

2.07%

2.21%

0.68%

2.10%
New Hampshire

1.11%

2.24%

3.81%

2.17%

0.58%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.22%

7.63%

4.94%

2.92%

0.80%
New York

0.83%

4.25%

1.56%

0.47%

1.03%
Pennsylvania

0.92%

2.31%

1.06%

0.58%

1.01%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.04%

3.80%

1.65%

0.82%

0.69%
Indiana

0.87%

3.84%

2.76%

0.61%

0.96%
Michigan

0.88%

6.71%

1.97%

0.68%

0.90%
Ohio

1.11%

5.94%

2.15%

0.62%

0.29%
Wisconsin

1.03%

4.06%

1.52%

1.08%

1.21%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.53%

4.50%

2.63%

2.27%

1.50%
Kansas

0.77%

4.73%

1.77%

1.27%

0.61%
Minnesota

0.69%

2.71%

2.90%

0.91%

0.56%
Missouri

1.22%

6.21%

1.86%

0.75%

0.71%
Nebraska

1.48%

7.07%

3.15%

1.08%

1.71%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.64%

5.53%

2.07%

0.91%

0.41%
Florida

1.30%

3.23%

1.43%

3.32%

1.64%
Georgia

1.70%

5.67%

2.40%

1.48%

1.64%
Maryland

2.13%

3.11%

3.46%

0.74%

3.27%
North Carolina

1.61%

4.69%

1.70%

0.79%

4.10%
South Carolina

1.57%

6.62%

4.73%

2.25%

1.03%
Virginia

0.98%

4.73%

3.36%

1.39%

1.81%
West Virginia

1.14%

4.17%

2.48%

2.62%

2.45%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.42%

3.08%

6.24%

1.22%

0.60%
Kentucky

1.03%

4.31%

2.19%

1.78%

0.54%
Mississippi

1.83%

4.50%

5.41%

3.09%

0.65%
Tennessee

1.69%

5.58%

3.28%

4.19%

0.73%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

1.73%

4.76%

7.44%

0.96%

2.73%
Oklahoma

1.42%

5.98%

9.86%

2.82%

1.58%
Texas

0.98%

3.49%

1.62%

0.79%

1.02%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.24%

5.46%

6.33%

2.37%

1.80%
Colorado

1.36%

8.18%

4.42%

1.09%

0.87%
Montana

2.36%

7.27%

2.62%

2.32%

3.02%
Nevada

0.81%

3.11%

5.01%

2.85%

1.00%
New Mexico

1.95%

6.50%

5.19%

3.71%

1.36%
Utah

0.66%

4.84%

4.32%

2.37%

0.77%
Wyoming

1.28%

6.25%

4.23%

4.86%

2.09%
 
Pacific:
California

1.61%

3.96%

2.41%

0.31%

1.02%
Hawaii

0.24%

1.46%

0.17%

0.13%

0.31%
Oregon

1.13%

5.40%

3.08%

1.82%

2.12%
Washington

1.10%

6.48%

2.16%

0.72%

1.85%
 
States not shown separately

1.65%

4.96%

4.03%

1.60%

1.13%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.