Table VIII.E.3(2002) Percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in employee-plus-one coverage at private-sector 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

20.2%

22.5%

22.9%

21.1%

17.5%
 
New England:
Connecticut

17.7%

23.8%

24.3%

11.0%

19.0%
Maine

27.0%

30.1%

39.6%

25.6%

22.0%
Massachusetts

21.3%

23.1%

28.4%

17.2%

21.5%
New Hampshire

19.7%

26.3%

13.8%

20.3%

21.9%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

16.6%

18.1%

19.5%

17.7%

13.4%
New York

19.4%

23.5%

18.4%

23.8%

15.8%
Pennsylvania

14.8%

18.1%

16.9%

15.8%

11.4%

 *
 
East North Central:
Illinois

20.2%

21.3%

23.6%

16.9%

21.9%
Indiana

21.2%

23.6%

31.5%

20.1%

14.2%
Michigan

14.5%

13.0%

24.4%

15.0%

10.2%
Ohio

19.0%

24.4%

23.5%

19.0%

15.7%
Wisconsin

16.2%

21.6%

14.9%

 *

13.4%

 *

17.9%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

19.5%

33.7%

16.2%

16.8%

22.0%
Kansas

22.8%

29.7%

20.3%

 *

22.9%

22.5%
Minnesota

21.5%

26.8%

26.8%

24.0%

15.9%
Missouri

21.1%

25.2%

19.6%

19.5%

21.8%
Nebraska

21.2%

19.5%

19.6%

23.6%

19.9%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

18.0%

31.1%

27.8%

14.5%

12.8%
Florida

20.8%

19.7%

 *

29.4%

23.8%

16.2%

 *
Georgia

26.1%

32.9%

27.6%

26.3%

22.8%
Maryland

19.4%

22.9%

9.6%

 *

27.7%

21.7%
North Carolina

19.8%

26.3%

27.2%

25.0%

11.3%

 *
South Carolina

20.1%

19.1%

22.7%

22.2%

17.9%
Virginia

24.6%

21.5%

27.9%

23.4%

25.2%
West Virginia

20.2%

13.3%

 *

25.7%

22.7%

17.1%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

16.2%

16.9%

 *

22.5%

17.0%

 *

13.0%
Kentucky

16.6%

26.9%

27.0%

19.1%

10.4%

 *
Mississippi

20.3%

31.1%

24.0%

18.1%

18.7%
Tennessee

22.3%

29.2%

 *

28.9%

21.9%

19.0%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

28.6%

31.1%

39.2%

36.1%

18.6%

 *
Oklahoma

28.6%

29.2%

25.7%

18.4%

 *

36.1%
Texas

24.5%

25.3%

25.6%

27.8%

21.4%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

21.7%

19.7%

24.0%

20.3%

22.2%
Colorado

22.9%

19.0%

 *

21.1%

24.9%

24.7%
Montana

19.7%

28.7%

 *

26.1%

24.7%

15.3%
Nevada

18.7%

20.9%

23.1%

11.4%

 *

21.2%
New Mexico

23.2%

33.1%

16.3%

 *

24.5%

23.8%
Utah

18.0%

25.2%

16.7%

 *

21.8%

14.2%
Wyoming

20.9%

22.7%

23.6%

25.4%

15.9%
 
Pacific:
California

20.5%

18.4%

23.3%

22.4%

18.6%
Hawaii

16.3%

20.4%

29.5%

8.7%

 *

13.7%
Oregon

20.4%

25.8%

25.8%

22.8%

15.4%
Washington

17.4%

28.5%

17.9%

20.9%

 *

11.1%

 *
 
States not shown separately

22.0%

16.6%

 *

24.8%

25.5%

20.3%
 
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.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

 

Table VIII.E.3(2002) Standard error for percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in employee-plus-one coverage at private-sector 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

0.37%

0.83%

0.65%

0.35%

0.56%
 
New England:
Connecticut

1.60%

4.40%

2.52%

2.72%

1.36%
Maine

0.98%

5.39%

5.02%

4.05%

2.71%
Massachusetts

1.93%

5.54%

6.59%

3.51%

3.53%
New Hampshire

1.90%

2.94%

4.02%

2.56%

3.81%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.47%

4.77%

2.78%

3.95%

1.70%
New York

1.52%

3.35%

2.71%

5.58%

1.57%
Pennsylvania

1.52%

4.31%

3.02%

2.36%

3.97%

 *
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.41%

4.06%

2.54%

3.60%

4.03%
Indiana

2.00%

3.46%

6.30%

1.98%

1.84%
Michigan

2.13%

2.70%

3.82%

3.63%

2.13%
Ohio

1.74%

3.05%

2.26%

3.25%

2.16%
Wisconsin

2.46%

3.85%

4.94%

 *

5.29%

 *

3.70%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.60%

6.01%

3.88%

3.60%

3.95%
Kansas

2.39%

5.07%

6.98%

 *

2.81%

4.01%
Minnesota

1.75%

3.00%

3.26%

3.60%

3.33%
Missouri

1.66%

6.84%

1.95%

3.10%

2.68%
Nebraska

1.17%

4.96%

3.88%

2.93%

2.67%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.64%

5.44%

3.54%

3.06%

1.46%
Florida

3.55%

5.98%

 *

4.79%

2.57%

5.99%

 *
Georgia

1.41%

3.18%

5.85%

2.33%

2.59%
Maryland

2.05%

2.91%

5.00%

 *

2.10%

1.79%
North Carolina

2.78%

6.25%

4.15%

3.67%

4.91%

 *
South Carolina

1.04%

4.39%

2.87%

1.85%

1.51%
Virginia

1.82%

4.46%

4.04%

1.70%

5.38%
West Virginia

2.66%

5.82%

 *

4.26%

3.35%

3.07%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.78%

8.31%

 *

5.75%

6.80%

 *

3.30%
Kentucky

2.58%

4.69%

3.16%

3.25%

3.72%

 *
Mississippi

2.95%

3.92%

6.76%

4.67%

4.26%
Tennessee

1.87%

10.91%

 *

5.90%

2.87%

3.84%
 
West South Central:
Louisiana

2.78%

5.94%

4.08%

3.40%

6.73%

 *
Oklahoma

4.14%

7.21%

6.00%

6.06%

 *

4.93%
Texas

1.39%

4.10%

2.27%

1.53%

2.43%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.25%

5.35%

3.71%

4.91%

3.90%
Colorado

1.61%

8.83%

 *

2.95%

5.97%

2.86%
Montana

1.82%

9.61%

 *

3.72%

2.80%

3.25%
Nevada

1.91%

6.25%

2.71%

4.42%

 *

1.97%
New Mexico

2.28%

7.04%

6.77%

 *

7.01%

3.08%
Utah

1.14%

4.62%

5.30%

 *

2.78%

2.80%
Wyoming

1.61%

6.80%

5.35%

4.24%

2.53%
 
Pacific:
California

1.49%

1.55%

2.53%

2.87%

1.84%
Hawaii

2.37%

3.52%

5.31%

6.27%

 *

2.15%
Oregon

2.21%

7.48%

3.02%

2.57%

3.57%
Washington

3.17%

7.78%

3.75%

6.71%

 *

4.27%

 *
 
States not shown separately

1.70%

6.58%

 *

6.03%

2.65%

2.93%
 
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.
* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.