Table VIII.B.3.b(2003) Percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2003
 
Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 
 
United States

89.8%

74.4%

87.5%

94.2%

97.1%

 
New England:
Connecticut

91.7%

79.6%

91.2%

96.3%

95.9%

Maine

84.1%

64.4%

78.3%

92.2%

94.0%

Massachusetts

95.1%

87.4%

93.1%

98.9%

97.7%

New Hampshire

94.5%

80.6%

95.5%

98.1%

96.6%

Rhode Island

94.1%

80.3%

93.3%

98.2%

99.9%

Vermont

89.6%

76.9%

89.2%

92.4%

94.2%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

91.3%

78.5%

88.1%

95.2%

98.6%

New York

91.9%

76.0%

91.0%

95.8%

98.5%

Pennsylvania

94.5%

81.2%

93.2%

97.7%

99.0%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

90.8%

68.4%

90.4%

96.9%

99.0%

Indiana

90.2%

71.5%

89.8%

92.3%

98.7%

Michigan

88.2%

81.9%

72.6%

95.7%

98.7%

Ohio

92.8%

78.5%

90.7%

97.9%

98.0%

Wisconsin

89.1%

79.2%

81.0%

96.3%

94.0%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

90.6%

64.5%

91.6%

96.4%

97.3%

Kansas

89.7%

71.4%

91.3%

95.9%

93.8%

Minnesota

93.1%

83.1%

89.4%

96.7%

97.6%

Missouri

91.3%

83.6%

86.7%

94.1%

97.7%

Nebraska

87.9%

68.3%

82.4%

93.6%

97.4%

North Dakota

87.3%

59.9%

88.6%

91.8%

94.5%

South Dakota

86.7%

80.7%

76.0%

91.5%

94.3%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

93.5%

81.4%

91.8%

97.4%

99.8%

District of Columbia

97.5%

91.0%

98.5%

98.9%

99.5%

Florida

86.6%

73.8%

84.8%

86.4%

97.2%

Georgia

89.7%

72.0%

90.8%

93.9%

94.0%

Maryland

93.2%

84.9%

90.9%

96.2%

97.4%

North Carolina

89.2%

79.9%

81.6%

94.6%

95.8%

South Carolina

88.4%

75.8%

84.1%

91.5%

96.5%

Virginia

91.1%

81.8%

82.8%

95.5%

98.5%

West Virginia

87.4%

67.7%

84.7%

92.8%

97.8%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

90.7%

74.6%

89.6%

96.5%

97.1%

Kentucky

90.1%

78.5%

92.9%

91.7%

94.4%

Mississippi

86.8%

71.3%

81.4%

91.6%

95.6%

Tennessee

88.9%

72.0%

87.7%

92.7%

97.3%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

84.0%

69.2%

80.8%

87.1%

93.3%

Louisiana

86.1%

64.7%

81.3%

94.1%

95.0%

Oklahoma

84.7%

64.4%

77.4%

92.2%

95.8%

Texas

86.7%

63.9%

82.7%

92.4%

96.7%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

89.7%

69.5%

89.0%

96.5%

95.2%

Colorado

90.0%

70.0%

89.6%

95.6%

97.9%

Idaho

85.9%

64.6%

84.1%

92.6%

93.2%

Montana

82.3%

66.7%

76.6%

88.9%

89.4%

Nevada

90.8%

81.6%

88.7%

94.7%

95.8%

New Mexico

81.5%

64.2%

79.8%

79.9%

94.4%

Utah

87.2%

65.7%

86.4%

92.9%

95.2%

Wyoming

78.0%

47.4%

79.9%

77.7%

92.7%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

84.1%

69.8%

80.0%

88.6%

92.4%

California

88.7%

72.4%

87.5%

92.1%

97.2%

Hawaii

98.8%

97.7%

98.7%

100.0%

98.6%

Oregon

92.4%

74.9%

93.2%

97.9%

97.7%

Washington

88.8%

76.2%

82.0%

95.8%

94.1%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2003
 
Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 
 
United States

0.39%

1.21%

1.08%

0.58%

0.31%

 
New England:
Connecticut

1.08%

5.03%

5.29%

1.49%

1.32%

Maine

1.62%

6.62%

3.86%

2.19%

1.87%

Massachusetts

0.91%

5.89%

2.99%

0.56%

1.30%

New Hampshire

0.47%

3.66%

1.72%

1.07%

1.11%

Rhode Island

0.71%

8.39%

1.65%

0.64%

0.32%

Vermont

1.47%

8.28%

2.33%

2.40%

3.20%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.18%

7.70%

2.94%

1.68%

0.82%

New York

0.64%

3.63%

2.07%

0.97%

0.73%

Pennsylvania

0.74%

2.26%

1.18%

1.44%

0.54%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.67%

8.96%

1.71%

0.93%

0.61%

Indiana

1.29%

5.31%

2.50%

2.96%

0.74%

Michigan

4.58%

6.43%

8.13%

2.24%

1.93%

Ohio

0.86%

5.51%

1.51%

0.89%

1.79%

Wisconsin

1.85%

5.69%

3.55%

1.27%

4.46%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.53%

7.80%

1.26%

1.35%

1.23%

Kansas

1.24%

4.96%

3.95%

1.61%

3.23%

Minnesota

1.70%

4.93%

2.36%

1.23%

0.73%

Missouri

0.92%

5.20%

1.75%

2.77%

1.95%

Nebraska

1.91%

7.55%

2.37%

4.86%

1.68%

North Dakota

1.32%

8.02%

2.64%

2.93%

1.16%

South Dakota

1.48%

6.86%

3.89%

3.14%

1.88%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.06%

5.27%

2.95%

0.83%

0.28%

District of Columbia

0.36%

1.68%

4.39%

0.42%

0.46%

Florida

2.60%

2.91%

2.77%

5.09%

1.17%

Georgia

0.85%

4.37%

3.69%

1.50%

2.67%

Maryland

0.76%

6.52%

1.86%

1.18%

0.98%

North Carolina

0.67%

7.40%

3.48%

1.89%

4.75%

South Carolina

1.41%

7.48%

3.85%

2.86%

1.19%

Virginia

0.91%

6.51%

5.03%

1.08%

0.77%

West Virginia

2.02%

6.07%

1.62%

1.36%

1.46%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.69%

5.09%

2.27%

0.67%

1.08%

Kentucky

1.79%

5.67%

2.16%

2.26%

3.28%

Mississippi

1.42%

3.75%

4.27%

1.14%

3.30%

Tennessee

1.58%

6.00%

3.51%

2.94%

1.02%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.83%

6.18%

4.82%

4.12%

2.12%

Louisiana

1.17%

6.60%

2.81%

4.04%

1.65%

Oklahoma

3.54%

5.79%

7.51%

3.50%

1.43%

Texas

0.98%

4.19%

2.51%

1.59%

0.95%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.03%

3.50%

4.08%

2.47%

2.28%

Colorado

0.83%

5.69%

2.68%

2.27%

2.33%

Idaho

1.36%

3.76%

2.00%

2.33%

3.38%

Montana

2.31%

10.85%

4.79%

2.35%

1.48%

Nevada

1.49%

6.65%

5.33%

2.25%

1.95%

New Mexico

3.26%

5.12%

4.79%

5.04%

2.48%

Utah

2.38%

6.68%

5.26%

1.47%

1.54%

Wyoming

2.83%

7.31%

3.67%

2.17%

1.99%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

1.96%

4.11%

7.50%

2.06%

4.00%

California

0.99%

1.09%

2.16%

1.82%

0.65%

Hawaii

0.27%

0.77%

0.70%

0.01%

0.86%

Oregon

0.63%

3.19%

1.67%

1.12%

1.39%

Washington

1.74%

6.37%

3.53%

1.11%

3.10%

 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.