Table VIII.B.2(2005) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2005
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

86.9%

71.0%

86.8%

93.3%

96.5%
 
New England:
Connecticut

92.2%

79.5%

94.1%

95.7%

99.2%
Maine

86.6%

69.6%

89.5%

90.0%

96.8%
Massachusetts

90.4%

76.8%

88.4%

98.8%

98.1%
New Hampshire

90.9%

77.8%

93.5%

95.6%

97.0%
Rhode Island

89.4%

68.9%

93.0%

97.9%

99.1%
Vermont

86.1%

70.3%

86.1%

90.5%

97.2%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

89.5%

71.1%

91.2%

95.7%

99.5%
New York

86.3%

74.5%

77.5%

95.1%

98.1%
Pennsylvania

90.0%

72.5%

91.4%

98.4%

98.1%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

86.1%

65.8%

87.0%

94.6%

96.9%
Indiana

86.4%

66.2%

86.0%

95.7%

97.6%
Michigan

86.6%

68.9%

85.0%

94.8%

97.4%
Ohio

90.3%

76.8%

94.3%

96.6%

93.9%
Wisconsin

89.4%

74.1%

89.0%

95.9%

98.5%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

84.0%

63.9%

86.8%

90.4%

94.8%
Kansas

86.2%

63.6%

89.4%

95.4%

96.4%
Minnesota

89.1%

71.8%

91.9%

94.9%

97.8%
Missouri

87.4%

70.8%

87.3%

95.7%

96.3%
Nebraska

84.5%

61.5%

88.9%

91.6%

96.0%
North Dakota

82.0%

61.2%

86.3%

90.1%

89.7%
South Dakota

83.6%

60.6%

84.7%

93.5%

95.5%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

89.0%

67.3%

92.9%

97.0%

97.4%
District of Columbia

92.6%

82.3%

90.0%

98.3%

99.6%
Florida

87.1%

70.2%

89.6%

93.1%

96.1%
Georgia

87.1%

77.9%

80.7%

94.3%

95.7%
Maryland

87.5%

68.5%

88.4%

96.5%

96.6%
North Carolina

87.3%

72.8%

89.2%

94.0%

92.9%
South Carolina

86.3%

72.5%

84.3%

93.2%

94.7%
Virginia

88.0%

68.8%

89.2%

94.2%

98.6%
West Virginia

83.7%

63.8%

80.8%

95.6%

94.9%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

90.0%

76.8%

91.1%

94.2%

97.9%
Kentucky

88.1%

68.6%

90.0%

95.9%

98.1%
Mississippi

81.5%

70.3%

76.6%

89.1%

89.5%
Tennessee

87.5%

74.0%

88.1%

91.5%

96.8%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

80.6%

46.9%

92.6%

92.8%

92.0%
Louisiana

82.8%

58.6%

87.7%

89.9%

94.8%
Oklahoma

80.9%

62.1%

73.9%

92.3%

95.7%
Texas

84.7%

71.2%

79.0%

92.7%

96.1%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

85.8%

67.8%

87.4%

93.3%

94.4%
Colorado

88.6%

74.7%

91.5%

93.0%

95.3%
Idaho

78.3%

56.6%

74.8%

89.7%

91.1%
Montana

71.3%

41.8%

70.3%

87.1%

87.0%
Nevada

89.4%

79.8%

92.5%

93.0%

92.1%
New Mexico

79.9%

59.9%

77.0%

89.9%

92.7%
Utah

82.7%

57.5%

89.1%

89.2%

95.9%
Wyoming

71.2%

37.3%

74.7%

84.5%

89.3%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

78.5%

45.9%

83.1%

89.5%

94.5%
California

85.8%

73.4%

87.8%

85.6%

97.0%
Hawaii

98.2%

96.0%

98.8%

99.7%

98.3%
Oregon

85.2%

72.9%

82.1%

91.4%

93.9%
Washington

86.5%

67.4%

88.7%

93.3%

96.1%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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.2(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2005
 
Division and State

Total

  

Quartile 1 Average Wage

  

Quartile 2 Average Wage

  

Quartile 3 Average Wage

  

Quartile 4 Average Wage

  
 
United States

0.52%

1.05%

1.25%

0.83%

0.29%
 
New England:
Connecticut

1.70%

5.50%

1.80%

1.77%

1.59%
Maine

1.69%

4.98%

1.47%

3.29%

1.76%
Massachusetts

1.90%

6.58%

2.83%

0.83%

0.67%
New Hampshire

1.01%

5.11%

2.18%

2.36%

0.98%
Rhode Island

1.72%

7.72%

1.83%

1.03%

1.02%
Vermont

1.82%

6.01%

4.25%

3.11%

1.58%
 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.74%

5.29%

4.98%

2.21%

0.51%
New York

2.56%

4.23%

6.66%

0.93%

0.65%
Pennsylvania

1.12%

4.30%

1.69%

0.78%

0.62%
 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.65%

5.88%

4.08%

2.58%

0.90%
Indiana

1.16%

5.33%

2.68%

1.90%

0.82%
Michigan

1.75%

6.02%

5.05%

1.60%

0.66%
Ohio

1.50%

3.05%

1.64%

0.66%

3.95%
Wisconsin

1.07%

3.47%

1.92%

1.42%

0.43%
 
West North Central:
Iowa

2.14%

7.07%

4.15%

4.32%

2.13%
Kansas

2.03%

6.95%

5.59%

2.33%

1.00%
Minnesota

1.45%

5.15%

4.57%

1.40%

2.10%
Missouri

1.48%

3.62%

2.97%

3.34%

0.96%
Nebraska

1.50%

7.88%

3.47%

1.71%

0.67%
North Dakota

1.47%

5.01%

4.04%

3.62%

4.00%
South Dakota

1.69%

7.37%

2.79%

4.27%

2.08%
 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

1.11%

6.53%

1.55%

2.61%

2.37%
District of Columbia

0.93%

7.72%

4.80%

1.35%

0.27%
Florida

1.51%

6.88%

3.01%

2.45%

0.74%
Georgia

1.31%

8.07%

5.14%

2.07%

0.98%
Maryland

1.39%

3.82%

3.21%

1.92%

1.49%
North Carolina

1.48%

5.40%

2.23%

1.08%

3.78%
South Carolina

2.14%

5.40%

8.32%

4.15%

1.71%
Virginia

1.11%

4.93%

3.61%

1.70%

0.60%
West Virginia

1.86%

8.85%

4.00%

1.56%

0.85%
 
East South Central:
Alabama

0.96%

5.19%

2.57%

2.43%

0.63%
Kentucky

1.14%

4.46%

3.07%

1.70%

0.36%
Mississippi

1.43%

9.93%

5.49%

3.46%

2.50%
Tennessee

1.31%

5.96%

4.92%

2.16%

1.70%
 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.94%

6.42%

2.16%

3.06%

1.49%
Louisiana

1.63%

7.53%

3.48%

2.78%

1.36%
Oklahoma

1.67%

8.50%

4.03%

2.23%

2.05%
Texas

1.29%

3.74%

3.26%

1.31%

1.60%
 
Mountain:
Arizona

2.07%

5.73%

4.35%

1.39%

1.41%
Colorado

1.16%

4.67%

2.74%

3.28%

1.97%
Idaho

1.90%

7.85%

6.39%

5.94%

2.07%
Montana

3.52%

9.07%

8.52%

1.97%

2.74%
Nevada

1.74%

6.85%

4.95%

3.61%

2.62%
New Mexico

1.50%

5.89%

7.10%

1.29%

1.79%
Utah

1.91%

5.96%

3.91%

1.98%

1.09%
Wyoming

2.64%

5.87%

6.24%

3.18%

6.33%
 
Pacific:
Alaska

2.54%

5.24%

2.98%

2.60%

2.81%
California

1.19%

2.84%

1.33%

4.43%

0.72%
Hawaii

0.47%

0.97%

0.51%

0.22%

0.74%
Oregon

1.08%

7.40%

4.24%

2.11%

2.51%
Washington

1.05%

5.42%

3.70%

2.46%

1.33%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.