Table VIII.B.3.b(2005) Percent of private-sector full-time employees at 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

90.2%

75.8%

88.4%

94.3%

97.1%

 
New England:
Connecticut

94.9%

84.8%

95.4%

95.9%

99.2%

Maine

89.4%

74.6%

89.6%

89.6%

97.5%

Massachusetts

94.9%

88.2%

90.4%

99.2%

99.0%

New Hampshire

93.5%

80.7%

95.0%

96.2%

97.6%

Rhode Island

92.9%

77.6%

93.3%

97.7%

99.0%

Vermont

90.5%

81.5%

87.7%

90.6%

97.7%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

92.9%

75.9%

92.6%

96.2%

99.7%

New York

91.3%

77.7%

89.1%

95.3%

98.3%

Pennsylvania

93.4%

78.9%

93.0%

98.8%

98.0%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

90.0%

72.7%

86.9%

95.2%

98.0%

Indiana

91.9%

71.8%

91.8%

95.6%

98.4%

Michigan

90.8%

76.7%

85.8%

95.9%

97.9%

Ohio

93.4%

81.3%

95.8%

97.4%

95.0%

Wisconsin

93.2%

78.7%

90.1%

97.8%

98.7%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

89.1%

70.0%

90.1%

91.9%

95.2%

Kansas

89.4%

61.9%

88.9%

95.8%

97.6%

Minnesota

93.2%

78.9%

92.3%

96.0%

98.0%

Missouri

90.6%

76.6%

90.0%

95.6%

96.8%

Nebraska

88.7%

62.4%

90.2%

92.0%

97.1%

North Dakota

87.6%

68.3%

88.1%

91.4%

93.3%

South Dakota

89.2%

69.2%

86.3%

93.5%

97.1%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

91.8%

68.1%

92.7%

97.5%

98.2%

District of Columbia

94.5%

86.2%

92.4%

98.4%

99.5%

Florida

88.8%

71.9%

88.8%

93.3%

96.5%

Georgia

89.5%

80.8%

83.2%

94.7%

96.1%

Maryland

91.4%

74.1%

91.1%

96.8%

98.2%

North Carolina

89.1%

70.8%

89.5%

94.1%

94.7%

South Carolina

89.9%

74.4%

90.3%

93.2%

95.5%

Virginia

92.0%

77.7%

91.5%

94.5%

98.7%

West Virginia

88.6%

77.9%

81.7%

95.1%

95.1%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

92.7%

81.1%

92.0%

95.6%

97.8%

Kentucky

91.6%

74.2%

91.3%

96.6%

98.4%

Mississippi

86.4%

77.8%

80.7%

90.2%

92.9%

Tennessee

90.0%

75.6%

88.9%

93.3%

96.9%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

85.2%

56.2%

92.6%

91.0%

92.5%

Louisiana

86.2%

66.2%

87.8%

89.7%

95.4%

Oklahoma

84.4%

65.8%

73.3%

92.5%

96.6%

Texas

86.0%

72.2%

77.7%

92.7%

96.2%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

88.1%

67.1%

87.8%

93.4%

95.0%

Colorado

90.8%

77.6%

90.9%

93.8%

96.0%

Idaho

82.1%

55.9%

73.8%

90.5%

92.1%

Montana

75.5%

40.8%

74.0%

85.4%

87.1%

Nevada

90.9%

84.3%

92.7%

93.2%

92.4%

New Mexico

84.0%

67.7%

77.4%

91.1%

93.8%

Utah

87.1%

69.7%

86.5%

90.0%

96.8%

Wyoming

77.4%

43.8%

73.2%

85.4%

92.6%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

83.2%

50.9%

84.0%

91.1%

95.2%

California

89.9%

79.7%

88.4%

90.3%

97.6%

Hawaii

99.3%

98.9%

99.3%

99.8%

99.1%

Oregon

88.5%

81.0%

83.8%

91.5%

93.5%

Washington

90.1%

72.3%

88.9%

94.2%

97.9%

 
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.3.b(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees at 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

0.37%

1.51%

0.70%

0.49%

0.26%

 
New England:
Connecticut

0.67%

4.21%

1.55%

1.88%

1.51%

Maine

1.51%

5.27%

1.73%

3.21%

0.94%

Massachusetts

0.92%

5.06%

2.35%

0.59%

0.51%

New Hampshire

0.85%

7.28%

1.94%

2.04%

0.72%

Rhode Island

0.98%

6.51%

1.72%

1.16%

1.11%

Vermont

1.57%

7.10%

4.66%

3.16%

1.50%

 
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey

1.09%

5.93%

3.93%

1.93%

0.43%

New York

0.93%

3.91%

2.57%

0.87%

0.64%

Pennsylvania

0.82%

5.13%

1.69%

0.71%

0.66%

 
East North Central:
Illinois

1.60%

5.56%

4.50%

2.44%

0.88%

Indiana

0.71%

6.54%

3.19%

1.90%

0.52%

Michigan

1.41%

5.19%

4.33%

1.61%

0.58%

Ohio

1.30%

3.32%

1.01%

0.45%

3.30%

Wisconsin

0.71%

3.34%

1.92%

0.75%

0.42%

 
West North Central:
Iowa

1.84%

6.85%

2.20%

4.03%

2.36%

Kansas

1.68%

7.35%

5.74%

2.25%

0.57%

Minnesota

0.77%

6.54%

4.07%

1.38%

1.62%

Missouri

1.50%

4.25%

2.33%

3.70%

0.91%

Nebraska

0.86%

8.10%

2.36%

1.73%

0.66%

North Dakota

0.86%

6.19%

2.43%

2.94%

1.94%

South Dakota

1.34%

7.84%

2.56%

4.11%

1.36%

 
South Atlantic:
Delaware

0.51%

6.75%

1.37%

2.15%

2.38%

District of Columbia

0.80%

7.36%

3.32%

1.44%

0.29%

Florida

1.42%

7.26%

2.91%

2.56%

0.70%

Georgia

1.16%

7.76%

4.83%

2.05%

0.98%

Maryland

1.80%

4.85%

2.25%

2.15%

0.64%

North Carolina

1.16%

5.07%

2.33%

1.22%

3.09%

South Carolina

1.08%

4.12%

5.38%

4.36%

1.62%

Virginia

1.03%

6.23%

3.51%

1.57%

0.59%

West Virginia

0.90%

7.92%

4.12%

1.70%

0.87%

 
East South Central:
Alabama

1.07%

8.11%

2.62%

2.01%

0.95%

Kentucky

0.68%

6.12%

2.74%

1.45%

0.31%

Mississippi

1.20%

11.23%

5.71%

3.38%

2.85%

Tennessee

1.49%

7.70%

4.78%

2.15%

1.74%

 
West South Central:
Arkansas

1.02%

6.18%

3.28%

2.66%

1.48%

Louisiana

1.16%

9.01%

3.07%

2.90%

1.10%

Oklahoma

1.11%

8.74%

4.18%

2.05%

1.83%

Texas

1.32%

4.85%

3.63%

1.28%

1.61%

 
Mountain:
Arizona

1.55%

4.57%

3.93%

1.43%

1.23%

Colorado

1.06%

3.19%

3.21%

2.93%

1.71%

Idaho

1.43%

8.35%

5.85%

5.92%

1.59%

Montana

3.37%

9.34%

8.68%

2.64%

3.01%

Nevada

1.43%

7.16%

4.78%

3.25%

2.67%

New Mexico

1.86%

6.87%

6.94%

0.97%

1.82%

Utah

1.62%

6.30%

7.01%

1.75%

1.02%

Wyoming

2.71%

6.22%

6.30%

3.40%

6.09%

 
Pacific:
Alaska

2.23%

5.34%

2.66%

2.05%

2.58%

California

1.06%

2.81%

1.33%

2.87%

0.74%

Hawaii

0.13%

0.46%

0.20%

0.14%

0.51%

Oregon

1.18%

4.46%

3.05%

2.38%

2.97%

Washington

0.83%

6.51%

3.90%

1.82%

1.04%

 
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.