Table VIII.B.2(2006) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

86.9%

70.8%

87.2%

93.6%

96.5%

 

New England:

Connecticut

93.6%

86.5%

93.3%

96.2%

98.4%

Maine

86.2%

62.3%

85.4%

97.7%

97.9%

Massachusetts

91.0%

73.9%

93.1%

97.9%

99.1%

New Hampshire

88.9%

70.9%

92.0%

96.0%

96.7%

Rhode Island

91.5%

78.3%

93.0%

96.8%

97.6%

Vermont

85.2%

70.4%

87.9%

89.9%

92.1%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

90.6%

74.7%

92.3%

97.6%

97.8%

New York

88.3%

71.6%

90.9%

93.2%

97.8%

Pennsylvania

90.8%

75.2%

91.9%

99.1%

97.8%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

88.2%

72.7%

89.5%

93.9%

95.9%

Indiana

87.0%

73.2%

84.6%

93.6%

96.8%

Michigan

89.3%

76.4%

87.4%

95.7%

97.6%

Ohio

90.3%

76.3%

91.8%

96.8%

97.2%

Wisconsin

87.4%

72.2%

90.0%

90.8%

95.9%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

82.6%

56.3%

85.8%

91.0%

96.5%

Kansas

84.7%

57.8%

89.5%

95.0%

96.0%

Minnesota

87.6%

72.2%

87.4%

95.3%

95.7%

Missouri

89.2%

76.0%

88.9%

94.5%

97.6%

Nebraska

81.3%

56.8%

80.9%

90.4%

96.7%

North Dakota

80.4%

44.7%

89.6%

93.6%

93.1%

South Dakota

78.3%

48.0%

78.1%

92.6%

93.1%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

90.3%

74.5%

93.4%

94.1%

98.1%

District of Columbia

95.1%

86.2%

97.6%

98.1%

98.5%

Florida

86.0%

73.2%

84.5%

91.9%

94.7%

Georgia

86.2%

81.0%

83.0%

84.7%

95.9%

Maryland

88.1%

76.5%

90.0%

96.3%

89.5%

North Carolina

84.4%

63.5%

82.9%

93.6%

97.9%

South Carolina

82.8%

56.3%

86.1%

93.6%

97.1%

Virginia

88.7%

73.8%

90.1%

95.6%

95.5%

West Virginia

79.6%

57.0%

80.0%

85.2%

94.6%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

90.8%

78.0%

89.7%

95.7%

99.7%

Kentucky

88.9%

72.3%

90.1%

95.8%

97.4%

Mississippi

83.3%

62.6%

88.4%

90.5%

92.6%

Tennessee

87.4%

77.9%

87.4%

93.4%

90.9%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

82.5%

61.0%

82.3%

92.8%

94.2%

Louisiana

79.1%

61.9%

74.1%

87.1%

93.1%

Oklahoma

82.9%

65.9%

85.1%

87.8%

93.2%

Texas

82.1%

66.4%

78.8%

87.2%

96.1%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

84.1%

76.5%

76.7%

89.1%

94.1%

Colorado

85.2%

65.1%

86.7%

93.1%

96.6%

Idaho

80.7%

47.1%

88.3%

88.4%

92.2%

Montana

78.5%

49.0%

78.9%

88.7%

92.1%

Nevada

89.1%

71.9%

92.7%

96.5%

96.1%

New Mexico

81.5%

59.8%

88.6%

82.9%

94.4%

Utah

84.0%

57.9%

89.3%

93.8%

95.8%

Wyoming

76.8%

44.7%

81.4%

89.6%

93.1%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

77.3%

54.6%

76.7%

86.6%

91.5%

California

86.8%

69.6%

85.6%

95.4%

96.9%

Hawaii

96.0%

87.2%

99.1%

99.8%

97.8%

Oregon

88.2%

71.7%

91.0%

94.3%

96.7%

Washington

86.4%

65.4%

94.2%

86.8%

98.0%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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(2006) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

0.21%

0.68%

0.43%

0.39%

0.32%

 

New England:

Connecticut

0.55%

5.95%

2.22%

1.57%

0.65%

Maine

2.29%

6.96%

3.10%

0.86%

3.71%

Massachusetts

1.91%

5.43%

1.09%

2.01%

0.47%

New Hampshire

1.89%

6.30%

1.59%

0.87%

2.00%

Rhode Island

1.86%

6.34%

1.45%

1.18%

0.88%

Vermont

1.44%

6.43%

3.54%

3.20%

4.44%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.18%

5.42%

1.57%

2.98%

2.09%

New York

1.36%

6.10%

1.30%

1.52%

0.77%

Pennsylvania

0.73%

4.05%

1.53%

0.36%

0.89%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

1.17%

4.68%

3.94%

1.41%

1.12%

Indiana

1.51%

4.33%

3.78%

2.48%

2.83%

Michigan

1.03%

3.26%

2.43%

2.62%

3.05%

Ohio

1.27%

6.37%

1.36%

1.14%

0.49%

Wisconsin

1.49%

7.01%

4.10%

4.63%

1.37%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

2.56%

6.12%

1.90%

3.60%

1.80%

Kansas

2.18%

6.97%

6.01%

1.00%

0.57%

Minnesota

1.93%

3.01%

4.84%

1.14%

3.40%

Missouri

1.22%

3.85%

2.46%

2.12%

1.70%

Nebraska

1.89%

7.94%

5.08%

1.93%

1.71%

North Dakota

3.77%

5.34%

3.79%

3.45%

4.77%

South Dakota

2.82%

5.90%

8.26%

6.05%

3.25%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.22%

7.07%

2.38%

1.93%

0.97%

District of Columbia

0.65%

2.81%

0.79%

0.74%

1.83%

Florida

1.68%

5.69%

7.44%

2.32%

1.21%

Georgia

2.40%

8.80%

3.51%

4.06%

1.12%

Maryland

1.61%

6.09%

2.33%

1.65%

4.50%

North Carolina

2.75%

7.22%

4.47%

1.66%

1.59%

South Carolina

1.60%

5.30%

4.52%

2.91%

0.67%

Virginia

1.92%

6.09%

3.69%

1.39%

2.26%

West Virginia

2.46%

4.70%

6.85%

3.04%

1.23%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.02%

4.35%

3.21%

1.69%

0.17%

Kentucky

1.09%

6.63%

3.93%

1.91%

0.76%

Mississippi

1.90%

5.19%

8.31%

2.73%

2.14%

Tennessee

1.19%

5.89%

4.45%

1.48%

2.51%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.45%

8.63%

3.72%

2.25%

1.53%

Louisiana

1.64%

5.94%

5.19%

3.88%

1.23%

Oklahoma

3.05%

6.78%

8.22%

2.36%

1.55%

Texas

1.79%

3.86%

3.97%

2.72%

0.90%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

2.51%

9.38%

6.41%

1.77%

2.34%

Colorado

2.54%

7.45%

3.44%

3.28%

0.55%

Idaho

3.56%

6.09%

8.85%

2.06%

3.16%

Montana

2.05%

7.67%

8.94%

3.28%

1.59%

Nevada

1.65%

6.65%

2.01%

2.38%

2.51%

New Mexico

2.11%

6.93%

6.89%

4.45%

2.05%

Utah

1.14%

6.15%

3.95%

1.88%

1.98%

Wyoming

3.30%

6.89%

5.83%

2.16%

5.41%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

1.55%

7.07%

7.20%

3.03%

1.81%

California

0.79%

3.61%

1.78%

1.10%

1.37%

Hawaii

1.54%

4.88%

0.73%

0.09%

1.57%

Oregon

1.36%

7.37%

4.84%

2.09%

1.82%

Washington

2.02%

9.20%

7.48%

1.16%

1.38%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.