Table VIII.B.2(2008) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2008

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

87.7%

73.3%

87.4%

93.1%

96.9%

 

New England:

Connecticut

92.5%

79.7%

95.0%

97.4%

97.8%

Maine

87.3%

68.7%

87.4%

95.6%

97.4%

Massachusetts

94.5%

88.2%

94.3%

96.9%

98.7%

New Hampshire

90.7%

75.6%

92.3%

97.9%

96.8%

Rhode Island

91.2%

75.6%

94.6%

97.4%

97.1%

Vermont

86.4%

70.1%

86.3%

94.2%

94.6%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

92.5%

82.7%

91.2%

97.5%

98.5%

New York

90.4%

77.7%

91.2%

96.5%

96.3%

Pennsylvania

90.3%

73.6%

91.0%

97.2%

99.2%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

86.1%

77.9%

86.6%

83.2%

96.8%

Indiana

88.0%

75.0%

86.2%

93.0%

97.8%

Michigan

86.0%

64.5%

85.2%

96.2%

97.3%

Ohio

90.8%

75.7%

93.8%

95.2%

98.1%

Wisconsin

87.1%

67.5%

85.7%

95.5%

98.7%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

88.7%

72.3%

88.5%

96.3%

97.5%

Kansas

84.2%

59.2%

84.0%

97.2%

96.2%

Minnesota

87.3%

69.0%

87.4%

94.3%

98.4%

Missouri

88.9%

73.7%

91.1%

93.3%

97.6%

Nebraska

85.3%

72.3%

78.9%

92.8%

97.0%

North Dakota

86.5%

69.7%

86.7%

92.5%

96.7%

South Dakota

80.9%

66.8%

78.3%

85.4%

92.1%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

89.6%

80.4%

87.9%

93.4%

96.7%

District of Columbia

93.9%

81.3%

96.3%

99.0%

98.6%

Florida

89.0%

78.2%

89.5%

93.2%

95.2%

Georgia

86.3%

65.7%

87.7%

93.3%

97.8%

Maryland

87.8%

70.4%

88.7%

95.2%

96.6%

North Carolina

87.7%

78.5%

88.4%

87.5%

96.1%

South Carolina

87.4%

73.6%

87.5%

92.9%

95.4%

Virginia

91.0%

76.8%

90.3%

98.6%

98.1%

West Virginia

85.1%

58.9%

83.3%

92.5%

98.4%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

88.9%

76.7%

86.6%

93.8%

98.2%

Kentucky

88.4%

72.1%

89.8%

93.9%

97.3%

Mississippi

83.6%

63.9%

85.2%

90.8%

94.4%

Tennessee

87.9%

82.1%

79.0%

95.2%

95.2%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

83.3%

71.3%

76.0%

90.7%

95.1%

Louisiana

85.8%

72.6%

84.3%

90.9%

95.4%

Oklahoma

82.9%

65.6%

84.0%

87.1%

95.0%

Texas

85.0%

73.3%

85.4%

86.8%

94.5%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

87.4%

74.2%

84.6%

93.1%

97.0%

Colorado

85.4%

72.2%

88.8%

89.0%

91.6%

Idaho

80.3%

73.4%

68.4%

87.8%

91.3%

Montana

71.6%

39.3%

73.6%

81.3%

91.9%

Nevada

89.6%

73.9%

92.2%

94.7%

96.9%

New Mexico

85.8%

76.1%

85.2%

85.7%

96.2%

Utah

85.1%

68.9%

87.1%

89.0%

95.2%

Wyoming

77.1%

54.8%

73.3%

82.4%

96.9%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

79.6%

60.7%

80.2%

86.2%

90.5%

California

85.8%

68.3%

82.7%

93.9%

98.1%

Hawaii

97.9%

95.0%

98.4%

98.7%

99.6%

Oregon

85.1%

63.2%

86.3%

93.9%

96.8%

Washington

86.3%

62.2%

89.5%

94.4%

98.9%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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(2008) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2008

 

Division and State

Total

 

Quartile 1 Average Wage

 

Quartile 2 Average Wage

 

Quartile 3 Average Wage

 

Quartile 4 Average Wage

 

 

United States

0.31%

0.68%

0.42%

0.57%

0.25%

 

New England:

Connecticut

0.92%

4.45%

1.57%

0.78%

0.95%

Maine

1.56%

6.14%

2.56%

2.22%

1.91%

Massachusetts

0.35%

2.74%

0.99%

0.78%

0.55%

New Hampshire

0.95%

3.05%

2.18%

0.83%

3.34%

Rhode Island

0.96%

4.79%

1.77%

0.85%

1.50%

Vermont

0.71%

2.30%

2.44%

3.31%

3.00%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

1.00%

4.05%

2.37%

1.09%

2.22%

New York

0.58%

2.59%

1.89%

0.69%

1.65%

Pennsylvania

0.63%

3.67%

3.37%

0.72%

0.47%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

2.19%

2.72%

3.66%

6.56%

1.24%

Indiana

0.89%

4.92%

2.23%

1.75%

0.89%

Michigan

1.74%

5.59%

5.27%

1.41%

0.89%

Ohio

0.64%

2.15%

1.14%

1.97%

0.60%

Wisconsin

0.93%

2.51%

5.13%

1.37%

0.47%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

0.85%

3.74%

2.31%

2.23%

0.78%

Kansas

1.58%

3.35%

3.25%

2.28%

1.50%

Minnesota

1.43%

4.89%

5.76%

2.13%

0.51%

Missouri

1.45%

6.48%

2.63%

3.17%

0.66%

Nebraska

1.62%

4.68%

3.55%

1.95%

1.20%

North Dakota

0.99%

2.79%

3.28%

1.58%

1.51%

South Dakota

2.27%

6.45%

5.24%

3.94%

2.64%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.50%

3.09%

3.50%

1.42%

2.17%

District of Columbia

1.26%

3.23%

1.62%

0.60%

1.06%

Florida

0.97%

2.86%

4.42%

1.57%

0.94%

Georgia

1.52%

3.66%

2.51%

1.54%

0.83%

Maryland

2.03%

6.57%

2.52%

1.42%

1.02%

North Carolina

1.19%

3.99%

3.08%

1.40%

1.23%

South Carolina

1.01%

2.28%

4.03%

2.38%

1.10%

Virginia

1.02%

4.91%

2.21%

1.58%

0.97%

West Virginia

2.18%

6.10%

5.26%

1.86%

0.90%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.47%

4.48%

2.05%

2.66%

1.44%

Kentucky

1.06%

3.47%

2.52%

2.31%

0.66%

Mississippi

1.49%

2.98%

2.37%

2.95%

3.42%

Tennessee

1.27%

5.39%

1.94%

1.27%

2.13%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.09%

4.96%

6.87%

3.41%

3.87%

Louisiana

1.31%

5.50%

3.39%

1.97%

1.08%

Oklahoma

1.32%

3.45%

6.89%

2.31%

3.19%

Texas

1.09%

3.66%

3.73%

2.98%

1.00%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

1.36%

3.65%

4.04%

2.61%

4.53%

Colorado

1.30%

3.67%

2.19%

2.44%

2.80%

Idaho

2.05%

8.62%

5.62%

3.31%

2.89%

Montana

1.98%

5.35%

5.56%

3.08%

5.08%

Nevada

2.32%

6.56%

2.51%

2.03%

1.90%

New Mexico

1.59%

4.15%

6.26%

1.94%

1.87%

Utah

1.27%

4.14%

3.58%

3.30%

1.73%

Wyoming

2.40%

6.41%

4.49%

2.95%

1.56%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

1.60%

5.02%

3.03%

6.96%

3.56%

California

1.47%

4.06%

2.82%

1.38%

0.34%

Hawaii

0.57%

2.83%

1.22%

0.53%

0.19%

Oregon

1.00%

4.01%

2.64%

2.29%

1.56%

Washington

1.48%

5.30%

1.97%

1.46%

0.66%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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