Table VIII.B.3.b(2008) Percent of private-sector full-time employees at 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

91.0%

79.8%

88.2%

94.0%

97.3%

 

New England:

Connecticut

95.0%

86.1%

95.3%

97.9%

97.9%

Maine

91.4%

75.4%

89.9%

95.7%

97.7%

Massachusetts

96.7%

93.2%

95.3%

97.7%

99.0%

New Hampshire

94.3%

81.7%

94.1%

98.2%

97.2%

Rhode Island

94.3%

82.1%

94.9%

97.3%

97.6%

Vermont

90.5%

80.8%

88.9%

94.3%

94.8%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

95.1%

86.1%

94.7%

97.8%

98.7%

New York

92.8%

81.7%

92.2%

96.8%

96.5%

Pennsylvania

94.4%

82.4%

92.5%

97.3%

99.6%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

91.9%

83.1%

87.7%

94.9%

97.2%

Indiana

91.2%

80.1%

86.8%

93.6%

98.7%

Michigan

89.5%

70.8%

84.2%

97.0%

97.5%

Ohio

94.3%

83.5%

95.2%

95.4%

98.3%

Wisconsin

90.9%

74.7%

85.5%

96.0%

99.1%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

92.4%

80.8%

88.8%

96.5%

97.9%

Kansas

90.8%

75.1%

86.4%

97.1%

96.4%

Minnesota

91.4%

80.0%

85.2%

94.4%

98.6%

Missouri

92.0%

82.1%

91.3%

92.9%

97.9%

Nebraska

88.2%

76.5%

80.9%

92.7%

97.3%

North Dakota

90.2%

79.1%

86.3%

92.6%

96.9%

South Dakota

86.4%

77.2%

80.9%

87.0%

94.4%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

92.9%

90.1%

89.2%

93.6%

97.1%

District of Columbia

95.8%

84.1%

96.8%

99.5%

98.7%

Florida

90.3%

79.1%

88.6%

94.2%

95.7%

Georgia

89.0%

70.9%

86.2%

94.5%

97.9%

Maryland

90.4%

74.0%

88.8%

95.3%

96.7%

North Carolina

90.4%

84.0%

88.4%

89.6%

96.6%

South Carolina

89.1%

76.3%

87.0%

92.8%

95.3%

Virginia

93.9%

84.5%

90.1%

98.5%

98.2%

West Virginia

89.5%

69.7%

85.0%

93.2%

98.7%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

90.6%

80.5%

86.6%

93.4%

98.2%

Kentucky

91.7%

79.5%

89.8%

94.3%

97.5%

Mississippi

86.3%

63.1%

86.5%

90.9%

94.8%

Tennessee

89.2%

82.1%

78.5%

95.6%

95.6%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

87.3%

75.9%

80.7%

91.2%

95.7%

Louisiana

87.9%

73.7%

84.1%

92.2%

96.1%

Oklahoma

85.6%

70.0%

83.6%

87.7%

95.4%

Texas

87.2%

80.0%

84.6%

86.4%

95.1%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

89.9%

78.9%

85.1%

93.3%

97.1%

Colorado

89.0%

79.9%

89.1%

89.4%

94.5%

Idaho

84.2%

77.5%

71.8%

88.2%

93.0%

Montana

77.2%

42.2%

76.7%

80.6%

93.3%

Nevada

93.6%

85.0%

93.5%

96.0%

96.9%

New Mexico

87.0%

79.6%

83.3%

85.0%

96.3%

Utah

89.1%

80.0%

88.3%

88.3%

96.3%

Wyoming

83.0%

70.2%

73.1%

83.9%

97.0%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

84.5%

68.8%

83.2%

88.0%

92.5%

California

90.3%

78.1%

85.5%

94.3%

98.4%

Hawaii

98.8%

97.4%

98.6%

99.1%

99.6%

Oregon

88.9%

71.1%

87.2%

94.2%

97.6%

Washington

92.8%

79.2%

91.6%

95.2%

99.1%

 

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.3.b(2008) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees at 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

0.21%

0.56%

0.51%

0.28%

0.27%

 

New England:

Connecticut

0.44%

2.91%

1.27%

0.70%

0.95%

Maine

1.20%

6.02%

2.25%

2.17%

1.39%

Massachusetts

0.30%

2.88%

1.03%

0.72%

0.43%

New Hampshire

0.86%

3.83%

1.85%

0.64%

2.87%

Rhode Island

0.97%

4.71%

2.02%

0.97%

1.66%

Vermont

1.10%

4.34%

2.11%

3.44%

2.79%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

0.44%

3.60%

1.44%

0.96%

2.28%

New York

0.57%

3.70%

1.55%

0.71%

1.89%

Pennsylvania

0.46%

3.55%

2.58%

0.76%

0.33%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

0.80%

2.48%

2.57%

2.12%

1.18%

Indiana

0.53%

4.99%

1.87%

1.58%

0.50%

Michigan

1.77%

7.20%

5.96%

1.21%

0.83%

Ohio

0.38%

2.17%

0.73%

2.42%

0.56%

Wisconsin

1.18%

3.90%

5.31%

1.37%

0.36%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

0.84%

4.25%

2.42%

2.47%

0.78%

Kansas

1.45%

4.53%

3.13%

2.46%

1.49%

Minnesota

1.50%

3.94%

5.77%

1.97%

0.47%

Missouri

1.30%

5.65%

2.86%

3.33%

0.67%

Nebraska

1.70%

6.42%

3.91%

2.03%

0.95%

North Dakota

1.00%

3.42%

3.40%

1.80%

1.63%

South Dakota

2.29%

6.91%

5.87%

4.57%

2.02%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.19%

2.20%

3.07%

1.48%

2.51%

District of Columbia

0.95%

3.39%

1.52%

0.26%

1.21%

Florida

0.84%

3.24%

3.93%

1.60%

0.89%

Georgia

1.67%

5.06%

3.01%

1.03%

0.81%

Maryland

1.57%

8.11%

2.19%

1.39%

0.98%

North Carolina

1.02%

3.01%

3.64%

1.34%

1.01%

South Carolina

1.10%

2.00%

4.12%

2.09%

1.19%

Virginia

0.64%

5.44%

2.03%

1.62%

0.77%

West Virginia

1.66%

6.03%

6.63%

1.33%

0.68%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.33%

3.90%

2.35%

2.90%

1.52%

Kentucky

0.80%

4.65%

2.66%

2.26%

0.58%

Mississippi

1.19%

4.68%

2.50%

2.69%

3.31%

Tennessee

1.28%

3.64%

2.86%

1.22%

2.01%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.06%

3.92%

5.07%

3.33%

3.78%

Louisiana

1.21%

6.31%

3.55%

1.51%

1.00%

Oklahoma

1.16%

3.80%

6.61%

2.25%

2.60%

Texas

1.09%

4.04%

4.92%

3.11%

1.10%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

1.32%

3.09%

3.65%

2.49%

4.45%

Colorado

1.27%

2.49%

2.98%

2.29%

1.99%

Idaho

1.92%

9.52%

5.22%

3.28%

3.04%

Montana

2.41%

5.33%

5.41%

3.73%

4.51%

Nevada

0.84%

3.57%

2.40%

1.68%

1.86%

New Mexico

1.68%

4.20%

6.48%

2.07%

1.86%

Utah

1.01%

3.97%

3.72%

3.44%

1.30%

Wyoming

2.05%

8.06%

5.00%

2.84%

1.49%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

1.64%

6.04%

3.19%

4.90%

3.05%

California

0.72%

2.87%

2.01%

1.42%

0.33%

Hawaii

0.40%

1.81%

1.22%

0.41%

0.21%

Oregon

1.07%

4.08%

2.63%

1.61%

1.18%

Washington

0.86%

2.82%

1.87%

1.39%

0.54%

 

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.