Table VIII.B.2 Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2015
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 83.8%    65.8%    81.5%    91.1%    96.4%   
New England:
Connecticut 86.3%    62.5%    88.3%    95.6%    98.6%   
Maine 77.2%    53.3%    72.5%    87.9%    95.1%   
Massachusetts 89.3%    71.7%    89.7%    96.3%    99.0%   
New Hampshire 84.5%    61.7%    86.5%    93.3%    96.4%   
Rhode Island 86.7%    67.1%    85.7%    95.2%    98.7%   
Vermont 77.5%    51.9%    80.4%    87.6%    89.9%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 87.3%    66.2%    90.7%    93.7%    98.1%   
New York 86.8%    68.1%    86.6%    94.6%    98.0%   
Pennsylvania 86.0%    62.2%    86.9%    95.3%    99.2%   
East North Central:
Illinois 83.0%    69.4%    77.4%    90.7%    94.4%   
Indiana 83.0%    66.4%    78.6%    92.0%    94.7%   
Michigan 82.0%    59.3%    78.5%    94.6%    95.4%   
Ohio 85.4%    64.4%    84.7%    94.5%    97.6%   
Wisconsin 83.6%    64.6%    78.3%    94.1%    97.4%   
West North Central:
Iowa 82.2%    58.7%    87.2%    85.7%    95.9%   
Kansas 84.6%    64.4%    84.3%    96.0%    93.0%   
Minnesota 83.6%    65.9%    78.1%    92.6%    97.7%   
Missouri 83.8%    67.3%    77.9%    92.8%    97.0%   
Nebraska 78.9%    63.8%    70.5%    84.2%    96.6%   
North Dakota 84.4%    65.5%    83.6%    94.6%    93.5%   
South Dakota 80.5%    62.6%    70.4%    92.8%    95.9%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 85.1%    62.4%    90.9%    87.5%    98.0%   
District of Columbia 92.6%    77.5%    95.2%    99.0%    97.4%   
Florida 81.6%    66.0%    79.8%    87.8%    92.5%   
Georgia 83.1%    69.9%    78.4%    89.5%    94.6%   
Maryland 84.5%    67.3%    85.2%    90.7%    94.3%   
North Carolina 82.5%    66.0%    78.0%    86.7%    98.8%   
South Carolina 83.1%    62.7%    81.0%    92.4%    96.2%   
Virginia 85.7%    65.5%    84.0%    94.6%    98.1%   
West Virginia 84.0%    70.9%    79.8%    87.3%    97.4%   
East South Central:
Alabama 87.0%    70.9%    92.3%    88.5%    96.2%   
Kentucky 85.6%    69.0%    84.2%    92.1%    96.5%   
Mississippi 80.0%    63.0%    74.6%    85.9%    95.9%   
Tennessee 82.2%    68.7%    74.2%    90.8%    94.9%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 83.4%    75.8%    80.1%    81.6%    95.8%   
Louisiana 79.8%    65.9%    71.5%    85.2%    96.2%   
Oklahoma 82.2%    58.3%    81.7%    92.2%    96.7%   
Texas 83.3%    68.7%    80.0%    88.5%    95.8%   
Mountain:
Arizona 82.4%    66.0%    82.9%    85.7%    95.0%   
Colorado 82.8%    67.0%    82.8%    86.5%    94.7%   
Idaho 71.8%    50.3%    63.6%    79.2%    92.6%   
Montana 66.6%    36.5%    67.4%    71.9%    89.8%   
Nevada 89.1%    70.9%    91.1%    99.0%    94.8%   
New Mexico 76.4%    66.3%    65.9%    79.5%    93.9%   
Utah 81.9%    60.6%    82.6%    88.2%    94.9%   
Wyoming 72.6%    44.3%    68.7%    85.9%    91.2%   
Pacific:
Alaska 76.0%    50.4%    81.4%    79.6%    91.7%   
California 83.7%    65.6%    79.2%    91.9%    97.9%   
Hawaii 97.7%    92.9%    99.2%    99.7%    99.0%   
Oregon 80.2%    54.0%    81.7%    87.2%    97.6%   
Washington 80.5%    58.5%    79.7%    86.6%    96.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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 Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2015
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 0.24%    0.80%    0.59%    0.37%    0.23%   
New England:
Connecticut 1.41%    5.00%    2.27%    1.28%    0.82%   
Maine 1.83%    6.42%    4.57%    2.91%    1.69%   
Massachusetts 1.06%    4.25%    2.27%    1.48%    0.56%   
New Hampshire 1.57%    5.04%    2.77%    1.91%    1.60%   
Rhode Island 1.43%    4.96%    3.46%    1.59%    0.75%   
Vermont 1.71%    5.61%    3.77%    3.43%    2.90%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.38%    6.61%    2.00%    1.93%    0.73%   
New York 0.90%    3.09%    2.03%    1.30%    0.72%   
Pennsylvania 1.10%    4.44%    2.20%    1.36%    0.37%   
East North Central:
Illinois 1.53%    4.97%    3.24%    2.31%    1.92%   
Indiana 1.53%    4.96%    3.74%    2.25%    1.64%   
Michigan 1.79%    4.82%    4.56%    2.02%    1.47%   
Ohio 1.42%    4.36%    3.35%    1.72%    0.83%   
Wisconsin 1.39%    4.74%    3.45%    1.78%    1.02%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.51%    4.97%    2.52%    2.90%    1.61%   
Kansas 1.63%    5.07%    3.21%    1.62%    3.23%   
Minnesota 1.46%    4.80%    3.38%    2.38%    1.30%   
Missouri 1.35%    3.94%    3.89%    1.89%    1.08%   
Nebraska 1.50%    4.74%    4.86%    3.03%    1.32%   
North Dakota 1.32%    4.51%    3.09%    1.67%    2.00%   
South Dakota 1.59%    4.82%    4.04%    2.19%    1.45%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 1.25%    4.55%    2.34%    3.05%    0.83%   
District of Columbia 1.05%    4.55%    1.56%    0.44%    1.04%   
Florida 1.09%    3.07%    2.73%    1.83%    1.95%   
Georgia 1.67%    7.33%    3.33%    2.77%    1.54%   
Maryland 1.50%    4.86%    3.17%    3.21%    1.61%   
North Carolina 1.34%    4.50%    3.21%    2.69%    0.65%   
South Carolina 1.33%    4.87%    3.48%    2.20%    1.32%   
Virginia 1.20%    4.25%    2.88%    1.35%    0.65%   
West Virginia 1.47%    4.76%    3.31%    3.40%    1.05%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.72%    4.08%    3.57%    2.99%    1.60%   
Kentucky 1.27%    4.64%    3.10%    2.07%    1.09%   
Mississippi 1.62%    5.39%    4.43%    3.11%    1.89%   
Tennessee 1.55%    5.11%    4.38%    2.51%    1.45%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1.54%    4.75%    3.52%    3.86%    1.56%   
Louisiana 1.88%    5.27%    4.49%    4.13%    1.42%   
Oklahoma 1.39%    4.82%    3.41%    1.81%    1.06%   
Texas 1.05%    2.90%    3.12%    1.77%    1.02%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.59%    4.85%    3.80%    4.04%    1.71%   
Colorado 1.55%    5.15%    3.54%    2.71%    1.47%   
Idaho 2.16%    5.27%    5.94%    3.99%    2.66%   
Montana 2.44%    5.98%    5.98%    5.31%    2.61%   
Nevada 1.08%    4.09%    2.36%    0.54%    1.36%   
New Mexico 1.71%    4.54%    4.87%    3.59%    1.92%   
Utah 1.60%    5.15%    3.35%    2.86%    1.74%   
Wyoming 2.12%    6.31%    4.94%    3.87%    2.46%   
Pacific:
Alaska 1.87%    5.41%    4.15%    3.87%    3.06%   
California 0.86%    2.77%    2.25%    1.12%    0.46%   
Hawaii 0.52%    2.09%    0.42%    0.24%    0.45%   
Oregon 1.64%    5.20%    3.74%    2.72%    1.19%   
Washington 1.56%    5.38%    4.42%    2.87%    1.41%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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