Table VIII.B.3.b Percent of private-sector full-time employees at 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 88.3%    72.4%    83.3%    91.8%    96.9%   
New England:
Connecticut 92.1%    77.1%    89.4%    96.0%    98.6%   
Maine 84.1%    64.4%    76.5%    88.5%    96.2%   
Massachusetts 93.6%    79.2%    90.3%    97.6%    99.1%   
New Hampshire 90.1%    71.2%    89.4%    92.7%    96.4%   
Rhode Island 91.3%    74.1%    87.3%    95.3%    98.5%   
Vermont 84.4%    62.5%    84.1%    88.6%    91.5%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 93.3%    79.5%    92.0%    95.4%    98.5%   
New York 91.5%    73.0%    88.9%    95.5%    98.3%   
Pennsylvania 91.8%    73.7%    86.9%    95.7%    99.5%   
East North Central:
Illinois 86.9%    74.4%    78.5%    92.0%    96.0%   
Indiana 87.3%    73.9%    79.0%    93.1%    95.7%   
Michigan 88.0%    63.5%    83.4%    94.4%    96.0%   
Ohio 91.5%    78.5%    87.4%    94.8%    97.7%   
Wisconsin 88.8%    73.7%    81.2%    94.2%    97.2%   
West North Central:
Iowa 88.0%    70.9%    87.2%    87.6%    96.1%   
Kansas 90.1%    75.8%    87.5%    95.9%    94.9%   
Minnesota 90.6%    77.0%    83.9%    94.7%    98.9%   
Missouri 89.5%    71.1%    85.8%    93.4%    97.2%   
Nebraska 84.0%    72.5%    72.0%    85.0%    97.7%   
North Dakota 87.8%    68.5%    80.9%    95.1%    94.4%   
South Dakota 86.9%    73.4%    75.2%    93.3%    96.5%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 89.4%    65.7%    91.5%    88.6%    97.8%   
District of Columbia 95.1%    81.5%    96.0%    99.0%    98.1%   
Florida 84.0%    68.8%    79.3%    88.2%    93.3%   
Georgia 86.8%    75.1%    80.2%    89.3%    94.7%   
Maryland 87.8%    70.2%    86.7%    91.1%    95.3%   
North Carolina 86.8%    74.5%    79.8%    86.9%    98.9%   
South Carolina 87.7%    72.7%    79.7%    92.8%    96.6%   
Virginia 89.8%    71.0%    84.7%    95.2%    98.2%   
West Virginia 87.7%    78.1%    80.8%    87.3%    97.5%   
East South Central:
Alabama 90.0%    68.8%    92.7%    90.7%    96.8%   
Kentucky 89.1%    73.5%    85.7%    92.2%    96.8%   
Mississippi 83.9%    63.1%    77.3%    86.6%    95.8%   
Tennessee 85.6%    74.1%    74.2%    90.7%    95.2%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 86.5%    81.3%    80.2%    84.3%    96.6%   
Louisiana 83.0%    66.8%    72.7%    86.2%    96.5%   
Oklahoma 86.5%    61.9%    83.7%    92.6%    96.8%   
Texas 86.8%    70.7%    81.9%    89.6%    96.5%   
Mountain:
Arizona 86.2%    68.8%    82.6%    88.7%    96.2%   
Colorado 86.6%    77.4%    80.7%    87.3%    95.2%   
Idaho 79.2%    56.2%    68.6%    80.7%    96.1%   
Montana 74.5%    49.0%    68.4%    72.9%    91.4%   
Nevada 92.1%    72.3%    93.0%    99.0%    95.5%   
New Mexico 78.4%    66.0%    66.1%    80.0%    93.9%   
Utah 87.6%    73.1%    83.2%    89.4%    95.7%   
Wyoming 80.0%    58.9%    71.2%    86.3%    91.6%   
Pacific:
Alaska 79.7%    50.8%    83.1%    80.5%    92.1%   
California 88.4%    73.6%    81.9%    92.2%    98.1%   
Hawaii 99.2%    98.3%    99.6%    99.6%    99.1%   
Oregon 86.6%    64.9%    85.0%    87.0%    98.7%   
Washington 86.8%    67.1%    82.6%    88.3%    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.3.b Standard errors for percent of private-sector full-time employees at 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 0.21%    0.88%    0.58%    0.36%    0.21%   
New England:
Connecticut 0.86%    4.28%    2.33%    1.22%    0.83%   
Maine 1.50%    6.88%    4.31%    2.75%    1.31%   
Massachusetts 0.83%    5.02%    2.24%    0.88%    0.53%   
New Hampshire 1.21%    5.14%    2.31%    2.09%    1.66%   
Rhode Island 1.12%    5.05%    3.25%    1.55%    0.81%   
Vermont 1.53%    6.07%    3.36%    3.18%    2.75%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 0.87%    5.98%    2.02%    1.52%    0.61%   
New York 0.68%    3.44%    1.69%    1.08%    0.65%   
Pennsylvania 0.81%    4.49%    2.32%    1.40%    0.25%   
East North Central:
Illinois 1.66%    7.20%    3.31%    2.19%    1.33%   
Indiana 1.32%    4.92%    3.77%    2.17%    1.51%   
Michigan 1.44%    6.06%    3.50%    2.17%    1.36%   
Ohio 0.95%    3.74%    2.64%    1.69%    0.82%   
Wisconsin 1.11%    4.52%    3.10%    1.80%    1.07%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.35%    5.59%    2.81%    2.66%    1.60%   
Kansas 1.27%    5.13%    2.85%    1.69%    2.32%   
Minnesota 1.01%    4.68%    2.84%    1.71%    0.56%   
Missouri 1.04%    4.37%    2.84%    1.80%    1.00%   
Nebraska 1.34%    5.23%    4.74%    3.01%    1.03%   
North Dakota 1.16%    5.33%    3.48%    1.62%    1.80%   
South Dakota 1.29%    4.62%    3.78%    2.12%    1.30%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 1.20%    5.25%    2.44%    3.22%    0.91%   
District of Columbia 0.76%    4.43%    1.22%    0.47%    0.84%   
Florida 1.09%    3.21%    3.00%    1.81%    1.97%   
Georgia 1.14%    5.62%    3.26%    2.82%    1.51%   
Maryland 1.25%    5.52%    3.00%    2.86%    1.43%   
North Carolina 1.18%    4.96%    3.27%    2.70%    0.59%   
South Carolina 1.20%    5.30%    3.84%    2.21%    1.19%   
Virginia 1.02%    4.57%    3.02%    1.26%    0.66%   
West Virginia 1.30%    4.60%    3.44%    3.47%    1.04%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.53%    5.12%    3.77%    2.13%    1.27%   
Kentucky 1.05%    4.89%    3.17%    2.10%    1.04%   
Mississippi 1.59%    6.53%    4.22%    3.19%    2.00%   
Tennessee 1.45%    5.94%    4.54%    2.67%    1.38%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1.49%    4.30%    3.76%    3.57%    1.34%   
Louisiana 1.74%    5.78%    4.44%    3.72%    1.35%   
Oklahoma 1.23%    5.28%    3.46%    1.76%    1.05%   
Texas 0.94%    3.26%    3.17%    1.72%    0.74%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.48%    5.39%    4.34%    3.03%    1.12%   
Colorado 1.31%    4.32%    4.33%    2.65%    1.36%   
Idaho 1.90%    5.91%    5.44%    3.93%    1.31%   
Montana 2.30%    8.06%    6.17%    5.38%    2.51%   
Nevada 0.88%    4.65%    1.80%    0.55%    1.30%   
New Mexico 1.77%    6.15%    5.24%    3.50%    1.97%   
Utah 1.29%    5.48%    3.22%    2.78%    1.71%   
Wyoming 1.99%    7.90%    4.98%    3.94%    2.34%   
Pacific:
Alaska 1.88%    6.64%    4.20%    3.96%    2.97%   
California 0.70%    2.93%    2.10%    1.14%    0.45%   
Hawaii 0.18%    0.61%    0.31%    0.29%    0.39%   
Oregon 1.43%    6.12%    3.16%    2.84%    0.67%   
Washington 1.43%    6.28%    4.46%    2.66%    1.45%   

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.