Table VIII.B.2.a Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2016
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 76.5%    50.0%    71.4%    85.5%    90.7%   
New England:
Connecticut 76.4%    45.9%    72.7%    86.5%    91.3%   
Maine 74.7%    39.9%    66.1%    86.5%    91.8%   
Massachusetts 76.2%    50.3%    70.5%    84.9%    90.7%   
New Hampshire 73.3%    43.8%    62.4%    89.0%    89.0%   
Rhode Island 68.8%    39.1%    57.1%    76.6%    90.4%   
Vermont 75.4%    38.2%    72.1%    86.3%    91.5%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 75.2%    55.7%    71.9%    83.8%    83.4%   
New York 73.2%    51.4%    68.7%    76.7%    88.9%   
Pennsylvania 75.9%    41.4%    69.7%    91.2%    88.2%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.0%    54.0%    70.8%    84.7%    91.6%   
Indiana 75.7%    47.5%    73.4%    78.5%    94.4%   
Michigan 75.9%    42.3%    74.6%    84.8%    89.2%   
Ohio 74.5%    45.7%    66.9%    89.1%    88.6%   
Wisconsin 73.8%    45.1%    69.3%    80.0%    90.1%   
West North Central:
Iowa 75.5%    51.0%    67.3%    82.8%    92.4%   
Kansas 77.3%    50.3%    76.5%    81.6%    90.4%   
Minnesota 78.1%    46.0%    75.6%    86.4%    93.6%   
Missouri 74.9%    59.7%    67.1%    79.2%    88.6%   
Nebraska 79.2%    46.7%    79.2%    85.2%    91.3%   
North Dakota 76.9%    46.9%    76.7%    88.5%    83.4%   
South Dakota 77.5%    42.4%    75.5%    89.1%    85.9%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 78.9%    44.2%    73.8%    90.1%    93.2%   
District of Columbia 77.0%    64.1%    79.6%    75.0%    87.5%   
Florida 76.2%    55.8%    66.1%    84.1%    90.0%   
Georgia 77.6%    50.4%    75.9%    89.0%    90.2%   
Maryland 77.5%    48.3%    74.9%    84.4%    93.4%   
North Carolina 78.6%    42.1%    80.8%    86.3%    94.8%   
South Carolina 78.3%    50.3%    74.2%    88.0%    93.3%   
Virginia 76.9%    54.1%    66.7%    87.1%    93.5%   
West Virginia 75.7%    39.8%    70.9%    89.3%    89.9%   
East South Central:
Alabama 81.9%    53.6%    79.8%    90.6%    96.2%   
Kentucky 80.6%    52.0%    76.0%    92.4%    94.1%   
Mississippi 80.9%    54.2%    80.2%    88.3%    94.0%   
Tennessee 75.6%    41.4%    66.5%    94.3%    94.3%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 79.1%    43.9%    75.0%    90.5%    94.2%   
Louisiana 81.5%    60.2%    69.8%    92.8%    94.6%   
Oklahoma 73.2%    38.1%    65.1%    88.9%    94.5%   
Texas 78.0%    51.3%    73.3%    91.0%    90.4%   
Mountain:
Arizona 79.0%    47.2%    74.9%    91.0%    94.3%   
Colorado 72.0%    51.5%    60.8%    76.9%    89.9%   
Idaho 75.1%    48.6%    65.1%    89.2%    85.2%   
Montana 72.7%    46.1%    61.2%    82.4%    84.3%   
Nevada 68.7%    51.1%    62.7%    65.1%    91.8%   
New Mexico 74.0%    44.7%    71.4%    84.6%    85.3%   
Utah 76.3%    48.7%    70.5%    80.1%    93.7%   
Wyoming 73.5%    43.9%    66.0%    80.7%    88.5%   
Pacific:
Alaska 75.0%    57.5%    63.0%    79.8%    90.5%   
California 77.5%    53.0%    74.9%    84.7%    90.2%   
Hawaii 80.0%    57.9%    79.9%    88.9%    91.0%   
Oregon 76.4%    52.7%    64.5%    87.9%    89.6%   
Washington 77.7%    50.1%    73.6%    88.8%    89.0%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by average wage quartiles and State: United States, 2016
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 0.37%    0.87%    0.74%    0.59%    0.43%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.38%    3.93%    3.67%    2.26%    2.99%   
Maine 2.23%    3.22%    5.03%    2.05%    1.97%   
Massachusetts 1.79%    3.94%    2.93%    1.98%    2.20%   
New Hampshire 2.16%    4.44%    3.82%    2.04%    2.13%   
Rhode Island 2.30%    4.85%    3.54%    2.92%    2.17%   
Vermont 2.88%    4.81%    4.04%    2.18%    1.92%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.73%    3.71%    3.52%    2.39%    3.46%   
New York 1.73%    3.91%    3.19%    2.92%    2.61%   
Pennsylvania 1.64%    3.22%    2.76%    2.56%    1.83%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.15%    5.44%    4.02%    2.55%    3.22%   
Indiana 2.30%    5.22%    3.97%    4.91%    1.44%   
Michigan 2.58%    4.52%    3.99%    5.94%    2.93%   
Ohio 2.09%    3.73%    4.23%    1.78%    3.77%   
Wisconsin 2.62%    5.24%    4.11%    7.30%    2.55%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.21%    4.78%    4.51%    3.91%    1.48%   
Kansas 2.57%    6.71%    3.52%    4.88%    3.24%   
Minnesota 1.95%    4.02%    3.89%    3.96%    1.97%   
Missouri 2.01%    5.38%    3.37%    3.66%    3.00%   
Nebraska 2.28%    6.34%    3.20%    3.40%    2.20%   
North Dakota 2.11%    4.29%    2.82%    1.38%    5.87%   
South Dakota 1.92%    4.09%    4.01%    1.10%    3.70%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.48%    5.52%    5.31%    2.95%    2.60%   
District of Columbia 2.30%    4.63%    3.72%    2.45%    7.06%   
Florida 1.98%    3.96%    5.40%    1.97%    1.78%   
Georgia 2.13%    6.17%    4.50%    2.80%    1.86%   
Maryland 2.47%    6.10%    4.37%    5.04%    1.85%   
North Carolina 1.88%    4.60%    3.29%    2.45%    1.06%   
South Carolina 2.13%    4.66%    4.39%    4.12%    1.18%   
Virginia 2.01%    5.52%    2.92%    3.81%    1.68%   
West Virginia 2.46%    5.20%    4.89%    1.96%    2.84%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.71%    4.80%    3.36%    2.06%    0.80%   
Kentucky 2.25%    4.18%    7.02%    1.85%    1.77%   
Mississippi 2.02%    6.39%    3.65%    2.22%    1.68%   
Tennessee 2.56%    4.96%    5.25%    1.57%    1.48%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.40%    6.27%    3.87%    1.53%    1.19%   
Louisiana 2.13%    5.29%    5.74%    1.77%    1.74%   
Oklahoma 4.59%    9.56%    4.23%    2.18%    1.42%   
Texas 1.46%    3.74%    3.01%    1.27%    1.20%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.92%    3.75%    3.77%    1.40%    1.78%   
Colorado 2.70%    6.05%    5.04%    5.80%    2.43%   
Idaho 3.05%    6.08%    4.68%    2.07%    7.61%   
Montana 2.77%    5.65%    3.86%    4.40%    3.88%   
Nevada 2.01%    4.05%    3.46%    3.31%    1.51%   
New Mexico 2.55%    4.30%    6.76%    3.65%    4.24%   
Utah 2.17%    4.66%    4.96%    3.20%    1.47%   
Wyoming 2.76%    6.25%    4.45%    4.08%    2.46%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.64%    4.70%    7.14%    4.33%    2.10%   
California 1.35%    3.16%    2.09%    2.56%    1.51%   
Hawaii 1.57%    3.42%    3.30%    1.41%    2.48%   
Oregon 2.30%    6.16%    5.52%    2.00%    2.34%   
Washington 2.16%    5.73%    4.70%    1.99%    2.52%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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