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, 2017
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 76.8%    48.9%    69.6%    87.8%    92.1%   
New England:
Connecticut 75.5%    48.8%    70.9%    83.7%    89.5%   
Maine 76.6%    53.5%    64.5%    82.9%    93.2%   
Massachusetts 74.6%    48.6%    67.6%    83.8%    92.0%   
New Hampshire 73.1%    43.1%    55.8%    87.3%    93.0%   
Rhode Island 75.8%    47.4%    70.1%    89.6%    86.7%   
Vermont 71.1%    45.1%    54.9%    80.2%    92.9%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 75.0%    45.0%    68.4%    84.2%    93.1%   
New York 74.2%    44.2%    71.6%    80.6%    92.2%   
Pennsylvania 73.4%    39.2%    67.6%    86.3%    89.3%   
East North Central:
Illinois 77.6%    54.3%    64.8%    88.3%    94.9%   
Indiana 76.2%    45.0%    66.8%    88.2%    92.4%   
Michigan 77.6%    42.4%    71.8%    89.1%    94.6%   
Ohio 77.7%    49.5%    73.1%    87.1%    91.9%   
Wisconsin 79.2%    42.0%    76.2%    92.7%    92.9%   
West North Central:
Iowa 75.5%    51.3%    65.3%    89.0%    88.1%   
Kansas 74.5%    34.2%    67.6%    91.7%    91.7%   
Minnesota 77.2%    39.3%    71.3%    90.5%    92.7%   
Missouri 78.2%    52.5%    69.9%    91.7%    89.7%   
Nebraska 77.7%    51.2%    69.9%    88.5%    90.0%   
North Dakota 76.7%    47.7%    70.1%    85.9%    91.1%   
South Dakota 79.9%    52.2%    78.8%    87.5%    90.5%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 72.4%    49.2%    63.6%    86.7%    83.2%   
District of Columbia 77.5%    53.0%    73.1%    86.2%    93.7%   
Florida 79.7%    59.7%    68.2%    94.2%    90.9%   
Georgia 76.6%    53.7%    68.8%    88.0%    89.0%   
Maryland 77.1%    52.2%    76.0%    82.4%    91.6%   
North Carolina 74.9%    43.7%    66.8%    87.7%    91.3%   
South Carolina 75.4%    43.3%    67.3%    88.0%    94.3%   
Virginia 74.2%    47.2%    60.6%    88.9%    90.9%   
West Virginia 80.1%    47.0%    76.6%    93.6%    92.3%   
East South Central:
Alabama 82.3%    50.5%    79.1%    93.5%    97.0%   
Kentucky 78.0%    45.5%    70.4%    90.7%    95.0%   
Mississippi 77.1%    51.3%    69.7%    89.6%    91.9%   
Tennessee 76.9%    54.2%    73.3%    85.7%    90.6%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 79.0%    40.1%    79.3%    89.0%    94.1%   
Louisiana 75.4%    49.7%    71.4%    81.5%    92.4%   
Oklahoma 76.4%    44.3%    66.9%    90.3%    93.0%   
Texas 77.7%    52.2%    72.1%    86.6%    93.8%   
Mountain:
Arizona 77.6%    50.4%    75.3%    82.5%    95.1%   
Colorado 80.2%    57.7%    68.0%    90.6%    94.6%   
Idaho 79.8%    41.0%    81.1%    94.1%    90.9%   
Montana 79.7%    53.9%    68.2%    89.1%    90.9%   
Nevada 74.8%    46.6%    68.7%    85.9%    91.7%   
New Mexico 75.7%    47.5%    66.0%    85.9%    93.6%   
Utah 78.3%    47.3%    73.4%    90.3%    88.2%   
Wyoming 75.0%    35.7%    66.9%    84.8%    93.5%   
Pacific:
Alaska 78.6%    51.0%    64.0%    90.2%    93.5%   
California 77.2%    48.4%    68.5%    90.8%    92.8%   
Hawaii 78.6%    53.9%    77.3%    88.0%    88.4%   
Oregon 77.1%    55.0%    58.7%    87.5%    94.4%   
Washington 76.4%    55.4%    69.7%    87.0%    85.3%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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, 2017
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 0.39%    0.97%    0.78%    0.47%    0.35%   
New England:
Connecticut 1.95%    3.50%    3.76%    2.89%    3.05%   
Maine 2.14%    4.31%    4.82%    4.50%    1.32%   
Massachusetts 1.80%    4.92%    2.83%    2.75%    1.72%   
New Hampshire 2.24%    4.60%    4.04%    2.08%    1.51%   
Rhode Island 2.12%    4.64%    4.04%    2.74%    2.81%   
Vermont 2.22%    4.70%    3.37%    2.35%    1.14%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.80%    4.14%    3.30%    1.46%    1.56%   
New York 2.06%    4.26%    2.75%    2.80%    1.97%   
Pennsylvania 1.87%    4.17%    2.05%    1.88%    2.23%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.09%    4.96%    4.17%    2.17%    1.16%   
Indiana 2.53%    7.12%    6.94%    1.85%    1.36%   
Michigan 2.15%    5.69%    3.88%    2.09%    1.01%   
Ohio 1.91%    4.04%    4.20%    3.63%    2.28%   
Wisconsin 2.28%    5.98%    4.27%    1.07%    1.83%   
West North Central:
Iowa 2.29%    4.19%    4.77%    1.94%    4.83%   
Kansas 2.62%    3.51%    5.72%    1.49%    2.36%   
Minnesota 1.85%    3.26%    3.77%    2.04%    1.68%   
Missouri 2.38%    4.61%    2.67%    1.38%    3.93%   
Nebraska 1.83%    5.30%    3.18%    1.51%    2.14%   
North Dakota 1.62%    5.32%    2.49%    1.91%    1.29%   
South Dakota 1.54%    3.94%    3.81%    0.56%    1.92%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.20%    5.26%    5.66%    2.62%    1.78%   
District of Columbia 2.00%    5.03%    3.63%    2.76%    1.67%   
Florida 1.81%    5.40%    4.22%    1.45%    1.48%   
Georgia 2.45%    7.18%    6.13%    2.58%    2.19%   
Maryland 1.79%    3.65%    3.05%    3.28%    2.34%   
North Carolina 1.84%    3.54%    4.60%    1.96%    1.92%   
South Carolina 1.91%    4.63%    3.60%    1.78%    1.45%   
Virginia 2.23%    5.15%    4.89%    2.09%    2.46%   
West Virginia 1.91%    3.99%    3.24%    1.15%    2.85%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.90%    4.46%    3.12%    1.69%    0.87%   
Kentucky 1.95%    4.83%    4.62%    1.47%    0.98%   
Mississippi 2.92%    4.61%    8.19%    2.35%    2.72%   
Tennessee 1.95%    4.14%    4.39%    2.65%    3.00%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.20%    3.65%    4.20%    2.14%    1.24%   
Louisiana 2.56%    4.31%    6.64%    3.96%    3.25%   
Oklahoma 1.80%    3.89%    3.22%    1.42%    1.94%   
Texas 1.66%    3.88%    3.46%    2.60%    1.27%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2.43%    4.45%    4.40%    5.19%    1.53%   
Colorado 2.07%    5.27%    4.70%    3.21%    1.58%   
Idaho 2.05%    3.06%    3.48%    1.47%    2.36%   
Montana 1.81%    5.20%    3.45%    1.80%    1.18%   
Nevada 2.20%    5.66%    4.78%    1.97%    1.53%   
New Mexico 1.99%    4.82%    4.21%    1.84%    1.47%   
Utah 2.07%    4.62%    4.12%    1.60%    3.52%   
Wyoming 2.57%    4.79%    3.98%    2.31%    2.03%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.27%    6.49%    6.08%    1.59%    1.76%   
California 1.55%    3.68%    3.17%    1.04%    1.18%   
Hawaii 1.86%    3.87%    2.80%    2.82%    4.19%   
Oregon 3.49%    4.06%    8.98%    1.94%    1.04%   
Washington 2.17%    3.61%    5.92%    2.63%    2.96%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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