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, 2017
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 88.7%    75.6%    84.0%    91.3%    97.0%   
New England:
Connecticut 90.5%    77.7%    84.3%    95.5%    97.5%   
Maine 85.6%    62.5%    82.6%    92.2%    95.1%   
Massachusetts 94.1%    82.5%    92.9%    98.1%    97.1%   
New Hampshire 88.6%    75.1%    80.4%    89.7%    97.4%   
Rhode Island 90.3%    74.8%    86.8%    94.1%    97.8%   
Vermont 81.6%    70.0%    71.6%    83.4%    92.6%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 89.5%    76.3%    86.5%    92.0%    96.8%   
New York 90.4%    77.1%    84.9%    94.4%    99.1%   
Pennsylvania 92.8%    77.8%    92.0%    95.3%    98.6%   
East North Central:
Illinois 90.6%    80.3%    81.9%    97.6%    97.0%   
Indiana 88.6%    74.1%    84.7%    89.4%    97.9%   
Michigan 90.5%    76.3%    85.7%    94.7%    97.5%   
Ohio 91.1%    74.7%    87.3%    95.5%    97.6%   
Wisconsin 88.3%    70.3%    83.0%    93.3%    96.1%   
West North Central:
Iowa 88.1%    75.5%    81.8%    90.4%    97.3%   
Kansas 89.5%    76.0%    83.3%    94.4%    96.3%   
Minnesota 89.6%    74.0%    83.1%    94.3%    96.9%   
Missouri 90.7%    71.9%    89.8%    93.8%    98.1%   
Nebraska 87.7%    69.5%    83.2%    94.1%    94.4%   
North Dakota 89.1%    70.1%    88.1%    92.2%    96.1%   
South Dakota 87.9%    67.8%    87.0%    96.6%    90.5%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 86.1%    70.4%    80.0%    91.6%    95.0%   
District of Columbia 94.3%    92.7%    89.4%    94.6%    99.2%   
Florida 86.0%    73.7%    82.3%    88.7%    93.8%   
Georgia 87.2%    80.5%    78.4%    86.7%    98.0%   
Maryland 92.3%    85.0%    88.4%    94.5%    97.4%   
North Carolina 84.3%    75.5%    75.1%    86.6%    94.1%   
South Carolina 87.6%    77.2%    85.2%    86.3%    95.9%   
Virginia 88.6%    71.3%    87.8%    89.4%    97.3%   
West Virginia 88.4%    71.7%    84.2%    92.7%    96.2%   
East South Central:
Alabama 89.1%    74.6%    86.7%    91.1%    96.7%   
Kentucky 91.7%    81.7%    88.7%    94.1%    97.5%   
Mississippi 88.7%    81.6%    86.3%    88.2%    95.0%   
Tennessee 89.3%    85.8%    83.8%    87.7%    97.6%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 83.1%    54.2%    81.5%    85.4%    95.4%   
Louisiana 87.5%    73.0%    84.5%    90.6%    95.1%   
Oklahoma 86.5%    71.8%    75.3%    90.7%    97.2%   
Texas 87.5%    78.0%    78.8%    89.6%    97.6%   
Mountain:
Arizona 90.7%    81.9%    86.0%    92.5%    97.4%   
Colorado 87.8%    70.6%    83.5%    91.4%    96.7%   
Idaho 79.5%    64.9%    61.7%    86.1%    94.4%   
Montana 82.3%    60.6%    69.7%    89.4%    96.9%   
Nevada 88.7%    77.1%    85.7%    90.5%    95.5%   
New Mexico 83.5%    72.6%    76.6%    79.7%    98.1%   
Utah 86.2%    72.4%    76.3%    89.7%    96.7%   
Wyoming 75.2%    55.5%    65.8%    77.2%    89.7%   
Pacific:
Alaska 79.7%    55.8%    73.0%    89.4%    87.0%   
California 87.1%    72.1%    84.1%    87.5%    97.1%   
Hawaii 97.6%    95.3%    96.7%    99.5%    97.5%   
Oregon 85.8%    64.0%    84.4%    86.2%    97.4%   
Washington 89.9%    72.4%    87.8%    94.2%    98.8%   

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.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, 2017
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 0.21%    0.83%    0.58%    0.43%    0.21%   
New England:
Connecticut 0.98%    3.77%    3.11%    1.45%    0.93%   
Maine 1.39%    5.25%    3.82%    2.09%    1.69%   
Massachusetts 0.86%    3.67%    2.34%    0.96%    1.23%   
New Hampshire 1.28%    4.94%    3.89%    3.46%    0.89%   
Rhode Island 1.14%    4.47%    3.01%    2.01%    1.26%   
Vermont 1.57%    4.70%    4.69%    2.86%    2.51%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 1.22%    4.03%    3.22%    2.63%    1.30%   
New York 0.89%    3.90%    2.25%    1.58%    0.45%   
Pennsylvania 0.68%    4.14%    1.53%    1.20%    0.56%   
East North Central:
Illinois 1.02%    3.90%    3.44%    0.93%    1.40%   
Indiana 1.26%    6.44%    3.76%    2.17%    0.91%   
Michigan 1.14%    4.42%    3.37%    1.46%    1.49%   
Ohio 0.83%    4.12%    2.40%    1.19%    0.89%   
Wisconsin 1.13%    5.61%    3.43%    1.73%    1.56%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.37%    6.00%    2.94%    2.55%    0.96%   
Kansas 1.14%    4.88%    3.55%    1.60%    1.49%   
Minnesota 1.27%    4.30%    3.79%    1.92%    1.32%   
Missouri 1.27%    4.87%    2.54%    1.77%    1.05%   
Nebraska 1.20%    4.91%    3.14%    2.38%    1.70%   
North Dakota 1.12%    4.98%    2.61%    2.48%    1.45%   
South Dakota 0.97%    4.15%    2.42%    1.18%    2.23%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 1.65%    5.62%    4.76%    2.69%    2.20%   
District of Columbia 0.81%    2.38%    2.61%    1.75%    0.53%   
Florida 1.21%    4.22%    2.96%    2.65%    1.82%   
Georgia 1.18%    4.46%    4.41%    2.71%    0.90%   
Maryland 0.95%    3.80%    2.66%    1.63%    1.03%   
North Carolina 1.25%    4.22%    4.23%    2.35%    1.45%   
South Carolina 1.07%    4.00%    2.62%    2.57%    1.31%   
Virginia 2.03%    9.39%    3.41%    2.95%    1.03%   
West Virginia 1.19%    4.60%    2.82%    2.11%    1.43%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1.21%    4.25%    2.63%    2.75%    1.54%   
Kentucky 0.87%    3.45%    2.60%    1.85%    0.94%   
Mississippi 1.26%    4.12%    3.86%    2.79%    1.90%   
Tennessee 1.02%    2.91%    3.09%    2.64%    1.25%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1.70%    5.34%    4.19%    3.47%    1.55%   
Louisiana 1.26%    4.53%    3.49%    2.74%    1.48%   
Oklahoma 1.20%    4.88%    4.02%    2.39%    0.96%   
Texas 0.81%    3.02%    2.57%    1.63%    0.69%   
Mountain:
Arizona 1.09%    3.33%    2.99%    2.33%    1.21%   
Colorado 1.16%    4.72%    3.26%    2.40%    1.29%   
Idaho 1.71%    5.28%    4.68%    3.39%    1.81%   
Montana 1.55%    6.17%    4.17%    2.73%    1.14%   
Nevada 1.38%    4.71%    3.84%    2.61%    1.57%   
New Mexico 1.59%    4.98%    4.11%    3.97%    0.80%   
Utah 1.35%    5.48%    4.49%    2.80%    1.27%   
Wyoming 1.95%    6.56%    5.11%    4.01%    2.83%   
Pacific:
Alaska 1.74%    6.27%    5.48%    2.17%    3.82%   
California 0.97%    2.95%    2.41%    2.32%    0.61%   
Hawaii 0.67%    1.84%    1.50%    0.52%    1.55%   
Oregon 1.42%    5.09%    4.55%    3.01%    0.94%   
Washington 0.98%    3.97%    2.62%    1.58%    0.81%   

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.