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, 2019
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 77.7%    52.0%    70.5%    88.7%    91.9%   
New England:
Connecticut 77.6%    56.2%    65.9%    89.2%    91.5%   
Maine 77.6%    49.7%    72.6%    87.5%    90.0%   
Massachusetts 76.1%    44.0%    69.8%    91.7%    93.6%   
New Hampshire 71.8%    40.8%    59.3%    83.3%    93.1%   
Rhode Island 74.6%    50.2%    63.5%    84.5%    90.8%   
Vermont 76.9%    41.9%    67.8%    89.0%    94.2%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 79.5%    68.6%    66.2%    85.6%    93.0%   
New York 75.1%    53.6%    70.9%    79.7%    89.2%   
Pennsylvania 78.6%    56.7%    72.4%    86.9%    91.8%   
East North Central:
Illinois 76.2%    51.6%    67.2%    89.6%    90.7%   
Indiana 74.5%    39.2%    71.1%    90.5%    89.5%   
Michigan 75.3%    33.8%    71.0%    86.8%    94.1%   
Ohio 75.4%    39.6%    67.0%    90.3%    93.9%   
Wisconsin 77.2%    42.1%    77.9%    89.4%    89.9%   
West North Central:
Iowa 81.0%    51.8%    73.0%    93.6%    94.6%   
Kansas 78.9%    57.8%    68.4%    91.5%    90.2%   
Minnesota 78.7%    51.1%    76.9%    84.0%    94.3%   
Missouri 77.6%    53.7%    72.7%    89.4%    89.2%   
Nebraska 81.1%    54.9%    72.2%    91.7%    95.1%   
North Dakota 74.4%    37.7%    67.2%    93.1%    89.5%   
South Dakota 80.1%    48.0%    78.8%    86.9%    92.8%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 77.8%    55.9%    81.4%    83.5%    86.5%   
District of Columbia 79.0%    63.1%    68.0%    87.6%    94.0%   
Florida 76.7%    51.4%    64.8%    89.5%    94.4%   
Georgia 77.4%    55.3%    66.5%    93.9%    88.3%   
Maryland 79.2%    55.4%    66.1%    94.5%    93.0%   
North Carolina 81.5%    55.3%    77.6%    90.0%    93.5%   
South Carolina 78.6%    53.9%    69.4%    89.7%    94.7%   
Virginia 74.2%    46.5%    60.7%    88.4%    93.9%   
West Virginia 77.9%    45.7%    78.5%    87.2%    91.1%   
East South Central:
Alabama 79.8%    55.3%    74.1%    88.9%    95.1%   
Kentucky 81.2%    47.3%    83.1%    90.5%    94.4%   
Mississippi 78.3%    55.0%    78.0%    85.5%    87.4%   
Tennessee 76.8%    40.5%    80.0%    89.7%    90.6%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 78.3%    46.0%    76.6%    90.3%    90.9%   
Louisiana 78.4%    56.5%    74.7%    86.2%    88.7%   
Oklahoma 78.6%    49.4%    78.0%    89.6%    88.4%   
Texas 79.8%    58.1%    75.2%    89.0%    92.1%   
Mountain:
Arizona 75.9%    34.1%    75.4%    91.5%    94.8%   
Colorado 81.2%    58.6%    75.7%    87.5%    94.5%   
Idaho 79.6%    47.0%    72.0%    92.5%    91.8%   
Montana 78.3%    49.4%    73.9%    84.1%    90.9%   
Nevada 74.3%    45.3%    62.3%    86.0%    92.8%   
New Mexico 78.0%    46.2%    67.8%    93.7%    93.3%   
Utah 78.1%    47.2%    77.4%    88.2%    91.2%   
Wyoming 72.2%    48.1%    50.8%    81.2%    94.1%   
Pacific:
Alaska 78.2%    43.4%    82.4%    86.3%    89.2%   
California 78.1%    59.9%    64.5%    89.3%    92.0%   
Hawaii 79.6%    60.3%    76.8%    85.2%    93.1%   
Oregon 78.9%    52.6%    71.4%    91.6%    90.3%   
Washington 79.4%    53.0%    75.9%    92.9%    85.2%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 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, 2019
Division and State Total Quartile 1 Average Wage Quartile 2 Average Wage Quartile 3 Average Wage Quartile 4 Average Wage
United States 0.43%    1.26%    0.78%    0.42%    0.49%   
New England:
Connecticut 2.28%    5.08%    4.97%    2.18%    3.01%   
Maine 1.80%    5.67%    2.77%    2.09%    1.61%   
Massachusetts 2.29%    3.05%    5.02%    1.41%    1.64%   
New Hampshire 2.27%    4.72%    3.65%    2.16%    1.16%   
Rhode Island 1.97%    4.45%    3.68%    1.45%    1.52%   
Vermont 2.03%    4.10%    3.44%    1.47%    1.52%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 2.23%    6.57%    4.99%    2.31%    1.77%   
New York 1.37%    2.77%    2.43%    2.51%    2.61%   
Pennsylvania 1.52%    4.10%    2.75%    2.04%    1.63%   
East North Central:
Illinois 2.17%    6.70%    3.30%    1.58%    1.92%   
Indiana 2.24%    3.79%    4.07%    1.45%    3.47%   
Michigan 3.04%    5.61%    3.05%    3.33%    1.58%   
Ohio 2.55%    4.77%    5.62%    1.46%    1.94%   
Wisconsin 2.12%    5.14%    2.87%    1.58%    2.31%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1.75%    5.02%    2.62%    1.09%    1.19%   
Kansas 2.28%    5.62%    5.36%    1.84%    3.54%   
Minnesota 1.90%    4.70%    2.94%    3.06%    1.64%   
Missouri 2.22%    5.59%    3.63%    2.15%    3.15%   
Nebraska 2.45%    5.61%    6.92%    1.59%    1.15%   
North Dakota 2.08%    3.25%    3.99%    1.29%    2.93%   
South Dakota 1.72%    4.28%    2.99%    1.88%    1.18%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 2.31%    6.07%    3.43%    4.31%    3.69%   
District of Columbia 2.98%    10.55%    4.62%    3.08%    1.88%   
Florida 3.01%    8.08%    2.74%    2.47%    1.62%   
Georgia 2.44%    5.52%    4.47%    1.30%    2.97%   
Maryland 2.35%    6.16%    4.46%    1.28%    1.75%   
North Carolina 1.91%    5.44%    3.19%    1.69%    1.77%   
South Carolina 2.09%    6.65%    4.81%    1.85%    2.09%   
Virginia 2.50%    4.56%    3.64%    2.91%    1.51%   
West Virginia 2.20%    4.97%    3.97%    3.79%    3.03%   
East South Central:
Alabama 2.26%    4.94%    5.27%    3.41%    1.71%   
Kentucky 1.64%    4.47%    2.62%    1.40%    1.57%   
Mississippi 1.96%    6.31%    2.95%    2.36%    2.26%   
Tennessee 2.30%    3.89%    3.50%    2.16%    3.32%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 2.06%    4.29%    4.11%    1.61%    2.08%   
Louisiana 1.91%    6.15%    2.83%    3.05%    3.16%   
Oklahoma 2.34%    5.45%    4.50%    2.56%    4.99%   
Texas 1.77%    7.24%    2.66%    1.55%    2.72%   
Mountain:
Arizona 3.52%    3.69%    4.63%    1.69%    1.96%   
Colorado 2.18%    6.08%    3.65%    2.67%    2.93%   
Idaho 2.62%    6.16%    5.73%    1.35%    2.33%   
Montana 1.94%    5.09%    3.89%    2.37%    1.80%   
Nevada 2.52%    5.16%    5.57%    1.68%    1.77%   
New Mexico 1.98%    5.04%    4.61%    1.22%    0.89%   
Utah 2.42%    6.12%    3.99%    2.35%    2.19%   
Wyoming 3.78%    5.07%    7.62%    4.36%    2.30%   
Pacific:
Alaska 2.04%    5.09%    3.93%    1.94%    1.96%   
California 1.74%    4.06%    3.77%    1.69%    2.14%   
Hawaii 2.08%    5.14%    3.48%    3.90%    1.84%   
Oregon 2.22%    7.67%    5.50%    1.60%    2.62%   
Washington 2.43%    5.46%    3.95%    2.00%    4.95%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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