| Characteristics | Total | Less than 10 employees | 10-24 employees | 25-99 employees | 100-999 employees | 1000 or more employees | Less than 50 employees | 50 or more employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 74.0% | 55.2% | 79.4% | 86.2% | 89.4% | 83.7% | 64.7% | 85.6% |
| Industry group ** | ||||||||
| Agric., fish., forest. | 44.6% | 29.8% | 65.0% | 70.0% | 100.0% | 77.1% | 40.2% | 77.0% |
| Mining and manufacturing | 83.5% | 68.8% | 93.7% | 95.0% | 93.4% | 73.7% | 81.7% | 86.4% |
| Construction | 72.8% | 62.0% | 84.7% | 90.1% | 89.6% | 86.4% | 70.6% | 87.9% |
| Utilities and transp. | 76.5% | 71.0% | 93.5% | 81.5% | 89.3% | 67.6% | 79.3% | 74.1% |
| Wholesale trade | 75.4% | 59.1% | 77.3% | 94.1% | 92.4% | 78.1% | 67.9% | 86.0% |
| Fin. svs. and real estate | 78.2% | 59.6% | 82.1% | 87.4% | 86.5% | 85.1% | 66.0% | 85.9% |
| Retail trade | 81.6% | 53.6% | 83.7% | 93.2% | 95.2% | 87.9% | 67.5% | 89.4% |
| Professional services | 69.9% | 56.3% | 78.2% | 82.7% | 88.5% | 73.7% | 64.1% | 80.6% |
| Other services | 69.4% | 45.7% | 69.5% | 79.7% | 86.7% | 90.2% | 55.8% | 87.9% |
| Ownership | ||||||||
| For profit, incorporated | 76.2% | 58.0% | 81.7% | 89.3% | 90.5% | 83.0% | 67.9% | 85.5% |
| For profit, unincorporated | 70.2% | 55.8% | 78.8% | 84.8% | 86.5% | 87.7% | 62.4% | 86.9% |
| Nonprofit | 63.3% | 33.7% | 62.0% | 71.4% | 87.4% | 88.9% | 46.6% | 84.7% |
| Age of firm | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | 64.3% | 53.9% | 76.8% | 83.6% | 88.3% | 88.6% | 60.6% | 88.4% |
| 5-9 years | 65.8% | 53.7% | 82.8% | 83.4% | 86.3% | 68.5% | 63.0% | 81.0% |
| 10-19 years | 70.5% | 56.3% | 81.0% | 87.0% | 85.8% | 89.9% | 65.1% | 88.1% |
| 20 or more years | 77.2% | 55.4% | 78.3% | 86.7% | 90.3% | 83.5% | 65.8% | 85.5% |
| Multi/single status | ||||||||
| 2 or more locations | 85.8% | 70.5% | 83.7% | 89.7% | 90.0% | 83.7% | 84.8% | 85.8% |
| 1 location only | 65.0% | 55.1% | 79.0% | 84.2% | 84.8% | 79.9% | 63.4% | 83.8% |
| Percent full-time employees | ||||||||
| Less than 25% | 60.9% | 32.0% | 57.3% | 71.1% | 80.4% | 84.6% | 42.0% | 82.6% |
| 25-49 % | 76.3% | 49.7% | 76.1% | 76.7% | 90.9% | 93.0% | 60.1% | 90.9% |
| 50-74 % | 74.5% | 54.6% | 78.0% | 83.7% | 92.9% | 86.5% | 62.5% | 87.7% |
| 75% or more | 74.6% | 57.5% | 81.3% | 88.5% | 89.4% | 81.6% | 67.1% | 84.8% |
| Union presence | ||||||||
| No union employees | 73.7% | 55.1% | 79.6% | 86.5% | 90.0% | 86.6% | 64.7% | 87.8% |
| Has union employees | 73.9% | 57.6% | 75.4% | 82.6% | 84.9% | 75.9% | 65.4% | 77.2% |
| Unknown | 78.8% | 54.2% | 82.8% | 79.4% | 81.4% | 81.2% | 62.9% | 81.3% |
| Percent low wage employees | ||||||||
| 50% or more low wage | 74.7% | 41.1% | 74.2% | 85.5% | 91.1% | 86.8% | 54.5% | 88.0% |
| Less than 50% low wage | 73.8% | 58.3% | 80.5% | 86.4% | 88.6% | 81.9% | 67.0% | 84.4% |
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.
| Characteristics | Total | Less than 10 employees | 10-24 employees | 25-99 employees | 100-999 employees | 1000 or more employees | Less than 50 employees | 50 or more employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 0.40% | 0.94% | 0.83% | 0.52% | 0.69% | 0.90% | 0.54% | 0.60% |
| Industry group ** | ||||||||
| Agric., fish., forest. | 8.28% | 8.90% | 13.68% | 14.27% | 10.54% | 7.71% | 9.00% | 7.72% |
| Mining and manufacturing | 0.89% | 2.66% | 1.78% | 1.06% | 1.50% | 1.43% | 1.52% | 1.03% |
| Construction | 1.84% | 3.07% | 2.03% | 2.43% | 3.65% | 4.79% | 2.24% | 2.16% |
| Utilities and transp. | 3.02% | 6.64% | 2.56% | 5.04% | 3.56% | 4.07% | 3.76% | 3.26% |
| Wholesale trade | 1.64% | 3.89% | 2.83% | 1.56% | 2.30% | 2.33% | 2.83% | 1.35% |
| Fin. svs. and real estate | 1.24% | 2.57% | 2.93% | 1.19% | 1.22% | 1.62% | 2.21% | 1.08% |
| Retail trade | 1.21% | 3.91% | 2.32% | 1.52% | 1.57% | 1.65% | 2.58% | 1.19% |
| Professional services | 1.01% | 1.59% | 1.75% | 1.18% | 0.80% | 2.91% | 0.98% | 1.64% |
| Other services | 0.57% | 1.51% | 1.99% | 2.26% | 1.73% | 1.17% | 0.80% | 0.83% |
| Ownership | ||||||||
| For profit, incorporated | 0.57% | 1.52% | 1.35% | 0.59% | 0.66% | 0.93% | 0.80% | 0.63% |
| For profit, unincorporated | 0.92% | 1.22% | 1.81% | 2.76% | 1.98% | 2.03% | 1.08% | 1.34% |
| Nonprofit | 1.35% | 3.19% | 2.74% | 3.14% | 1.51% | 1.42% | 1.79% | 1.36% |
| Age of firm | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | 2.92% | 3.61% | 5.56% | 3.17% | 3.16% | 2.83% | 3.19% | 1.58% |
| 5-9 years | 1.04% | 1.67% | 1.92% | 2.42% | 3.46% | 4.38% | 1.18% | 1.86% |
| 10-19 years | 1.48% | 2.69% | 1.21% | 1.25% | 1.49% | 2.37% | 1.73% | 0.85% |
| 20 or more years | 0.43% | 0.94% | 0.79% | 0.98% | 0.71% | 0.87% | 0.64% | 0.66% |
| Multi/single status | ||||||||
| 2 or more locations | 0.57% | 9.98% | 2.80% | 1.06% | 0.64% | 0.89% | 1.43% | 0.61% |
| 1 location only | 0.66% | 0.95% | 1.00% | 0.80% | 2.31% | 6.43% | 0.61% | 1.45% |
| Percent full-time employees | ||||||||
| Less than 25% | 1.38% | 4.12% | 7.41% | 3.90% | 4.99% | 3.95% | 2.74% | 2.12% |
| 25-49 % | 1.30% | 3.60% | 4.08% | 2.66% | 1.73% | 1.15% | 2.25% | 0.75% |
| 50-74 % | 1.49% | 2.36% | 3.00% | 3.17% | 1.90% | 2.16% | 1.57% | 1.47% |
| 75% or more | 0.39% | 1.27% | 0.99% | 0.71% | 0.68% | 1.14% | 0.67% | 0.65% |
| Union presence | ||||||||
| No union employees | 0.43% | 1.01% | 0.81% | 0.58% | 0.63% | 0.78% | 0.66% | 0.50% |
| Has union employees | 2.28% | 6.40% | 3.71% | 4.94% | 2.29% | 2.54% | 3.93% | 2.13% |
| Unknown | 1.85% | 10.06% | 7.61% | 9.12% | 4.62% | 1.92% | 6.73% | 1.64% |
| Percent low wage employees | ||||||||
| 50% or more low wage | 0.99% | 2.18% | 1.62% | 1.14% | 1.20% | 1.27% | 1.69% | 0.96% |
| Less than 50% low wage | 0.32% | 0.89% | 0.95% | 0.74% | 0.73% | 1.17% | 0.40% | 0.79% |
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.
Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.