| 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 | 79.5% | 80.7% | 79.1% | 78.8% | 76.8% | 80.5% | 79.3% | 79.5% |
| Industry group ** | ||||||||
| Agric., fish., forest. | 77.0% | 86.6% | 74.0% | 57.3% | 89.9% | 84.6% | 75.3% | 77.9% |
| Mining and manufacturing | 93.5% | 83.5% | 89.9% | 93.8% | 93.6% | 94.2% | 90.2% | 94.0% |
| Construction | 85.0% | 88.0% | 85.2% | 86.4% | 84.0% | 78.2% | 86.1% | 83.9% |
| Utilities and transp. | 85.4% | 85.0% | 84.8% | 84.1% | 85.6% | 85.5% | 85.3% | 85.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 91.0% | 87.7% | 89.5% | 92.3% | 90.6% | 91.6% | 90.4% | 91.1% |
| Fin. svs. and real estate | 88.3% | 87.6% | 86.9% | 88.5% | 88.5% | 88.3% | 88.3% | 88.2% |
| Retail trade | 71.6% | 75.3% | 72.4% | 74.4% | 70.2% | 71.2% | 73.8% | 71.3% |
| Professional services | 82.1% | 82.3% | 82.8% | 82.3% | 78.6% | 83.4% | 82.8% | 81.9% |
| Other services | 63.9% | 70.1% | 63.3% | 58.9% | 54.3% | 68.5% | 62.9% | 64.2% |
| Ownership | ||||||||
| For profit, incorporated | 80.6% | 84.1% | 80.8% | 81.9% | 77.7% | 80.8% | 81.7% | 80.4% |
| For profit, unincorporated | 76.1% | 78.3% | 78.3% | 71.5% | 77.2% | 76.4% | 77.4% | 75.7% |
| Nonprofit | 76.7% | 62.6% | 65.5% | 70.5% | 74.2% | 82.3% | 65.9% | 78.5% |
| Age of firm | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | 73.5% | 80.5% | 77.7% | 70.2% | 71.2% | 69.6% | 77.4% | 69.9% |
| 5-9 years | 76.4% | 83.9% | 77.8% | 75.3% | 70.3% | 78.3% | 79.0% | 74.4% |
| 10-19 years | 74.5% | 82.8% | 78.2% | 77.0% | 68.4% | 72.6% | 79.0% | 72.0% |
| 20 or more years | 80.8% | 78.7% | 80.0% | 80.8% | 79.5% | 81.3% | 79.7% | 80.9% |
| Multi/single status | ||||||||
| 2 or more locations | 80.7% | 86.6% | 82.7% | 81.7% | 79.5% | 80.9% | 79.6% | 80.7% |
| 1 location only | 77.0% | 80.6% | 78.8% | 78.1% | 73.5% | 68.7% | 79.3% | 74.6% |
| Percent full-time employees | ||||||||
| Less than 25% | 34.0% | 47.1% | 33.0% | 32.7% | 29.8% | 35.3% | 35.9% | 33.5% |
| 25-49 % | 48.7% | 50.5% | 42.7% | 40.9% | 47.8% | 52.0% | 44.8% | 49.6% |
| 50-74 % | 70.5% | 70.1% | 64.2% | 62.6% | 65.6% | 73.4% | 66.1% | 71.3% |
| 75% or more | 87.2% | 88.9% | 88.0% | 87.9% | 86.5% | 87.1% | 88.1% | 87.0% |
| Union presence | ||||||||
| No union employees | 78.8% | 80.9% | 79.3% | 78.3% | 76.0% | 80.0% | 79.4% | 78.6% |
| Has union employees | 82.4% | 76.2% | 74.7% | 83.5% | 83.2% | 82.5% | 76.4% | 82.7% |
| Unknown | 79.3% | 80.4% | 83.1% | 81.0% | 76.9% | 79.3% | 79.0% | 79.3% |
| Percent low wage employees | ||||||||
| 50% or more low wage | 62.5% | 65.5% | 55.0% | 56.8% | 54.4% | 67.1% | 57.1% | 63.3% |
| Less than 50% low wage | 85.2% | 83.9% | 84.0% | 85.0% | 85.8% | 85.4% | 84.3% | 85.4% |
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 | 0.35% | 0.28% | 0.85% | 0.55% | 1.36% | 0.39% | 0.50% | 0.42% |
| Industry group ** | ||||||||
| Agric., fish., forest. | 6.27% | 4.96% | 11.48% | 10.14% | 10.33% | 12.35% | 5.74% | 7.60% |
| Mining and manufacturing | 0.45% | 1.94% | 1.39% | 0.74% | 1.14% | 0.56% | 1.27% | 0.46% |
| Construction | 1.05% | 1.04% | 2.11% | 1.94% | 4.18% | 5.21% | 1.07% | 2.08% |
| Utilities and transp. | 1.62% | 3.66% | 2.99% | 4.45% | 2.35% | 2.11% | 1.72% | 1.75% |
| Wholesale trade | 0.79% | 1.50% | 2.01% | 1.26% | 1.72% | 1.14% | 0.62% | 1.08% |
| Fin. svs. and real estate | 0.74% | 1.17% | 2.09% | 1.96% | 1.57% | 0.91% | 0.89% | 0.79% |
| Retail trade | 0.61% | 2.06% | 2.12% | 1.49% | 1.89% | 0.91% | 1.53% | 0.80% |
| Professional services | 0.69% | 0.74% | 0.85% | 0.98% | 1.54% | 1.06% | 0.59% | 0.83% |
| Other services | 0.96% | 1.32% | 1.49% | 1.33% | 3.07% | 1.04% | 1.10% | 1.14% |
| Ownership | ||||||||
| For profit, incorporated | 0.39% | 0.36% | 0.87% | 0.73% | 1.93% | 0.51% | 0.44% | 0.45% |
| For profit, unincorporated | 1.44% | 1.12% | 1.77% | 2.56% | 2.11% | 2.67% | 1.28% | 1.85% |
| Nonprofit | 0.65% | 1.71% | 2.71% | 1.03% | 1.37% | 1.19% | 1.56% | 0.76% |
| Age of firm | ||||||||
| Less than 5 years | 1.54% | 2.23% | 3.07% | 3.51% | 5.22% | 4.02% | 1.83% | 3.23% |
| 5-9 years | 1.70% | 1.52% | 2.39% | 2.52% | 3.30% | 4.63% | 1.97% | 2.53% |
| 10-19 years | 1.16% | 1.20% | 1.28% | 1.28% | 3.76% | 1.96% | 0.89% | 1.69% |
| 20 or more years | 0.29% | 0.61% | 1.04% | 1.12% | 0.85% | 0.55% | 0.65% | 0.35% |
| Multi/single status | ||||||||
| 2 or more locations | 0.40% | 7.87% | 2.21% | 1.44% | 1.57% | 0.47% | 1.72% | 0.41% |
| 1 location only | 0.59% | 0.29% | 0.88% | 0.66% | 2.02% | 4.07% | 0.52% | 1.11% |
| Percent full-time employees | ||||||||
| Less than 25% | 1.70% | 3.73% | 3.68% | 3.55% | 2.43% | 2.23% | 2.22% | 1.90% |
| 25-49 % | 1.24% | 3.26% | 2.22% | 3.39% | 3.17% | 1.71% | 2.23% | 1.26% |
| 50-74 % | 0.76% | 1.09% | 2.07% | 1.46% | 1.52% | 1.10% | 0.54% | 0.98% |
| 75% or more | 0.38% | 0.56% | 0.86% | 0.30% | 1.34% | 0.52% | 0.58% | 0.48% |
| Union presence | ||||||||
| No union employees | 0.40% | 0.38% | 0.80% | 0.58% | 1.47% | 0.63% | 0.41% | 0.45% |
| Has union employees | 0.81% | 3.13% | 5.04% | 2.77% | 1.87% | 0.99% | 2.78% | 0.90% |
| Unknown | 1.63% | 7.38% | 4.15% | 6.34% | 2.68% | 1.79% | 5.07% | 1.64% |
| Percent low wage employees | ||||||||
| 50% or more low wage | 0.81% | 1.24% | 1.78% | 1.59% | 3.52% | 0.74% | 0.99% | 0.93% |
| Less than 50% low wage | 0.38% | 0.34% | 0.81% | 0.57% | 0.86% | 0.54% | 0.35% | 0.48% |
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.