Table III.G.3(2009) Employer cost distributions (in dollars) for employees enrolled in single, employee-plus-one, and family coverage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles through State and local government jobs by government type: United States, 2009
  All State and local governments State governments Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees
Single Coverage:
Average (mean) 5,048    4,869    5,203    5,370    5,131    4,931    4,876   
10th percentile 3,228    3,528    3,312    3,264    3,132    3,108    3,180   
25th percentile 4,200    4,332    4,188    4,140    4,056    3,876    4,356   
50th percentile (median) 4,824    4,644    5,016    5,100    4,944    4,524    4,668   
75th percentile 5,688    5,208    6,067    6,204    5,876    5,784    5,538   
90th percentile 6,966    6,060    7,150    7,597    7,176    7,260    6,492   
Employee-plus-one Coverage:
Average (mean) 8,375    8,535    9,081    9,040    8,111    7,395    7,895   
10th percentile 4,524    5,592    4,692    4,332    4,328    3,300    3,376   
25th percentile 6,180    6,384    6,432    6,300    6,047    4,628    5,760   
50th percentile (median) 8,197    9,144    8,866    8,954    8,034    7,008    7,476   
75th percentile 10,260    9,804    11,351    11,352    10,128    9,516    9,840   
90th percentile 12,456    11,784    13,740    13,680    11,868    11,424    12,456   
Family Coverage:
Average (mean) 11,660    11,668    12,703    12,104    11,315    11,755    10,972   
10th percentile 6,924    8,280    6,828    6,840    5,712    5,796    6,075   
25th percentile 9,324    9,636    9,852    9,469    8,388    9,468    9,180   
50th percentile (median) 11,898    11,052    12,644    12,420    11,496    11,652    12,108   
75th percentile 13,824    13,128    15,480    14,484    14,112    13,848    12,312   
90th percentile 16,164    14,964    18,717    16,932    16,440    17,712    14,016   

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.

 

Table III.G.3(2009) Standard error for employer cost distributions (in dollars) for employees enrolled in single, employee-plus-one, and family coverage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles through State and local government jobs by government type: United States, 2009
  All State and local governments State governments Local governments
Less than 250 employees 250-999 employees 1,000-4,999 employees 5,000-9,999 employees 10,000 or more employees
Single Coverage:
Average (mean) 31.86    0.00    56.56    103.95    118.83    75.84    0.05   
10th percentile 37.22    0.00    86.69    101.04    180.73    275.90    3.79   
25th percentile 29.96    0.00    71.80    105.75    117.71    164.28    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 35.78    0.00    50.60    58.81    107.39    67.60    0.00   
75th percentile 28.31    0.00    81.50    85.46    205.34    89.10    0.00   
90th percentile 67.46    0.00    98.03    173.34    239.73    180.64    0.00   
Employee-plus-one Coverage:
Average (mean) 63.87    0.00    118.20    182.07    184.32    134.23    0.45   
10th percentile 44.58    0.00    212.08    223.19    241.74    210.85    0.00   
25th percentile 59.62    0.00    195.52    206.32    301.30    251.65    0.00   
50th percentile (median) 95.64    0.00    127.51    230.43    340.28    171.09    0.00   
75th percentile 89.81    0.00    265.40    263.02    161.30    264.62    0.00   
90th percentile 113.08    0.00    307.27    348.65    576.81    131.76    0.00   
Family Coverage:
Average (mean) 72.72    0.00    254.07    205.05    189.63    200.80    1.95   
10th percentile 189.84    0.00    371.53    394.14    444.07    482.89    0.00   
25th percentile 90.86    0.00    315.67    252.28    362.56    164.58    5.06   
50th percentile (median) 88.11    0.00    188.81    213.62    335.93    327.85    0.00   
75th percentile 84.71    0.00    314.56    200.30    305.89    270.60    0.00   
90th percentile 174.38    0.00    640.04    800.97    629.07    775.54    3.79   

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.

Standard errors of zero indicate that all governments in the category are in the survey.