Table VII.B.1.a Percent of number of private-sector employees by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2020
Division and State Total Percent Full-Time Employees Percent Low-Wage Employees **
75% or more 50-74% Less than 50% 50% or more Less than 50%
United States 122,677,156    70.2%    13.7%    16.1%    18.7%    81.3%   
New England:
Connecticut 1,423,585    69.4%    10.0%    20.6%    8.4%    91.6%   
Maine 520,132    66.0%    9.5%    24.5%    11.8%    88.2%   
Massachusetts 3,017,814    66.5%    18.3%    15.2%    3.6% * 96.4%   
New Hampshire 566,471    60.3%    15.4%    24.3%    12.4%    87.6%   
Rhode Island 443,330    56.4%    26.6%    17.0%    13.1%    86.9%   
Vermont 220,114    60.6%    19.6%    19.8%    9.5%    90.5%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 3,374,683    72.1%    10.7%    17.3%    11.0%    89.0%   
New York 7,649,213    68.9%    12.9%    18.1%    9.9%    90.1%   
Pennsylvania 4,999,672    70.6%    11.5%    17.9%    23.4%    76.6%   
East North Central:
Illinois 5,089,499    73.7%    11.6%    14.8%    15.7%    84.3%   
Indiana 2,585,745    73.1%    14.2%    12.7%    23.9%    76.1%   
Michigan 3,388,559    70.8%    13.7%    15.5%    19.5%    80.5%   
Ohio 4,373,591    63.7%    17.3%    19.0%    23.9%    76.1%   
Wisconsin 2,362,592    67.5%    14.0%    18.5%    18.8%    81.2%   
West North Central:
Iowa 1,337,295    63.5%    16.8%    19.7%    24.9%    75.1%   
Kansas 1,141,784    66.4%    13.9%    19.7%    23.9%    76.1%   
Minnesota 2,652,670    65.3%    17.6%    17.1%    13.3%    86.7%   
Missouri 2,385,191    68.1%    13.4%    18.5%    27.7%    72.3%   
Nebraska 840,820    70.9%    14.0%    15.1%    18.6%    81.4%   
North Dakota 337,823    65.2%    14.5%    20.3%    17.6%    82.4%   
South Dakota 360,199    64.1%    17.8%    18.1%    20.3%    79.7%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 409,892    66.3%    14.6%    19.1%    19.1%    80.9%   
District of Columbia 481,044    72.2%    17.5%    10.3%    4.9% * 95.1%   
Florida 8,145,263    75.3%    11.6%    13.1%    25.1%    74.9%   
Georgia 3,876,018    74.1%    10.5%    15.4%    25.9%    74.1%   
Maryland 2,130,458    62.4%    15.3%    22.3%    18.8%    81.2%   
North Carolina 3,399,880    70.4%    13.0%    16.6%    23.2%    76.8%   
South Carolina 1,749,654    72.7%    11.5%    15.8%    24.6%    75.4%   
Virginia 3,169,824    71.2%    13.3%    15.5%    21.1%    78.9%   
West Virginia 477,709    59.8%    22.1%    18.0%    47.4%    52.6%   
East South Central:
Alabama 1,766,456    73.3%    11.7% * 15.0%    30.9%    69.1%   
Kentucky 1,527,299    74.8%    15.3%    9.9%    19.4%    80.6%   
Mississippi 893,118    68.9%    16.2%    14.9%    33.5%    66.5%   
Tennessee 2,489,248    72.7%    13.4%    13.9%    27.5%    72.5%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 1,024,901    71.0%    14.0%    15.1%    34.4%    65.6%   
Louisiana 1,505,146    69.4%    16.6%    14.0%    30.6%    69.4%   
Oklahoma 1,273,367    78.8%    6.8%    14.3%    25.9%    74.1%   
Texas 10,214,792    77.8%    8.4%    13.8%    25.8%    74.2%   
Mountain:
Arizona 2,605,164    69.0%    11.2%    19.8%    20.4%    79.6%   
Colorado 2,350,182    72.8%    16.1%    11.1%    8.8%    91.2%   
Idaho 664,295    71.5%    10.6%    17.8%    21.3%    78.7%   
Montana 378,943    53.7%    28.7%    17.6%    21.8%    78.2%   
Nevada 1,189,362    58.4%    29.2%    12.5%    29.4%    70.6%   
New Mexico 595,852    67.2%    12.3%    20.5%    25.3%    74.7%   
Utah 1,315,343    66.0%    13.7%    20.3%    17.7%    82.3%   
Wyoming 190,048    62.5%    21.5%    16.0%    23.3%    76.7%   
Pacific:
Alaska 264,752    67.8%    16.8%    15.4%    14.1%    85.9%   
California 14,657,259    67.6%    16.4%    16.0%    8.1%    91.9%   
Hawaii 489,218    75.1%    14.0%    11.0%    18.8%    81.2%   
Oregon 1,563,891    65.6%    20.8%    13.7%    13.4%    86.6%   
Washington 2,807,993    67.1%    14.3%    18.6%    4.9%    95.1%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

 

Table VII.B.1.a Standard errors for percent of number of private-sector employees by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2020
Division and State Total Percent Full-Time Employees Percent Low-Wage Employees **
75% or more 50-74% Less than 50% 50% or more Less than 50%
United States 1,032,260    0.56%    0.44%    0.42%    0.45%    0.45%   
New England:
Connecticut 46,710    2.80%    1.85%    2.45%    1.42%    1.42%   
Maine 33,682    3.66%    1.67%    3.49%    1.89%    1.89%   
Massachusetts 188,670    3.99%    3.31%    2.70%    1.12% * 1.12%   
New Hampshire 25,570    3.64%    2.50%    3.33%    2.51%    2.51%   
Rhode Island 18,755    3.52%    3.06%    2.51%    2.13%    2.13%   
Vermont 8,358    3.11%    2.58%    2.69%    1.66%    1.66%   
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey 189,974    3.36%    2.23%    2.66%    2.39%    2.39%   
New York 229,673    2.06%    1.46%    1.63%    1.34%    1.34%   
Pennsylvania 199,706    2.60%    1.74%    2.12%    2.62%    2.62%   
East North Central:
Illinois 201,874    2.65%    1.99%    2.01%    2.12%    2.12%   
Indiana 100,432    2.90%    2.48%    1.87%    2.50%    2.50%   
Michigan 132,474    2.89%    2.36%    2.12%    2.23%    2.23%   
Ohio 192,369    3.44%    2.89%    2.65%    2.76%    2.76%   
Wisconsin 115,421    3.24%    2.65%    2.35%    2.53%    2.53%   
West North Central:
Iowa 54,640    3.46%    2.83%    2.98%    3.13%    3.13%   
Kansas 52,958    3.62%    3.00%    2.97%    2.84%    2.84%   
Minnesota 139,685    4.10%    4.19%    2.40%    2.02%    2.02%   
Missouri 103,602    3.55%    2.01%    3.42%    3.04%    3.04%   
Nebraska 29,542    2.86%    2.22%    2.24%    2.06%    2.06%   
North Dakota 12,710    2.80%    2.19%    2.21%    2.13%    2.13%   
South Dakota 21,276    4.27%    4.73%    2.24%    2.51%    2.51%   
South Atlantic:
Delaware 41,109    5.22%    3.57%    3.64%    3.73%    3.73%   
District of Columbia 26,915    4.44%    4.31%    2.31%    1.81% * 1.81%   
Florida 410,324    2.74%    2.21%    1.74%    2.42%    2.42%   
Georgia 191,320    3.05%    1.92%    2.69%    3.53%    3.53%   
Maryland 96,326    3.71%    2.61%    3.12%    2.85%    2.85%   
North Carolina 165,323    3.20%    2.64%    2.24%    2.51%    2.51%   
South Carolina 78,437    2.81%    2.03%    2.06%    3.02%    3.02%   
Virginia 174,472    3.97%    3.84%    2.29%    2.99%    2.99%   
West Virginia 23,134    3.76%    3.81%    2.39%    3.76%    3.76%   
East South Central:
Alabama 109,518    4.00%    3.96% * 2.19%    4.05%    4.05%   
Kentucky 73,544    3.23%    2.99%    1.63%    2.48%    2.48%   
Mississippi 42,130    3.33%    2.77%    2.30%    3.52%    3.52%   
Tennessee 122,781    3.16%    2.67%    2.05%    3.04%    3.04%   
West South Central:
Arkansas 41,287    3.16%    2.58%    2.27%    3.42%    3.42%   
Louisiana 57,877    3.27%    2.79%    2.21%    3.18%    3.18%   
Oklahoma 55,843    2.63%    1.44%    2.38%    2.88%    2.88%   
Texas 307,779    1.89%    1.31%    1.53%    2.16%    2.16%   
Mountain:
Arizona 232,502    4.17%    2.40%    3.27%    3.41%    3.41%   
Colorado 107,632    3.23%    2.93%    1.80%    1.76%    1.76%   
Idaho 49,310    3.44%    1.98%    2.73%    2.96%    2.96%   
Montana 15,226    4.02%    4.23%    2.09%    2.47%    2.47%   
Nevada 48,635    3.50%    3.26%    2.05%    3.17%    3.17%   
New Mexico 27,425    3.47%    2.38%    3.00%    2.77%    2.77%   
Utah 68,399    3.61%    2.33%    3.34%    2.43%    2.43%   
Wyoming 6,884    2.94%    2.51%    2.19%    2.56%    2.56%   
Pacific:
Alaska 8,847    3.63%    3.15%    2.08%    1.90%    1.90%   
California 466,197    2.34%    1.89%    1.80%    1.57%    1.57%   
Hawaii 19,905    2.75%    2.27%    1.96%    2.79%    2.79%   
Oregon 70,114    3.52%    3.39%    1.90%    2.15%    2.15%   
Washington 153,337    4.22%    2.90%    3.82%    1.43%    1.43%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2020 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.