Employer-sponsored health insurance* coverage for "strongly attached" private sector workers,** by occupation, firm size, and industry, 2000–10
| Share with ESI | Percentage-point change | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2000–07 | 2007–10 | 2009–10 | 2000–10 | |
| All workers | 58.9% | 55.4% | 53.6% | 53.1% | -3.5 | -2.3 | -0.5 | -5.8 |
| Occupations | ||||||||
| White collar | 65.0% | 61.9% | 60.3% | 60.0% | -3.1 | -1.9 | -0.3 | -5.0 |
| Blue collar | 59.0% | 53.9% | 52.7% | 51.5% | -5.1 | -2.4 | -1.2 | -7.5 |
| Service | 33.9% | 29.5% | 26.1% | 26.0% | -4.4 | -3.5 | -0.1 | -7.9 |
| Firm size | ||||||||
| 9 or fewer | 30.6% | 27.1% | 26.5% | 26.3% | -3.5 | -0.8 | -0.2 | -4.3 |
| 10 to 99 | 50.6% | 46.7% | 45.2% | 43.6% | -3.9 | -3.1 | -1.6 | -7.0 |
| 100 to 499 | 65.9% | 63.1% | 59.4% | 61.5% | -2.8 | -1.6 | 2.1 | -4.4 |
| 500 to 999 | 67.1% | 64.9% | 64.8% | 62.1% | -2.2 | -2.8 | -2.7 | -5.0 |
| 1,000 plus | 69.9% | 67.5% | 65.2% | 64.9% | -2.4 | -2.6 | -0.3 | -5.0 |
| Industry*** | 2002 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2002–07 | 2007–10 | 2009–10 | 2002–10 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 37.1% | 27.1% | 26.2% | 24.9% | -10.0 | -2.2 | -1.3 | -12.2 |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation, and accommodation | 32.5% | 31.9% | 26.3% | 26.7% | -0.6 | -5.2 | 0.4 | -5.8 |
| Construction | 47.5% | 44.1% | 44.0% | 42.1% | -3.4 | -2.0 | -1.9 | -5.4 |
| Education, health, and social services | 59.4% | 60.2% | 57.1% | 57.0% | 0.8 | -3.2 | -0.1 | -2.4 |
| Finance, insurance, and real estate and leasing | 65.8% | 65.1% | 66.0% | 65.4% | -0.7 | 0.3 | -0.6 | -0.4 |
| Information | 73.0% | 72.7% | 69.5% | 69.5% | -0.3 | -3.2 | 0.0 | -3.5 |
| Manufacturing | 72.7% | 70.2% | 69.6% | 68.6% | -2.5 | -1.6 | -1.0 | -4.1 |
| Mining | 78.4% | 73.9% | 75.8% | 72.6% | -4.5 | -1.3 | -3.2 | -5.8 |
| Other services (except public administration) | 40.1% | 37.4% | 35.0% | 35.6% | -2.7 | -1.8 | 0.6 | -4.5 |
| Professional, scientific, management, and administration | 57.4% | 56.0% | 55.1% | 56.1% | -1.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | -1.3 |
| Transportation and communication | 66.9% | 63.0% | 62.0% | 61.4% | -3.9 | -1.6 | -0.6 | -5.5 |
| Wholesale trade | 53.9% | 51.6% | 50.5% | 48.5% | -2.3 | -3.1 | -2.0 | -5.4 |
* To qualify as employer-sponsored health insurance coverage, workers must receive employer-sponsored health insurance through their own job, and employer must pay at least part of their insurance premiums.
** Defined as private-sector, wage and salary workers, age 18–64, who worked at least 20 hours per week and 26 weeks per year.
*** Industry classification changes make it impossible to compare 2010 with years earlier than 2002.
Source: Author’s analysis of microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau/U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement (U.S. Census Bureau various years)
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