SWA2014-Wages | Table 4.27 | Employer health care costs as a share of wages, by wage fifth, 1996–2008
| Wage fifth | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom | Second | Middle | Fourth | Top | Average | |
| A. Health share of annual wages | ||||||
| 1996 | 8.2% | 9.2% | 8.0% | 6.9% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| 2001 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 4.9 | 7.1 |
| 2008 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 9.7 | 6.2 | 8.5 |
| B. Total change in share | ||||||
| 1996–2001 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 2001–2008 | -0.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| C. Annual change in share | ||||||
| 1996–2001 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 2001–2008 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 1996–2008 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Source: Authors' analysis of Burtless and Milusheva (2012) based on Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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