Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Large Employers in the Private Sector, by Industry Classification, 2009. Statistical Brief No. 322

摘要

Employer-sponsored health insurance for current workers is one of the primary sources of health insurance coverage in the United States. According to data from the Insurance Component of the 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-IC), approximately 96.8 million of the 110.5 million private sector employees worked in firms where the employer offered health insurance. Of those employees, approximately 59.1 million enrolled in a health insurance plan. About 80.7 million employees (73 percent) worked for large private sector employers in 2009 across eight industry classifications (figure 1) and approximately 48.6 million of them were enrolled. This Statistical Brief presents estimates, by industry classification, on the percentage of employees who worked for large private employers (firms with 50 or more employees) who offered health insurance and of employees working in such firms who enrolled in offered health insurance plans. The Brief also provides estimates on average premiums and the average employee contributions towards premiums for single coverage and for family coverage. Only those estimates that had a statistically significant difference from the national average at the 0.05 percent significance level are noted in the text.