86% Of Private-Sector Employees Had Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

In 2022, about 86% of U.S. employees in the private sector had access to employer-sponsored health insurance, according to the Insurance Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-IC). Among small firms (those with fewer than 50 employees), the share of employees working where health insurance was offered was much lower (52.6%) than the national average for firms of all sizes (86%). In small firms, for the three years from 2020 through 2022, the nine states whose share was above the national average were: California (55%); Hawaii (90.6%); Illinois (55.8%); Maryland (57.3%); New . . .