| NM | ME | OR | MO | WA | CA | WY |
| SC | MT | DE | ID | NH | VA | WI |
| IN | MI | WV | RI | AZ | VT | MD |
| PA | MN | KS | IL | OK | TX | DC |
| CO | AL | LA | MA | NY | FL | NJ |
| AR | MS | GA | IA | AK | NC | TN |
| NE | OH | ND | CT | UT | NV | KY |
| HI | SD |
U.S. Average
Family ESI: 7.88%
Median Household Income: 0.77%
Annual Rate of Growth: Full Cost of Family Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance vs. Median Household Income
The full cost of family employer-sponsored health insurance measures the total premium paid for the average health insurance plan offered by an employer for coverage of an employee and his/her family. (This includes the share of the premium paid by the employer and employee).
Median household income is a measure of the income of the exact “middle” household (half of the households in the sample make more, half make less). The figure includes the earnings of all those in a household over the age of 15.
The annual rate of growth for each measure is based on historical data spanning 10 years from 1997 to 2006. The 2016 projections of the full cost of family employer-sponsored health insurance and the median household income are constructed by applying these compounded annual growth rates. For more information on these projections click here.
| Rank | State | Family ESI | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | 9.73% | 1.87% |
| 2 | Maine | 9.32% | 0.95% |
| 3 | South Carolina | 8.96% | -0.24% |
| 4 | Oregon | 8.82% | 0.63% |
| 5 | Montana | 8.73% | 1.46% |
| 6 | Indiana | 8.69% | 0.04% |
| 7 | Missouri | 8.65% | 0.22% |
| 8 | Delaware | 8.64% | 0.37% |
| 9 | Michigan | 8.62% | 0.06% |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | 8.59% | 0.64% |
| 11 | Washington | 8.59% | 0.98% |
| 12 | Idaho | 8.57% | 1.05% |
| 13 | West Virginia | 8.51% | 1.84% |
| 14 | Minnesota | 8.45% | 0.83% |
| 15 | Colorado | 8.42% | 0.96% |
| 16 | California | 8.37% | 1.14% |
| 17 | New Hampshire | 8.31% | 2.34% |
| 18 | Rhode Island | 8.25% | 1.70% |
| 19 | Kansas | 8.24% | 0.80% |
| 20 | Alabama | 8.16% | 0.28% |
| 21 | Arkansas | 8.14% | 1.43% |
| 22 | Wyoming | 8.10% | 1.61% |
| 23 | Virginia | 8.05% | 1.15% |
| 24 | Arizona | 7.99% | 1.42% |
| 25 | Illinois | 7.99% | 0.02% |
| 26 | Louisiana | 7.92% | -0.18% |
| 27 | Mississippi | 7.89% | 0.40% |
| 28 | Nebraska | 7.86% | 1.15% |
| 29 | Wisconsin | 7.85% | 0.32% |
| 30 | Vermont | 7.84% | 1.53% |
| 31 | Oklahoma | 7.83% | 1.02% |
| 32 | Massachusetts | 7.81% | 1.02% |
| 33 | Georgia | 7.76% | 1.16% |
| 34 | Ohio | 7.75% | 0.73% |
| 35 | Maryland | 7.67% | 1.22% |
| 36 | Texas | 7.46% | 0.45% |
| 37 | New York | 7.42% | 0.81% |
| 38 | Iowa | 7.35% | 1.36% |
| 39 | North Dakota | 7.35% | 1.03% |
| 40 | District of Columbia | 7.32% | 2.01% |
| 41 | Florida | 7.31% | 1.37% |
| 42 | Alaska | 7.31% | -0.48% |
| 43 | Connecticut | 7.30% | 1.50% |
| 44 | New Jersey | 6.98% | 0.70% |
| 45 | North Carolina | 6.87% | -0.62% |
| 46 | Utah | 6.85% | 0.76% |
| 47 | Tennessee | 6.85% | 0.60% |
| 48 | Nevada | 6.84% | 0.87% |
| 49 | Kentucky | 6.62% | -0.37% |
| 50 | Hawaii | 5.87% | 1.71% |
| 51 | South Dakota | 5.56% | 1.99% |