Share of employees in private-sector eligible for ESI in the U.S. 2017-2021
private U.S. firms that offered health insurance benefits from 2017 to 2021.
In 2021, among employees who worked in private firms that offered employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI), 69.8 percent of employees were eligible for ESI, the lowest share in the provided time interval. This statistic represents the share of employees eligible for ESI who worked in