COMPANY SIZE VS. MEDICAL BENEFITS THESE SQUARES REPRESENT SIX LEVELS OF COMPANY SIZE ACCORDING TO HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY EMPLOY. WITHIN EACH SQUARE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES AT COMPANIES OF THAT SIZE THAT REPORTED RECEIVING MEDICAL BENEFITS THROUGH THEIR EMPLOYER. AS WE SUSPECTED, LARGER COMPANIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO OFFER THEIR EMPLOYEES MEDICAL INSURANCE. 33%1 - 5 EMPLOYEES53%6 - 10 EMPLOYEES62%11 - 15 EMPLOYEES72%16 - 50 EMPLOYEES81%51 - 250 EMPLOYEES85%251+ EMPLOYEES GENDER SPLIT BY SPECIALTY FOR EACH OF THE SEVEN INDUSTRIES WE STUDIED, THE LENGTH OF THE ENTIRE BAR REPRESENTS HOW MANY RESPONSES WE RECEIVED. FROM THERE, WE SPLIT THE BAR ACCORDING TO THE MALE AND FEMALE RESPONSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE GENDER DISTRIBUTION AMONG RESPONDENTS IN EACH INDUSTRY. MALEFEMALE ADVERTISING & MARKETINGARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR DESIGNFASHION & APPARELGRAPHIC DESIGNINDUSTRIAL DESIGNPACKAGINGWEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT62%58%32%54%81%55%68%38%42%68%46%19%45%32%
These squares represent six levels of company size according to how many people they employ. Within each square is the percentage of employees at companies of that size that reported receiving medical benefits through their employer. As we suspected, larger companies are more likely to offer their employees medical insurance.