Paid holidays: number of days provided Data Table

Table 33. Paid holidays: Number of days provided, civilian workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2010

(All workers with paid holidays = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Paid holidays

Mean
number of
days

Median
number of
days

Less
than 6
days

6
days

7
days

8
days

9
days

10
days

11
days

12
days

13
days

14
days

Greater
than 14
days

All workers

9

21

12

12

9

15

9

6

3

2

3

8

8

Worker characteristics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management, professional, and related

3

12

11

12

11

19

12

9

5

2

4

9

10

    Management, business, and financial

2

9

9

13

12

24

12

9

5

2

4

10

10

    Professional and related

4

13

12

12

10

17

11

9

5

2

4

9

9

        Teachers

10

10

6

7

8

11

17

9

6

5

11

10

10

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

12

15

6

6

5

12

16

6

–

–

12

10

10

        Registered nurses

7

31

20

13

6

8

5

5

3

1

1

8

7

Service

22

20

11

10

7

8

7

6

4

2

3

8

7

    Protective service

3

11

8

4

9

13

18

13

14

3

4

10

11

Sales and office

9

28

11

12

8

15

7

4

2

1

1

8

8

    Sales and related

17

45

11

10

6

6

3

2

1

[2]

[2]

7

6

    Office and administrative support

6

20

12

13

10

19

9

5

3

1

2

9

8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

10

26

16

11

8

12

8

5

3

1

2

8

7

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

14

27

15

11

9

9

6

4

2

1

2

8

7

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

7

24

17

11

8

14

8

5

3

1

2

8

8

Production, transportation, and material moving

8

21

12

14

10

14

9

5

2

1

3

8

8

    Production

7

15

12

13

11

17

10

6

3

1

4

9

9

    Transportation and material moving

10

28

13

15

9

11

7

3

1

1

2

8

7

Full time

7

19

12

12

10

16

9

6

4

2

3

9

8

Part time

29

30

9

9

5

8

4

2

1

1

2

6

6

Union

3

11

7

10

10

14

14

12

9

4

7

10

10

Nonunion

11

23

13

12

9

15

8

5

2

1

2

8

8

Average wage within the following categories:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Lowest 25 percent

25

33

13

10

5

7

3

2

[2]

[2]

1

6

6

        Lowest 10 percent

43

27

12

8

5

3

1

1

–

–

1

5

6

    Second 25 percent

9

25

13

13

9

13

7

4

2

1

2

8

8

    Third 25 percent

4

16

11

12

10

18

12

7

4

2

3

9

9

    Highest 25 percent

3

11

10

13

11

19

11

9

6

2

5

10

10

        Highest 10 percent

2

9

9

12

12

20

12

10

6

2

5

10

10

Establishment characteristics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goods-producing industries

6

16

11

12

13

17

10

7

3

1

3

9

9

Service-providing industries

10

22

12

12

8

14

8

6

3

2

3

8

8

    Education and health services

6

20

12

10

8

13

9

6

5

4

7

9

9

        Educational services

6

6

4

6

7

14

14

10

10

8

16

11

11

            Elementary and secondary schools

9

10

4

4

7

13

13

8

9

7

16

11

11

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

2

1

2

8

7

12

15

12

12

11

17

12

12

        Health care and social assistance

7

28

17

12

9

12

7

4

2

1

1

8

7

            Hospitals

4

32

19

10

8

7

5

9

4

–

–

8

7

    Public administration

[2]

–

–

1

10

16

22

23

18

5

4

11

11

1 to 99 workers

13

25

15

13

9

13

5

3

1

1

1

8

7

    1 to 49 workers

13

26

15

14

8

14

5

2

1

1

1

7

7

    50 to 99 workers

13

23

15

10

13

12

6

4

1

1

1

8

7

100 workers or more

6

17

9

11

9

16

11

8

5

2

4

9

9

    100 to 499 workers

8

23

12

12

10

14

10

5

3

1

2

8

8

    500 workers or more

5

11

6

11

8

17

13

11

7

3

7

10

10

Geographic areas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New England

4

14

8

9

10

23

13

10

4

1

3

9

10

Middle Atlantic

9

17

11

11

10

14

10

10

4

2

4

9

9

East North Central

7

21

14

12

11

15

6

4

3

2

4

8

8

West North Central

6

25

17

14

8

10

–

4

3

–

1

8

8

South Atlantic

11

25

11

9

8

15

9

7

2

1

1

8

8

East South Central

21

18

9

16

7

12

7

4

2

1

5

8

8

West South Central

12

23

11

12

9

14

8

3

2

2

3

8

8

Mountain

10

23

10

16

9

14

9

4

3

–

–

8

8

Pacific

7

17

11

15

9

15

9

6

6

2

3

9

9

Footnotes:

1Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. See Technical Note for
further explanation.

2Less than 0.5 percent.

3The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers with earnings both above and below the threshold. The average wages
are based on the estimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2009." See Technical Note for more details.


NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions of major
plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20092010.htm.