Table 6. SELECTED PAID LEAVE BENEFITS: Access
Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access, National Compensation Survey, March 2011
(All workers = 100 percent)
Civilian(1) Private industry State and local government
Characteristics
Paid sick Paid Paid Paid sick Paid Paid Paid sick Paid Paid
leave vacation personal leave vacation personal leave vacation personal
leave leave leave
All workers.............. 67 74 42 63 77 38 89 60 59
Worker characteristics
Management, professional,
and related.............. 87 74 59 86 87 56 90 43 64
Management, business,
and financial.......... 91 94 59 91 96 59 - - -
Professional and
related................ 85 67 59 83 83 55 90 36 65
Teachers............. 84 17 64 - - - 88 12 69
Primary, secondary,
and special
education school
teachers........... 94 12 75 - - - 96 9 78
Registered nurses.... 81 82 63 - - - - - -
Service.................. 50 61 28 43 58 24 84 75 51
Protective service..... 69 77 42 39 62 25 89 87 53
Sales and office......... 68 80 42 66 79 41 90 85 54
Sales and related...... 56 69 33 55 69 33 - - -
Office and
administrative support 76 86 48 74 86 46 91 86 55
Natural resources,
construction, and
maintenance.............. 56 81 28 51 80 26 94 94 45
Construction,
extraction, farming,
fishing, and forestry.. 44 72 22 38 69 19 - - -
Installation,
maintenance, and repair 67 91 35 64 90 33 - - -
Production,
transportation, and
material moving.......... 55 82 33 54 83 32 87 63 59
Production............. 55 90 31 54 90 31 - - -
Transportation and
material moving........ 56 74 35 54 75 33 - - -
Full time................ 79 87 48 75 91 45 98 67 64
Part time................ 28 35 20 27 37 19 41 21 29
Union.................... 84 74 59 71 90 49 97 57 70
Nonunion................. 64 74 38 62 76 37 83 62 49
Average wage within the
following categories:(2)
Lowest 25 percent...... 36 53 21 32 51 18 75 56 44
Lowest 10 percent.... 23 40 13 21 38 11 62 41 37
Second 25 percent...... 69 83 43 66 84 41 93 84 57
Third 25 percent....... 79 89 47 74 90 43 94 70 63
Highest 25 perecent.... 88 78 60 85 89 56 96 36 71
Highest 10 percent... 90 75 61 87 90 58 98 34 64
Establishment
characteristics
Goods-producing
industries............... 56 88 31 56 88 31 - - -
Service-providing
industries............... 69 72 43 64 75 40 89 59 59
Education and health
services............... 83 66 58 78 80 54 90 43 64
Educational services 87 40 61 76 57 46 90 36 65
Elementary and
secondary schools.. 90 27 70 - - - 91 27 72
Junior colleges,
colleges, and
universities....... 86 68 47 82 72 54 88 66 43
Health care and
social assistance.... 79 84 55 78 84 55 91 90 55
Hospitals.......... 89 90 70 - - - 93 93 49
Public administration.. 89 88 53 - - - 89 88 53
1 to 99 workers.......... 55 70 28 54 70 27 78 66 44
1 to 49 workers........ 53 68 25 52 68 25 72 68 37
50 to 99 workers....... 60 75 35 58 76 33 87 64 56
100 workers or more...... 78 79 54 73 86 51 91 59 61
100 to 499 workers..... 69 79 47 67 82 45 87 59 60
500 workers or more.... 86 78 61 82 90 60 92 59 61
Geographic areas
New England.............. 72 71 49 70 75 44 84 48 81
Middle Atlantic.......... 71 74 52 67 76 49 90 58 70
East North Central....... 62 74 44 58 78 41 85 52 63
West North Central....... 66 72 34 61 76 30 89 56 50
South Atlantic........... 65 77 40 60 79 36 93 68 56
East South Central....... 65 76 38 58 78 38 92 67 38
West South Central....... 68 75 39 64 80 35 86 52 59
Mountain................. 66 74 38 63 77 35 84 55 52
Pacific.................. 69 74 37 65 75 33 93 68 58
1 Includes 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.
2 The percentile groupings are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers
both above and below the threshold. The percentile values are based on the estimates published in the "National
Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2008." See Technical Note for more details.
NOTE: 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.
