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Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits provides comprehensive data collected as part of the National Compensation Survey. Data include estimates on the percentage of workers with access to and participating in employer provided benefit plans, as well as details of what those plans provide.

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Civilian Workers, Compensation

Access to defined contribution retirement plans 66% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to defined benefit retirement plans 24% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid holiday 79% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid vacation 77% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid sick leave 81% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid family leave 27% in 2023 Historical Data

Participating in medical care plans 48% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to wellness programs 47% in 2024 Historical Data

Private industry workers

Access to defined contribution retirement plans 70% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to defined benefit retirement plans 15% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid holiday 81% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid vacation 80% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid sick leave 79% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid family leave 27% in 2023 Historical Data

Participating in medical care plans 45% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to wellness programs 44% in 2024 Historical Data

State and local government workers

Access to defined contribution retirement plans 39% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to defined benefit retirement plans 86% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid holiday 68% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid vacation 60% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid sick leave 92% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to paid family leave 28% in 2023 Historical Data

Participating in medical care plans 67% in 2024 Historical Data

Access to wellness programs 64% in 2024 Historical Data

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News Releases

Medical benefits are available to 72% of private industry workers in March 2024

09/19/2024

Medical benefits were available to 72 percent of private industry workers and 89 percent of state and local government workers in March 2024.
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The Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2025 is scheduled to be released in September 2025 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
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Publications

The Economics Daily

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86 percent of private industry transportation and warehousing workers had paid sick leave in 2023

In 2017, 74 percent of private transportation and warehousing workers had access to paid sick leave. The percentage of workers with access to paid sick leave has since increased to 86 percent in 2023. Among all private industry workers in 2023, 78 percent of workers had access to paid sick leave. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

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ERISA at 50: BLS tracks the evolution of retirement benefits

This article follows the many changes to Bureau of Labor Statistics retirement income studies and shows the challenges of providing statistics on such a varied and frequently evolving topic. read more »

Spotlight on Statistics

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Keeping America Moving: Characteristics of the Transportation and Warehousing Industry

National Transportation Week, created in 1962 and celebrated from May 12–18 this year, recognizes those who build and operate our Nation’s transportation systems. Observance of the week sprung from National Defense Transportation Day which dates to 1957, a year after President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act leading to the creation of the interstate highway system. read more »

Beyond the Numbers

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How do retirement plans for private industry and state and local government workers compare?

The National Compensation Survey (NCS) produces two annual publications that provide a rich amount of information on retirement plans. How retirement plans differ between private industry workers and state and local government workers is a major point of interest. What type of plans are offered to workers? Are plan characteristics different or basically the same? read more »