Table 31. Paid holidays: Number of days provided, civilian workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2009

(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

22

12

12

9

14

9

6

3

1

3

8

8

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

3

14

11

12

10

19

11

9

4

2

4

9

9

    Management, business, and financial

1

11

8

12

11

24

13

9

5

2

5

10

10

    Professional and related

4

15

12

13

10

16

10

9

4

2

4

9

9

        Teachers

11

13

6

5

7

12

16

9

5

4

11

10

10

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

13

19

6

4

15

12

6

5

12

10

10

        Registered nurses

5

34

19

15

8

7

4

5

2

1

1

8

7

Service

19

21

11

11

7

8

8

6

4

2

4

8

7

    Protective service

4

12

6

5

8

15

17

13

13

3

4

10

11

Sales and office

9

29

11

11

9

15

6

5

2

1

2

8

8

    Sales and related

17

44

11

8

6

7

3

2

7

6

    Office and administrative support

5

21

11

13

10

19

8

6

3

1

2

9

8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

11

25

16

12

8

11

8

4

3

1

2

8

7

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

16

27

13

12

9

9

6

4

2

1

2

8

7

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

7

24

18

12

8

12

9

5

3

1

2

8

8

Production, transportation, and material moving

9

21

12

13

11

14

9

4

2

1

3

8

8

    Production

7

14

12

13

12

16

11

6

3

1

4

9

9

    Transportation and material moving

11

29

11

14

10

11

6

3

1

1

2

8

7

Full time

7

20

12

12

10

15

9

7

3

1

3

9

8

Part time

27

32

9

9

5

8

3

2

1

1

2

7

6

Union

3

11

7

9

9

14

14

12

9

3

7

10

10

Nonunion

10

24

12

13

9

14

8

5

2

1

2

8

8

Wage percentiles:3

    Lowest 10 percent

38

30

11

9

5

2

3

1

6

6

    Lowest 25 percent

24

34

12

10

6

7

4

2

1

7

6

    Second 25 percent

9

26

13

13

10

13

7

4

2

1

2

8

8

    Third 25 percent

5

17

11

12

10

17

11

7

4

2

3

9

9

    Highest 25 percent

3

12

10

12

10

19

11

10

5

2

5

10

10

    Highest 10 percent

2

9

9

12

11

21

13

11

5

2

5

10

10

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

7

16

10

12

12

17

12

7

3

1

3

9

9

Service-providing industries

10

23

12

12

8

14

8

6

3

1

3

8

8

    Education and health services

6

23

12

12

7

10

8

7

4

3

7

9

8

        Educational services

6

6

3

5

7

13

14

11

10

7

16

11

11

            Elementary and secondary schools

9

11

4

3

7

13

12

10

10

6

15

11

11

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

2

1

2

8

7

10

17

14

12

10

18

12

12

        Health care and social assistance

6

31

16

15

8

9

5

4

1

1

3

8

7

            Hospitals

5

36

18

15

7

5

4

6

2

1

1

8

7

    Public administration

1

9

16

22

24

18

4

4

11

12

1 to 99 workers

13

25

15

12

9

14

5

3

1

1

1

8

7

    1 to 49 workers

14

25

15

13

9

14

5

3

1

1

1

8

7

    50 to 99 workers

12

24

16

12

11

12

7

4

1

1

1

8

7

100 workers or more

6

19

9

12

9

15

11

8

5

2

4

9

9

    100 to 499 workers

7

24

11

13

10

13

10

6

3

1

2

8

8

    500 workers or more

5

15

7

10

8

16

12

11

6

3

6

10

10

Geographic areas

New England

5

14

7

9

9

23

15

11

4

1

3

9

10

Middle Atlantic

7

16

11

11

10

13

10

10

4

2

5

9

9

East North Central

7

24

14

11

10

14

6

5

2

2

4

8

8

West North Central

7

28

15

12

7

12

11

4

2

1

1

8

8

South Atlantic

11

24

11

10

9

15

9

7

2

1

1

8

8

East South Central

20

23

9

16

5

9

5

5

1

1

5

8

7

West South Central

13

22

11

11

11

14

8

3

2

1

4

8

8

Mountain

8

24

11

18

8

13

10

4

3

1

8

8

Pacific

8

17

11

14

9

16

8

6

6

2

2

9

9

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 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: 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/glossary20082009.htm.