Paid holidays: number of days provided Data Table

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Paid holidays: number of days provided Data Table

Table 33. Paid holidays: Number of days provided, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2010
(All workers with paid holidays = 100 percent)
Characteristics	Paid holidays											Mean number of days	Median number of days
Characteristics	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	Mean number of days	Median number of days
All workers	4	4	3	3	8	15	18	17	13	6	9	11	11
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related	6	6	3	3	9	14	17	15	13	6	9	11	11
Professional and related	7	7	3	4	9	13	15	14	12	6	9	11	11
Teachers	13	13	5	5	10	11	13	9	6	6	10	10	10
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	16	19	�	�	6	12	13	4	�	�	10	10	10
Service	2	3	3	3	8	15	19	16	16	7	10	12	11
Protective service	�	�	1	1	9	17	24	17	20	4	5	11	11
Sales and office	1	2	2	3	7	15	20	21	13	7	8	11	11
Office and administrative support	�	2	�	3	8	15	20	21	14	7	8	12	11
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance	�	2	1	�	6	21	23	20	11	3	8	11	11
Production, transportation, and material moving	8	4	5	4	8	16	20	15	11	4	5	10	11
Full time	3	4	3	3	8	15	19	17	14	6	8	11	11
Part time	9	�	5	�	10	11	15	8	9	7	13	11	11
Union	3	5	2	2	7	11	17	19	17	6	9	11	12
Nonunion	4	3	3	5	10	18	19	15	10	6	8	11	11
Average wage within the following categories:1
Lowest 25 percent	6	5	3	6	10	17	17	13	7	5	10	11	11
Lowest 10 percent	9	7	4	6	8	18	17	12	�	4	�	10	10
Second 25 percent	1	2	2	2	8	18	20	18	13	7	8	11	11
Third 25 percent	2	6	1	2	7	15	20	18	15	6	7	11	11
Highest 25 percent	7	4	4	2	8	9	15	16	19	6	10	11	12
Highest 10 percent	5	1	4	4	12	7	14	16	21	7	10	12	12
Establishment characteristics
Service-providing industries	4	4	3	3	8	15	18	16	13	6	9	11	11
Education and health services	7	7	4	5	7	13	14	12	11	8	13	11	11
Educational services	7	7	4	5	8	13	13	9	10	8	15	11	11
Elementary and secondary schools	10	11	4	4	7	13	12	8	9	7	15	11	11
Junior colleges, colleges, and universities	2	1	�	�	8	�	�	12	11	11	16	12	12
Health care and social assistance	�	7	5	4	7	8	�	25	16	6	3	11	11
Hospitals	�	�	8	6	7	�	�	26	14	4	�	10	11
Public administration	[2]	�	�	1	10	16	22	23	18	5	4	11	11
1 to 99 workers	3	2	5	4	9	19	25	14	11	5	2	11	11
1 to 49 workers	�	�	�	6	7	26	26	16	10	4	3	11	11
50 to 99 workers	6	4	�	�	�	10	24	�	13	6	�	10	11
100 workers or more	4	4	2	3	8	14	17	17	14	6	10	11	11
100 to 499 workers	6	3	4	3	8	16	21	18	10	5	6	11	11
500 workers or more	3	5	2	3	8	14	16	17	15	7	11	11	11
State government	1	�	1	�	11	15	17	20	16	6	9	12	12
Local government	5	6	4	3	7	15	19	15	12	6	8	11	11
Geographic areas
New England	�	�	5	�	�	�	�	27	28	2	�	12	12
Middle Atlantic	1	�	2	�	3	�	13	29	17	8	15	13	12
East North Central	7	2	4	3	18	21	10	14	10	7	3	10	10
West North Central	5	5	�	�	�	21	�	�	�	�	�	10	10
South Atlantic	�	10	2	2	�	14	26	20	8	4	3	11	11
East South Central	�	�	�	�	�	�	13	�	�	�	�	11	11
West South Central	4	4	3	4	8	12	19	8	4	15	19	12	11
Mountain	�	2	�	�	3	37	25	11	�	�	�	12	11
Pacific	2	�	1	�	�	9	17	10	30	10	9	12	12
Footnotes:
1The 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. 2Less than 0.5 percent. 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.