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

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

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.