Paid vacations: number of days by service requirement Standard Errors

Table 36. Standard errors for paid vacations: Number of annual days by service requirement,1 State and local
government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2010

Characteristics

Paid vacations days by length of service2

Mean
number of
days

Median
number of
days

Less than 5
days

5 to 9 days

10 to 14
days

15 to 19
days

20 to 24
days

Greater
than 24
days

After 1 year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All workers

1.0

0.8

1.3

1.6

0.9

0.2

0.2

0.0

Full time

1.0

0.8

1.3

1.7

1.0

0.2

0.2

0.0

Part time

–

2.8

4.3

2.1

2.3

–

0.3

0.1

Union

0.6

1.2

1.6

1.1

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.5

Nonunion

1.7

0.9

2.1

2.7

1.6

0.3

0.3

0.0

1 to 99 workers

1.7

2.4

3.2

2.0

–

–

0.3

0.6

    1 to 49 workers

–

3.7

4.5

2.3

1.6

–

0.5

0.3

    50 to 99 workers

2.1

2.9

4.5

4.0

1.2

–

0.3

0.7

100 workers or more

1.0

0.9

1.4

1.7

1.1

0.2

0.2

0.0

    100 to 499 workers

1.3

2.1

2.3

2.0

1.2

0.3

0.3

1.1

    500 workers or more

1.2

0.9

1.5

1.9

1.2

0.3

0.2

0.0

After 5 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All workers

0.5

0.5

1.3

1.2

1.7

0.4

0.2

0.0

Full time

0.5

0.5

1.4

1.3

1.8

0.4

0.2

0.0

Part time

–

2.1

4.7

3.7

1.4

–

0.4

1.4

Union

0.3

1.1

1.3

1.6

0.7

0.6

0.1

0.0

Nonunion

0.9

0.4

1.9

1.9

2.9

0.5

0.3

0.0

1 to 99 workers

1.0

1.2

2.6

3.3

1.2

0.9

0.3

0.0

    1 to 49 workers

–

1.2

3.8

4.5

1.9

–

0.4

0.0

    50 to 99 workers

–

2.6

4.0

4.3

1.2

–

0.4

0.0

100 workers or more

0.6

0.5

1.4

1.4

1.9

0.5

0.2

0.0

    100 to 499 workers

0.5

0.8

2.3

2.5

1.8

0.8

0.2

0.0

    500 workers or more

0.7

0.7

1.6

1.5

2.2

0.6

0.2

0.0

After 10 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All workers

0.5

0.4

0.8

1.6

1.5

0.6

0.2

0.0

Full time

0.5

0.4

0.8

1.6

1.6

0.6

0.2

[3]

Part time

–

1.5

2.1

4.6

2.7

–

0.5

0.4

Union

0.3

0.8

0.6

1.7

1.2

0.8

0.1

0.0

Nonunion

0.9

0.3

1.3

2.4

2.4

0.8

0.3

[3]

1 to 99 workers

1.0

0.7

1.9

3.0

2.4

1.1

0.3

1.3

    1 to 49 workers

–

–

2.7

4.1

3.4

1.4

0.5

1.2

    50 to 99 workers

–

–

2.8

4.9

3.0

1.9

0.4

1.3

100 workers or more

0.6

0.4

0.8

1.7

1.6

0.7

0.2

[3]

    100 to 499 workers

–

–

1.9

3.1

2.1

1.2

0.3

0.0

    500 workers or more

0.7

0.5

0.8

2.0

2.0

0.8

0.2

0.2

After 20 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All workers

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.9

1.7

1.5

0.2

0.0

Full time

0.5

0.4

0.6

1.0

1.8

1.6

0.2

0.1

Part time

–

–

1.8

3.0

4.9

2.8

0.5

0.9

Union

0.1

0.8

0.4

0.8

2.3

1.9

0.2

0.7

Nonunion

0.9

0.2

1.0

1.5

2.5

2.3

0.3

0.5

1 to 99 workers

–

–

2.0

2.2

3.3

3.3

0.4

0.3

    1 to 49 workers

–

–

2.8

3.0

4.1

3.6

0.6

0.3

    50 to 99 workers

–

–

2.7

3.4

5.4

5.5

0.5

0.8

100 workers or more

0.6

0.4

0.5

1.0

2.0

1.7

0.2

0.2

    100 to 499 workers

–

–

1.5

2.1

2.7

2.3

0.3

0.4

    500 workers or more

0.7

0.5

0.5

1.3

2.3

1.8

0.2

0.6

Footnotes:

1Employees either are granted a specific number of days after completion of the indicated length of service or accrue days during the next 12-month period. The total number
of days is assumed to be available for use immediately upon completion of the service interval. Periods of service are chosen arbitrarily and do not necessarily reflect individual
provisions for progression. Fractional vacation amounts were rounded to the nearest full number of days.

2Employees eligible for paid vacations but who have not fulfilled the minimum service requirement are included as receiving 0 days. Estimates include plans that are
exclusively for paid vacation and vacation plans that are part of a consolidated leave plan that provides a single amount of time-off for workers to use for multiple purposes.

3Less than 0.05.


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.