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Paid sick leave: Type of provision Data Table
Table 34. Paid sick leave: Type of provision, State and local
government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2010
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(All workers with paid sick leave = 100 percent)
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Characteristics
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Sick leave provision
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Fixed number
of days per
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As needed2
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Other basis3
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Management, professional, and related
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Primary, secondary, and special education
school teachers
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Office and administrative support
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Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
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Average wage within the following categories:4
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Establishment characteristics
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Service-providing industries
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Education and health services
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Elementary and secondary schools
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Junior colleges, colleges, and universities
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Health care and social assistance
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1Employees earn or accrue a specified number of sick leave days per year. This number may vary by
length of service.
2Plan does not specify maximum number of days.
3Includes sick leave plans, such as those available as part of consolidated leave plans, which may also
provide vacations, personal leave, etc.
4The 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.
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.
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