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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

(All workers with paid sick leave = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Sick leave provision

Fixed number
of days per
year1

As needed2

Other basis3

All workers

82

3

15

Worker characteristics

 

 

 

Management, professional, and related

83

2

14

    Professional and related

83

2

15

        Teachers

84

2

13

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

84

2

14

Service

81

3

16

    Protective service

80

5

15

Sales and office

82

3

15

    Office and administrative support

82

3

15

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

84

2

14

Production, transportation, and material moving

80

3

17

Full time

83

3

15

Part time

80

3

16

Union

84

3

13

Nonunion

81

2

17

Average wage within the following categories:4

 

 

 

    Lowest 25 percent

82

2

16

        Lowest 10 percent

81

1

18

    Second 25 percent

83

3

15

    Third 25 percent

81

3

17

    Highest 25 percent

83

3

13

        Highest 10 percent

86

3

11

Establishment characteristics

 

 

 

Service-providing industries

82

3

15

    Education and health services

84

2

15

        Educational services

86

2

13

            Elementary and secondary schools

84

1

14

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

89

3

8

        Health care and social assistance

70

3

27

            Hospitals

69

4

27

    Public administration

81

4

15

1 to 99 workers

77

4

19

    1 to 49 workers

78

5

17

    50 to 99 workers

76

–

–

100 workers or more

83

2

14

    100 to 499 workers

85

2

13

    500 workers or more

82

3

15

State government

90

2

8

Local government

80

3

17

Geographic areas

 

 

 

New England

89

–

–

Middle Atlantic

93

4

4

East North Central

84

3

13

West North Central

84

2

14

South Atlantic

75

2

23

East South Central

82

2

17

West South Central

83

3

14

Mountain

83

–

–

Pacific

78

4

18

Footnotes:

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.