Standard Errors
Paid holidays: Number of days provided

Table 33. Standard errors for paid holidays: Number of days provided, State and local government workers, National
Compensation Survey, March 2012

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

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.4

1.3

1.9

1.3

1.1

0.6

0.5

0.1

0.0

Worker characteristics

                          

Management, professional, and related

0.8

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.8

1.3

2.6

1.4

1.4

0.8

0.5

0.1

0.0

    Professional and related

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.6

1.3

2.9

1.4

1.6

0.9

0.6

0.1

0.0

        Teachers

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.5

2.3

1.7

3.0

1.2

2.1

2.3

2.0

0.3

0.7

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

2.9

3.0

–

–

1.7

2.2

2.9

1.0

–

–

1.1

0.3

1.0

Service

0.9

0.6

0.6

0.7

1.6

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.5

0.8

1.5

0.2

[1]

    Protective service

0.3

–

–

0.5

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.9

2.3

1.1

0.6

0.1

0.1

Sales and office

0.7

0.5

0.5

1.1

1.6

2.4

2.3

2.5

1.4

0.8

1.1

0.1

0.1

    Office and administrative support

0.4

0.6

0.5

1.2

1.7

2.5

2.4

2.5

1.4

0.9

1.1

0.1

0.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

–

0.6

–

–

1.8

2.8

3.2

2.5

1.2

0.5

1.8

0.1

0.0

Production, transportation, and material moving

2.4

1.6

2.5

2.2

1.3

3.7

4.7

2.8

2.0

1.3

2.1

0.3

0.0

Full time

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

1.4

1.3

1.9

1.4

1.1

0.6

0.5

0.1

0.0

Part time

1.8

–

1.8

–

1.9

2.3

3.6

2.0

1.9

1.3

1.4

0.2

1.1

Union

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.5

1.8

1.0

2.1

1.7

1.3

0.8

0.7

0.1

0.3

Nonunion

0.8

0.6

0.6

1.4

1.8

2.3

2.3

1.6

1.4

0.8

0.8

0.1

0.0

Average wage within the following categories:2

                          

    Lowest 25 percent

1.5

0.7

0.8

2.1

1.7

2.7

2.0

1.7

1.2

0.7

1.2

0.2

0.0

        Lowest 10 percent

3.2

1.3

–

2.6

1.8

3.2

2.8

2.0

1.3

1.0

–

0.5

1.3

    Second 25 percent

0.3

0.3

0.5

1.0

1.8

1.3

2.8

2.0

1.7

0.6

1.4

0.1

0.1

    Third 25 percent

0.4

1.2

0.3

0.9

2.0

1.8

2.5

1.6

1.6

1.1

0.7

0.1

0.0

    Highest 25 percent

1.1

0.5

1.4

0.7

1.3

0.9

2.1

1.6

1.1

1.3

1.1

0.2

0.4

        Highest 10 percent

1.4

–

–

1.3

2.1

1.1

3.4

1.9

1.6

1.9

1.6

0.2

0.2

Establishment characteristics

                          

Service-providing industries

0.5

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.4

1.3

1.9

1.3

1.1

0.6

0.5

0.1

0.0

    Education and health services

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.4

1.0

1.6

3.1

1.1

1.4

1.0

1.0

0.1

0.0

        Educational services

1.0

0.9

1.2

1.6

1.1

1.7

2.7

0.9

1.5

1.2

1.2

0.1

0.0

            Elementary and secondary schools

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.1

1.7

1.8

0.7

2.1

1.5

1.2

0.2

0.9

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

0.9

0.2

–

–

2.3

–

–

2.2

1.9

2.0

2.5

0.2

1.2

        Healthcare and social assistance

–

2.6

1.6

1.4

1.9

2.2

–

4.1

2.8

1.1

–

0.3

0.7

            Hospitals

–

–

2.5

2.3

1.5

–

–

5.1

3.8

0.5

–

0.3

0.6

    Public administration

0.2

–

–

0.3

3.0

2.0

2.1

2.5

1.6

0.8

0.4

0.1

0.2

1 to 99 workers

0.7

0.9

1.5

2.4

2.7

2.5

3.8

3.6

1.9

0.9

0.5

0.1

0.0

    1 to 49 workers

–

–

–

–

1.9

3.1

5.4

4.3

2.7

1.0

0.6

0.2

0.0

    50 to 99 workers

1.5

2.0

–

–

–

–

5.3

–

2.6

–

–

0.3

0.9

100 workers or more

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.9

1.3

1.4

2.0

1.4

1.1

0.7

0.6

0.1

0.0

    100 to 499 workers

1.4

0.9

1.3

0.7

1.6

2.3

2.6

2.3

1.9

1.3

0.9

0.2

0.0

    500 workers or more

0.5

0.6

0.5

1.1

1.4

1.5

2.4

1.6

1.3

0.8

0.8

0.1

0.1

State government

0.2

–

0.4

–

3.1

2.5

4.4

2.9

1.5

0.9

1.1

0.1

0.2

Local government

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.8

1.4

1.4

1.1

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.1

0.0

Geographic areas

                          

New England

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

7.6

–

–

–

0.1

0.0

Middle Atlantic

0.2

–

–

–

0.5

–

2.1

1.7

1.5

1.0

0.6

0.1

0.0

East North Central

1.6

1.1

1.2

0.8

2.6

2.6

2.1

3.4

1.6

1.4

0.8

0.2

0.0

West North Central

1.2

1.8

–

–

–

3.3

–

–

–

–

–

0.3

0.0

South Atlantic

0.5

1.2

–

0.9

–

1.9

3.7

3.2

2.6

1.6

0.9

0.2

0.0

East South Central

–

–

–

–

–

–

3.1

3.2

2.5

–

4.9

0.4

1.5

West South Central

2.6

1.7

1.5

1.0

1.2

2.3

4.5

2.9

3.9

2.0

1.5

0.4

0.1

Mountain

–

–

–

–

1.4

6.5

4.1

2.4

–

–

2.2

0.2

1.3

Pacific

1.0

–

–

0.9

–

2.2

3.3

2.0

2.3

2.0

0.9

0.2

0.3

1Less 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/glossary20112012.htm.

2The 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, 2010." See Technical Note for more
details.