Paid sick leave: Carryover provisions

Table 36. Paid sick leave: Carryover provisions,  State and local government
workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2013

(All workers with fixed number of days per year sick leave plans = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Carryover provision1

No
carryover
provision

Total

Unlimited
accumulation

Limit on days
accumulated

All workers

92

64

29

8

Worker characteristics

        

Management, professional, and related

93

64

29

7

    Professional and related

93

63

30

7

        Teachers

92

61

31

8

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

92

59

32

8

Service

91

65

25

9

    Protective service

91

65

26

9

Sales and office

92

64

28

8

    Office and administrative support

93

64

29

7

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

–

58

–

–

Production, transportation, and material moving

97

63

35

3

Full time

92

63

29

8

Part time

94

68

26

6

Union

95

67

28

5

Nonunion

89

60

29

11

Average wage within the following categories:2

        

    Lowest 25 percent

89

59

30

11

        Lowest 10 percent

–

56

–

–

    Second 25 percent

94

65

29

6

    Third 25 percent

93

66

27

7

    Highest 25 percent

93

64

29

7

        Highest 10 percent

94

66

27

6

Establishment characteristics

        

Service-providing industries

92

63

29

8

    Education and health services

92

63

29

8

        Educational services

92

63

29

8

            Elementary and secondary schools

92

61

31

8

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

93

70

23

7

        Healthcare and social assistance

89

62

27

11

            Hospitals

–

68

–

–

    Public administration

95

67

29

5

1 to 99 workers

86

51

35

14

    1 to 49 workers

82

49

33

18

    50 to 99 workers

91

53

37

9

100 workers or more

93

65

28

7

    100 to 499 workers

91

52

40

9

    500 workers or more

94

70

24

6

State government

95

76

19

5

Local government

91

59

33

9

Geographic areas

        

New England

94

50

44

6

Middle Atlantic

94

64

29

6

East North Central

94

55

39

6

West North Central

95

47

48

5

South Atlantic

90

69

21

10

East South Central

–

60

–

–

West South Central

85

57

28

15

Mountain

–

73

–

–

Pacific

95

83

13

5

1Plans that allow employees to accumulate unused
sick leave from year to year.


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/glossary20122013.htm.

2Surveyed occupations are classified into wage
categories based on the average wage for the occupation,
which may include workers with earnings both above and
below the threshold.  The categories were formed using
percentile estimates generated using data from the
National Compensation Survey publication, "Employer
Costs for Employee& nbsp;Compensation - March 2013."