Standard Errors
Paid sick leave: Carryover provisions

Table 36. Standard errors for paid sick leave: Carryover provisions,  State and
local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2013

Characteristics

Carryover provision1

No
carryover
provision

Total

Unlimited
accumulation

Limit on days
accumulated

All workers

0.9

1.9

1.5

0.9

Worker characteristics

        

Management, professional, and related

0.8

2.0

1.8

0.8

    Professional and related

0.9

2.2

1.9

0.9

        Teachers

1.1

2.3

2.1

1.1

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

1.2

2.6

2.4

1.2

Service

1.8

2.4

1.9

1.8

    Protective service

2.7

3.5

3.0

2.7

Sales and office

1.5

2.9

2.5

1.5

    Office and administrative support

1.4

2.9

2.6

1.4

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

–

3.7

–

–

Production, transportation, and material moving

0.8

4.3

4.1

0.8

Full time

0.9

2.0

1.6

0.9

Part time

2.0

3.0

2.7

2.0

Union

0.7

1.7

1.6

0.7

Nonunion

1.6

3.0

2.2

1.6

Average wage within the following categories:2

        

    Lowest 25 percent

2.3

3.1

2.0

2.3

        Lowest 10 percent

–

4.4

–

–

    Second 25 percent

1.0

2.6

2.3

1.0

    Third 25 percent

1.3

2.4

2.0

1.3

    Highest 25 percent

0.8

1.8

1.6

0.8

        Highest 10 percent

1.1

2.2

1.9

1.1

Establishment characteristics

        

Service-providing industries

0.9

1.9

1.5

0.9

    Education and health services

1.0

2.0

1.7

1.0

        Educational services

1.0

2.0

1.8

1.0

            Elementary and secondary schools

1.1

2.2

2.2

1.1

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

2.4

4.6

3.6

2.4

        Healthcare and social assistance

2.6

5.3

4.3

2.6

            Hospitals

–

6.7

–

–

    Public administration

1.2

2.7

2.4

1.2

1 to 99 workers

2.9

5.2

4.0

2.9

    1 to 49 workers

4.4

6.2

6.0

4.4

    50 to 99 workers

2.8

7.9

6.7

2.8

100 workers or more

0.9

1.8

1.5

0.9

    100 to 499 workers

1.8

3.5

3.0

1.8

    500 workers or more

1.0

1.8

1.6

1.0

State government

1.7

3.5

2.8

1.7

Local government

0.9

1.9

1.6

0.9

Geographic areas

        

New England

1.4

5.2

5.8

1.4

Middle Atlantic

1.6

2.1

1.4

1.6

East North Central

1.4

3.4

2.6

1.4

West North Central

1.4

7.3

6.8

1.4

South Atlantic

2.5

5.1

4.8

2.5

East South Central

–

9.0

–

–

West South Central

3.0

6.3

3.8

3.0

Mountain

–

9.0

–

–

Pacific

0.9

4.2

3.5

0.9

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


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/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."