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Standard Errors
Paid holidays: Number of days provided

Table 33. Standard errors for paid holidays: Number of days provided, private industry workers,  National
Compensation Survey, March 2013

Characteristics

Paid holidays

Mean
number
of days

Median
number
of days

Less
than 5
days

5
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

0.3

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

[>0]

1

Worker characteristics

                            

Management, professional, and related

0.5

0.2

1.3

1.1

1.0

0.9

1.2

1.1

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.5

[>0]

[>0]

    Management, business, and financial

0.5

0.2

1.0

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.0

0.5

0.4

0.3

[>0]

0

    Professional and related

0.7

0.3

1.9

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.5

1.2

0.7

0.7

0.4

0.8

[>0]

[>0]

Service

2.0

0.9

2.5

1.7

1.6

1.1

1.1

0.3

0.6

0.1

0.4

0.4

[>0]

0

    Protective service

–

–

7.4

6.7

–

–

1.4

0.4

1.0

0.1

0.1

–

[>0]

0

Sales and office

0.6

0.4

1.0

1.1

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.2

[>0]

0

    Sales and related

1.4

0.7

1.4

1.2

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.2

0.2

–

–

[>0]

0

    Office and administrative support

0.5

0.3

1.3

1.4

0.8

0.8

1.0

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.3

[>0]

0

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

0.9

0.9

2.2

1.6

1.1

1.1

1.4

0.8

0.8

0.4

–

–

[>0]

0

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

1.9

1.0

3.7

2.7

1.9

2.2

2.1

0.9

0.4

–

–

0.2

[>0]

1

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

0.8

1.2

2.9

1.8

1.2

1.0

1.9

1.2

1.3

0.6

–

–

[>0]

0

Production, transportation, and material moving

0.7

0.6

1.3

1.0

1.1

0.8

1.1

0.9

0.7

–

–

0.3

[>0]

0

    Production

0.8

0.6

1.7

1.0

1.6

1.2

1.5

1.2

0.8

–

–

0.5

[>0]

1

    Transportation and material moving

1.1

1.0

1.9

1.5

1.7

1.1

1.5

0.9

1.0

0.5

–

–

[>0]

0

Full time

0.4

0.3

0.8

0.9

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.3

[>0]

0

Part time

1.8

0.8

2.0

1.3

0.8

0.5

1.0

0.5

0.2

0.2

–

–

[>0]

0

Union

0.7

0.3

1.4

1.0

1.5

1.1

1.5

1.3

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.8

[>0]

1

Nonunion

0.5

0.3

0.8

0.9

0.6

0.5

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.1

0.2

[>0]

0

Average wage within the following categories:1

                            

    Lowest 25 percent

1.6

0.8

1.7

1.1

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.5

–

0.1

–

0.1

[>0]

0

        Lowest 10 percent

3.5

1.8

3.1

1.5

1.7

–

0.7

–

–

–

–

–

[>0]

1

    Second 25 percent

0.7

0.4

1.3

1.0

0.8

0.5

0.8

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

[>0]

0

    Third 25 percent

0.5

0.3

1.2

1.1

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.5

[>0]

0

    Highest 25 percent

0.4

0.2

0.8

0.9

0.7

1.0

0.9

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.4

[>0]

0

        Highest 10 percent

–

–

1.1

0.9

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.0

0.7

0.4

0.6

[>0]

1

Establishment characteristics

                            

Goods-producing industries

0.6

0.5

1.2

1.0

1.2

1.0

1.3

0.9

0.8

0.5

0.7

0.4

[>0]

0

    Construction

1.5

1.6

3.1

2.8

1.8

1.6

2.1

0.7

–

–

–

–

[>0]

[>0]

    Manufacturing

0.7

0.4

1.5

0.9

1.4

1.3

1.6

1.2

1.1

0.8

0.9

0.5

[>0]

[>0]

Service-providing industries

0.6

0.3

1.0

0.9

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.3

[>0]

0

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

0.9

0.7

1.2

1.0

0.9

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.2

0.2

[>0]

0

        Wholesale trade

0.8

0.7

2.2

2.3

2.1

1.7

1.3

2.0

0.9

–

–

0.9

[>0]

[>0]

        Retail trade

1.3

1.0

1.5

1.0

0.9

0.7

0.3

–

–

–

–

–

[>0]

0

        Transportation and warehousing

1.6

1.7

2.5

2.5

3.1

1.3

2.2

1.7

–

–

–

–

[>0]

0

        Utilities

–

–

–

–

–

3.8

6.7

–

2.5

–

–

–

[>0]

0

    Information

–

–

3.3

3.2

2.6

2.4

2.3

1.4

1.2

0.2

–

–

[>0]

1

    Financial activities

0.5

0.4

1.2

1.2

1.8

0.9

1.7

1.5

0.6

0.4

–

–

[>0]

1

        Finance and insurance

0.2

0.1

0.8

0.8

1.8

1.1

1.7

0.6

0.5

0.2

–

–

[>0]

[>0]

            Credit intermediation and related activities

0.3

0.3

1.3

0.8

2.0

1.1

2.5

0.9

0.5

–

–

–

[>0]

0

            Insurance carriers and related activities

–

–

1.4

2.0

2.9

2.1

2.3

1.0

0.9

0.4

–

–

[>0]

1

        Real estate and rental and leasing

–

1.4

4.3

4.9

4.1

1.6

–

–

2.4

–

–

–

[>0]

1

    Professional and business services

1.1

0.4

3.0

1.7

1.7

2.2

1.6

1.4

1.0

0.4

–

–

[>0]

0

        Professional and technical services

–

–

2.0

1.9

2.7

2.7

2.8

1.4

1.5

0.6

–

–

[>0]

1

        Administrative and waste services

1.4

0.9

5.9

3.0

2.1

2.9

2.0

–

–

–

–

–

[>0]

1

    Education and health services

1.4

0.6

2.7

2.5

1.4

1.1

2.0

0.9

0.4

0.9

0.3

1.0

[>0]

0

        Educational services

0.1

1.1

0.5

1.8

1.7

1.2

3.5

1.5

1.7

1.3

1.2

3.0

[>0]

[>0]

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.2

1.2

1.0

1.1

1.9

1.7

1.8

1.3

2.9

[>0]

[>0]

        Healthcare and social assistance

1.6

0.7

3.0

2.7

1.5

1.3

1.9

1.0

–

1.0

–

0.9

[>0]

[>0]

    Leisure and hospitality

4.4

1.6

2.9

2.9

2.5

1.3

–

0.7

–

–

–

–

[>0]

[>0]

        Accommodation and food services

5.0

1.9

2.8

3.3

2.5

1.7

–

–

–

–

–

–

[>0]

1

    Other services

2.1

2.8

3.1

3.0

3.4

1.2

2.3

1.1

1.1

–

–

–

[>0]

[>0]

1 to 99 workers

0.7

0.5

1.2

1.4

0.8

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.3

[>0]

0

    1 to 49 workers

0.9

0.7

1.6

1.7

0.9

0.7

0.7

0.8

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.4

[>0]

0

    50 to 99 workers

1.3

0.4

1.7

1.5

1.2

1.4

1.8

0.8

0.8

0.9

–

–

[>0]

0

100 workers or more

0.6

0.3

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.8

1.0

0.7

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.3

[>0]

0

    100 to 499 workers

0.8

0.5

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.1

0.7

0.6

0.3

0.3

0.2

[>0]

1

    500 workers or more

1.0

0.3

1.6

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.4

1.3

0.8

0.5

0.4

0.4

[>0]

0

Geographic areas

                            

New England

2.0

0.7

3.5

3.1

1.2

3.4

3.4

1.8

1.4

0.7

0.2

0.3

[>0]

1

Middle Atlantic

1.7

1.1

1.4

2.9

1.0

0.9

1.3

0.6

0.5

0.4

–

–

[>0]

0

East North Central

1.0

0.5

1.8

1.4

1.3

1.1

1.1

0.7

0.9

0.7

0.4

1.0

[>0]

[>0]

West North Central

0.9

0.4

5.8

2.6

2.4

1.1

1.5

1.5

0.4

0.5

–

–

[>0]

[>0]

South Atlantic

1.0

0.8

1.7

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

0.6

0.8

0.6

–

–

[>0]

0

East South Central

2.9

0.8

2.2

3.1

1.1

1.4

3.5

2.6

1.3

–

0.3

–

[>0]

1

West South Central

1.1

1.1

2.4

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.9

2.0

1.5

0.4

0.2

0.5

[>0]

0

Mountain

2.5

1.1

1.6

1.8

2.4

–

3.1

1.6

0.4

0.2

–

–

[>0]

1

Pacific

1.1

0.3

1.0

2.2

2.5

1.3

1.6

1.1

1.3

0.8

–

–

[>0]

0

1Surveyed 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 Compensation - March 2013."


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.

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