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Table 32. Leave benefits: Access, civilian workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2015

(All workers = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Paid
holidays

Paid sick
leave

Paid
vacations

Paid
personal
leave

Paid
funeral
leave

Paid jury
duty
leave

Paid
military
leave

Family leave2

Paid

Unpaid

All workers

75

65

74

41

63

65

38

13

88

Worker characteristics

                  

Management, professional, and related

80

84

76

59

81

84

55

21

93

    Management, business, and financial

95

88

95

61

84

87

54

27

93

    Professional and related

73

82

68

58

80

83

55

18

93

        Teachers

35

83

17

61

80

86

63

15

93

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

30

95

13

74

87

94

69

18

97

        Registered nurses

86

79

85

65

80

83

52

23

94

Service

54

45

56

24

40

43

23

7

81

    Protective service

81

71

79

43

71

73

56

13

91

Sales and office

80

67

79

42

62

64

35

13

89

    Sales and related

70

53

70

33

49

51

27

8

87

    Office and administrative support

86

75

85

47

70

71

41

16

90

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

83

57

80

31

54

55

30

8

82

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

72

43

67

19

42

42

24

7

80

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

93

70

91

40

64

66

35

10

85

Production, transportation, and material moving

84

58

82

34

64

64

34

6

87

    Production

91

58

90

33

69

68

35

8

88

    Transportation and material moving

78

58

74

35

59

61

32

5

86

Full time

88

78

87

49

74

75

45

15

91

Part time

36

26

33

16

29

32

16

5

79

Union

80

85

74

59

85

88

59

15

94

Nonunion

74

62

74

38

59

61

34

12

87

Average wage within the following categories:3

                  

    Lowest 25 percent

50

34

50

18

34

35

17

5

80

        Lowest 10 percent

37

22

39

10

22

24

11

4

76

    Second 25 percent

84

69

83

42

66

68

36

11

88

    Third 25 percent

89

78

88

49

75

77

46

15

91

    Highest 25 percent

83

87

79

61

84

86

58

21

93

        Highest 10 percent

83

89

79

61

87

90

64

24

95

Establishment characteristics

                  

Goods-producing industries

90

59

88

33

66

67

36

8

87

Service-providing industries

73

66

71

43

62

64

38

14

88

    Education and health services

72

79

65

56

77

80

49

16

93

        Educational services

53

86

39

59

83

88

67

15

94

            Elementary and secondary schools

42

89

27

69

83

91

67

16

94

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

79

86

67

42

88

90

73

14

95

        Health care and social assistance

85

74

83

54

73

74

37

16

93

            Hospitals

93

86

92

69

88

89

54

27

96

    Public administration

88

89

89

53

87

91

82

16

94

1 to 99 workers

68

53

68

28

46

48

21

8

81

    1 to 49 workers

66

50

65

26

42

44

19

8

78

    50 to 99 workers

74

60

76

36

60

62

27

10

90

100 workers or more

82

77

79

53

78

80

53

17

94

    100 to 499 workers

81

70

80

47

71

72

42

14

93

    500 workers or more

82

84

78

60

86

89

65

20

95

Geographic areas

                  

Northeast

75

69

73

54

68

75

42

14

88

    New England

73

66

70

47

66

74

42

13

92

    Middle Atlantic

76

71

75

57

68

75

42

14

86

South

77

66

76

39

65

67

42

13

88

    South Atlantic

78

67

76

42

67

67

43

15

90

    East South Central

76

65

76

33

61

66

40

7

84

    West South Central

75

64

76

39

64

68

43

13

86

Midwest

75

62

74

40

64

64

33

12

88

    East North Central

74

61

74

42

65

65

32

13

88

    West North Central

77

65

74

36

62

61

35

10

87

West

73

64

70

34

55

54

32

12

88

    Mountain

69

60

70

37

55

56

35

10

85

    Pacific

75

66

70

33

54

53

32

14

89

1Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government. See Technical
Note for further explanation.

2The sum of paid and unpaid family leave may exceed 100 percent because some workers have access to both types of plans.

3Surveyed 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 wage data for March 2015.


Note: For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20142015.htm .