U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Department of Labor Logo United States Department of Labor
Dot gov

The .gov means it's official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you're on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Employee Benefits
Bureau of Labor Statistics > Employee Benefits > Home

Employee Benefits provides comprehensive data collected as part of the National Compensation Survey. Data include estimates on the percentage of workers with access to and participating in employer provided benefit plans, as well as details of what those plans provide.

Notices

  • The National Compensation Measures Handbook of Methods has been divided into three new Handbook of Methods that focus on the three separate NCS publications (ECI, ECEC, Benefits). Read More »
  • Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2025 Read More »
  • Health care plan provisions for private industry workers, 2024 Read More »

Charts

read more »

Latest Numbers

RSS
Civilian Workers, Compensation

Access to defined contribution retirement plans 65% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to defined benefit retirement plans 24% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to paid holiday 80% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to paid vacation 77% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to paid sick leave 82% in 2025 Historical Data

Participating in medical care plans 48% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to wellness programs 48% in 2025 Historical Data

Private industry workers

Access to defined contribution retirement plans 70% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to defined benefit retirement plans 14% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to paid holiday 81% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to paid vacation 80% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to paid sick leave 80% in 2025 Historical Data

Participating in medical care plans 45% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to wellness programs 46% in 2025 Historical Data

State and local government workers

Access to defined contribution retirement plans 38% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to defined benefit retirement plans 86% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to paid holiday 68% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to paid vacation 61% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to paid sick leave 93% in 2025 Historical Data

Participating in medical care plans 67% in 2025 Historical Data

Access to wellness programs 64% in 2025 Historical Data

read more »

News Releases

Retirement benefits are available to 72% of private industry workers in March 2025

09/25/2025

Retirement benefits were available to 59 percent of private industry workers in establishments with less than 100 workers and 90 percent in establishments with 500 or more workers in March 2025.
HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts


Next Release

The Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2026 is scheduled to be released in September 2026 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
read more »

Publications

The Economics Daily

The Economics Daily article image

Labor Day: A closer look at wages and benefits for unionized workers

Labor unions celebrated the first Labor Day with a parade in 1882, and Congress declared it a federal holiday 12 years later. In recognition of labor unions and the federal holiday, let’s look at some wage and benefit data by bargaining status (that is, whether workers are represented by unions). read more »

Monthly Labor Review

Monthly Labor Review article image

ERISA at 50: BLS tracks the evolution of retirement benefits

This article follows the many changes to Bureau of Labor Statistics retirement income studies and shows the challenges of providing statistics on such a varied and frequently evolving topic. read more »

Spotlight on Statistics

Spotlight on Statistics article image

Keeping America Moving: Characteristics of the Transportation and Warehousing Industry

National Transportation Week, created in 1962 and celebrated from May 12–18 this year, recognizes those who build and operate our Nation’s transportation systems. Observance of the week sprung from National Defense Transportation Day which dates to 1957, a year after President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act leading to the creation of the interstate highway system. read more »

Beyond the Numbers

Beyond the Numbers article image

How do retirement plans for private industry and state and local government workers compare?

The National Compensation Survey (NCS) produces two annual publications that provide a rich amount of information on retirement plans. How retirement plans differ between private industry workers and state and local government workers is a major point of interest. What type of plans are offered to workers? Are plan characteristics different or basically the same? read more »

1 2 3 4