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Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access

Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access, March 2022 [All workers = 100 percent]
Characteristics Civilian(1) Private industry State and local government
Paid sick leave Paid vacation Paid holidays Paid sick leave Paid vacation Paid holidays Paid sick leave Paid vacation Paid holidays

All workers

79 77 79 77 79 81 92 61 68

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related occupations

93 80 84 93 91 92 94 46 56

Management, business, and financial occupations

96 97 96 96 98 98 - - -

Professional and related occupations

92 73 78 91 88 90 94 40 51

Teachers

90 23 38 - - - 93 14 30

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

99 21 34 - - - 99 12 25

Registered nurses

94 90 93 - - - - - -

Service occupations

65 60 60 62 57 57 87 76 79

Protective service occupations

83 80 84 72 67 77 92 90 90

Sales and office occupations

79 80 84 78 79 83 92 86 88

Sales and related occupations

70 68 75 70 68 75 - - -

Office and administrative support occupations

85 88 89 84 88 89 93 87 89

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

73 85 87 72 85 86 96 96 95

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

67 77 80 65 75 78 - - -

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

80 94 94 79 94 94 - - -

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

74 85 88 73 86 88 90 62 73

Production occupations

71 91 93 71 90 93 - - -

Transportation and material moving occupations

76 81 83 75 83 84 - - -

Full time

88 88 89 86 92 91 99 67 73

Part time

51 40 49 51 42 50 48 23 33

Union

92 75 80 87 90 91 98 58 69

Nonunion

77 77 79 76 78 80 87 63 67

Average wage within the following categories:(2)

Lowest 25 percent

57 56 60 55 55 59 81 60 66

Lowest 10 percent

40 44 47 38 44 46 71 48 55

Second 25 percent

83 84 86 81 83 85 96 86 88

Third 25 percent

88 91 91 86 92 92 97 60 69

Highest 25 percent

94 82 85 94 93 94 96 41 51

Highest 10 percent

96 84 86 96 95 95 95 37 48

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

75 90 91 75 90 91 - - -

Service-providing industries

80 75 77 78 77 79 92 60 67

Education and health services

88 70 75 85 84 86 93 44 54

Educational services

90 41 52 80 59 66 93 36 48

Elementary and secondary schools

94 28 39 - - - 94 25 37

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

90 70 81 86 73 82 92 68 81

Health care and social assistance

87 88 89 86 87 89 94 93 92

Hospitals

94 93 94 - - - 94 93 91

Public administration

93 91 92 - - - 93 91 92

1 to 99 workers

72 71 73 71 72 74 90 55 61

1 to 49 workers

70 70 72 69 70 72 87 63 68

50 to 99 workers

79 75 76 77 79 80 92 47 55

100 workers or more

87 83 86 86 89 90 93 62 69

100 to 499 workers

84 83 85 83 87 88 91 61 68

500 workers or more

91 83 86 90 91 93 94 63 70

Geographic areas

Northeast

83 74 77 82 76 79 91 56 64

New England

85 72 75 84 74 77 92 55 60

Middle Atlantic

82 74 78 81 77 80 91 57 65

South

74 78 80 71 80 82 93 62 68

South Atlantic

76 79 82 73 82 83 91 65 76

East South Central

71 80 84 67 83 87 92 64 71

West South Central

72 74 74 68 77 78 96 56 56

Midwest

74 77 79 72 80 81 90 56 66

East North Central

74 77 81 72 80 82 88 55 68

West North Central

74 76 76 72 80 78 92 57 61

West

90 78 80 89 80 82 94 67 71

Mountain

81 79 80 79 81 82 90 60 66

Pacific

94 78 80 94 80 81 96 70 74

Footnotes
(1) Includes workers in private industry and state and local government. See the Handbook of Methods: National Compensation Measures at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ncs/home.htm for further explanation.
(2) Surveyed 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.

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/national-compensation-survey-glossary-of-employee-benefit-terms.htm.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

Last Modified Date: September 22, 2022