Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access

Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access, March 2026 [All workers = 100 percent]
Characteristics	Civilian(1)			Private industry			State and local government
Characteristics	Paid sick leave	Paid vacation	Paid holidays	Paid sick leave	Paid vacation	Paid holidays	Paid sick leave	Paid vacation	Paid holidays
All workers	83	77	79	81	80	81	93	61	68

Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related occupations	94	80	84	93	91	92	94	46	56
Management, business, and financial occupations	97	97	96	97	98	98	-	-	-
Professional and related occupations	92	73	78	92	87	89	94	39	51
Teachers	91	23	35	-	-	-	94	14	29
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	99	20	31	-	-	-	100	12	24
Registered nurses	91	86	89	-	-	-	-	-	-
Service occupations	70	60	59	67	57	56	89	78	80
Protective service occupations	82	83	88	-	-	-	93	92	91
Sales and office occupations	83	80	85	82	79	85	93	85	88
Sales and related occupations	74	68	79	74	68	79	-	-	-
Office and administrative support occupations	88	88	90	88	88	90	93	86	88
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	78	86	89	76	85	88	99	98	96
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	74	79	83	71	77	82	-	-	-
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	83	93	94	82	93	94	-	-	-
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	80	87	88	80	88	88	92	64	74
Production occupations	77	90	92	77	90	92	-	-	-
Transportation and material moving occupations	82	86	85	81	87	86	-	-	-

Full time	90	89	89	88	93	92	99	67	73
Part time	59	37	46	59	38	47	54	25	35

Union	93	74	82	88	89	94	98	58	69
Nonunion	81	77	79	80	79	80	89	63	66

Average wage within the following categories:(2)
Lowest 25 percent	63	56	60	61	55	60	83	60	66
Lowest 10 percent	48	44	48	-	-	-	73	48	53
Second 25 percent	85	84	85	84	84	85	97	85	88
Third 25 percent	91	90	90	89	91	91	98	59	68
Highest 25 percent	95	83	86	95	94	95	97	43	52
Highest 10 percent	97	85	88	97	96	97	95	40	50

Establishment characteristics
Goods-producing industries	81	91	92	81	91	92	-	-	-
Service-providing industries	83	75	77	81	77	79	93	60	67
Education and health services	89	68	73	87	80	82	94	43	54
Educational services	92	42	52	87	66	66	94	35	47
Elementary and secondary schools	94	28	39	-	-	-	94	25	37
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	92	70	81	91	79	84	92	66	79
Health care and social assistance	88	82	85	87	82	84	94	92	92
Hospitals	94	91	93	94	91	93	95	93	92
Public administration	94	92	92	-	-	-	94	92	92

1 to 99 workers	75	71	72	74	72	73	90	54	61
1 to 49 workers	75	71	73	75	71	73	89	67	72
50 to 99 workers	75	70	71	73	74	74	91	43	51
100 workers or more	90	83	86	89	89	91	94	63	70
100 to 499 workers	88	83	86	87	87	88	94	62	69
500 workers or more	92	83	87	91	91	94	94	63	70

Geographic areas
Northeast	90	77	80	90	80	83	91	57	63
New England	90	77	82	90	81	85	91	53	59
Middle Atlantic	90	77	80	90	80	83	92	59	65
South	73	77	78	69	79	80	93	61	68
South Atlantic	74	76	79	71	78	80	92	65	76
East South Central	65	77	77	59	79	78	93	63	70
West South Central	75	77	78	71	81	81	96	54	57
Midwest	81	78	81	79	81	83	92	59	65
East North Central	80	78	81	78	81	82	91	60	68
West North Central	82	78	81	80	81	84	92	57	60
West	94	77	79	94	78	80	96	66	73
Mountain	89	75	76	88	78	78	91	59	65
Pacific	97	77	80	97	79	81	98	69	76
Footnotes (1) Includes workers in private industry and state and local government. See the Handbook of Methods: Employee Benefits at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/eb/ 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/ebs/publications/national-compensation-survey-glossary-of-employee-benefit-terms.htm. SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.

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Last Modified Date: September 25, 2026