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Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access

Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access, March 2024 [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

81 77 79 79 80 81 92 60 68

Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related occupations

93 80 84 92 91 92 94 44 56

Management, business, and financial occupations

95 96 95 96 97 95 - - -

Professional and related occupations

91 74 79 91 88 90 94 38 51

Teachers

90 24 40 - - - 93 12 30

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

98 21 36 - - - 99 10 25

Registered nurses

95 91 93 - - - - - -

Service occupations

67 59 57 64 57 54 87 76 80

Protective service occupations

- - - - - - 92 90 90

Sales and office occupations

81 79 85 80 79 85 93 85 88

Sales and related occupations

70 68 78 70 69 78 - - -

Office and administrative support occupations

88 87 90 87 87 90 93 86 88

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

74 83 86 72 82 85 97 97 96

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

68 75 79 66 73 78 - - -

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

80 92 93 78 91 93 - - -

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

79 86 88 78 87 88 91 64 75

Production occupations

74 90 94 74 90 94 - - -

Transportation and material moving occupations

81 84 84 81 85 85 - - -

Full time

89 88 88 87 92 91 99 65 73

Part time

55 38 48 55 40 49 49 22 34

Union

91 75 82 84 91 94 98 57 69

Nonunion

79 77 79 79 78 80 88 62 66

Average wage within the following categories:(2)

Lowest 25 percent

60 56 61 58 56 60 81 58 66

Lowest 10 percent

- - - - - - 71 45 53

Second 25 percent

84 83 84 84 83 84 95 86 88

Third 25 percent

88 90 90 86 92 91 98 58 68

Highest 25 percent

95 82 85 94 93 94 96 41 52

Highest 10 percent

95 85 87 95 95 95 94 36 49

Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

76 90 91 76 89 91 - - -

Service-providing industries

82 75 77 80 78 79 92 59 67

Education and health services

90 71 76 88 84 87 93 42 54

Educational services

91 42 54 83 70 74 93 34 48

Elementary and secondary schools

94 27 39 - - - 94 23 37

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools

90 69 81 89 75 85 91 66 79

Health care and social assistance

89 87 89 88 86 89 94 92 92

Hospitals

94 94 93 94 94 93 94 92 91

Public administration

93 91 92 - - - 93 91 92

1 to 99 workers

73 70 72 72 72 73 90 53 61

1 to 49 workers

72 70 73 71 70 73 87 63 68

50 to 99 workers

76 72 69 74 76 71 92 44 55

100 workers or more

89 83 86 88 89 91 93 61 69

100 to 499 workers

88 84 87 87 88 90 92 60 69

500 workers or more

90 82 86 88 91 92 94 62 69

Geographic areas

Northeast

88 76 79 88 79 82 91 56 63

New England

89 74 77 89 77 79 91 54 59

Middle Atlantic

88 77 80 88 80 82 92 56 64

South

72 77 78 69 79 80 93 61 68

South Atlantic

74 79 81 72 81 81 91 65 76

East South Central

68 76 78 64 78 79 92 63 70

West South Central

70 73 75 65 77 78 96 54 56

Midwest

76 78 81 75 81 83 89 55 65

East North Central

76 77 81 74 80 83 88 55 68

West North Central

77 79 79 75 82 82 92 55 59

West

92 77 79 92 78 80 95 65 72

Mountain

86 76 76 86 78 78 91 58 65

Pacific

95 77 81 95 79 81 97 68 75

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

Last Modified Date: September 19, 2024