Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access

Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access, March 2025 [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	82	77	80	80	80	81	93	61	68

Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and related occupations	93	80	83	93	90	91	94	46	56
Management, business, and financial occupations	96	96	95	96	97	96	-	-	-
Professional and related occupations	92	73	78	91	87	89	94	39	51
Teachers	90	22	37	-	-	-	94	14	29
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers	98	20	32	-	-	-	100	12	25
Registered nurses	95	89	92	-	-	-	-	-	-
Service occupations	68	61	59	65	59	56	88	77	80
Protective service occupations	-	-	-	-	-	-	92	91	91
Sales and office occupations	82	80	86	81	80	86	93	85	88
Sales and related occupations	72	69	80	72	69	80	-	-	-
Office and administrative support occupations	88	88	90	88	88	90	93	86	88
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	77	84	87	75	83	86	98	98	96
Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	72	78	82	69	76	80	-	-	-
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	83	91	93	82	90	93	-	-	-
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	80	87	88	79	88	89	92	64	74
Production occupations	76	90	93	76	90	93	-	-	-
Transportation and material moving occupations	82	85	85	81	86	86	-	-	-

Full time	90	89	89	88	93	92	99	66	73
Part time	56	38	49	56	40	50	50	23	34

Union	92	75	81	86	91	94	98	58	69
Nonunion	80	78	79	80	79	80	88	63	66

Average wage within the following categories:(2)
Lowest 25 percent	61	57	62	58	55	61	81	58	66
Lowest 10 percent	43	43	49	41	43	49	71	46	53
Second 25 percent	84	84	85	83	84	85	96	86	88
Third 25 percent	91	89	89	88	91	90	98	58	67
Highest 25 percent	95	83	85	94	93	94	96	44	53
Highest 10 percent	96	85	86	96	95	95	94	38	48

Establishment characteristics
Goods-producing industries	79	90	92	79	90	92	-	-	-
Service-providing industries	82	75	77	80	78	79	93	60	67
Education and health services	90	70	74	89	83	84	93	43	54
Educational services	92	42	52	86	65	67	93	34	47
Elementary and secondary schools	94	27	38	-	-	-	94	25	37
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools	90	70	81	88	77	85	91	66	79
Health care and social assistance	89	86	87	89	85	87	93	92	91
Hospitals	95	93	93	95	93	93	94	93	91
Public administration	93	92	92	-	-	-	93	92	92

1 to 99 workers	74	71	73	73	72	73	90	54	62
1 to 49 workers	73	71	73	73	71	73	87	65	69
50 to 99 workers	77	73	72	75	76	74	92	45	55
100 workers or more	89	83	86	88	89	91	93	62	69
100 to 499 workers	88	83	87	87	87	90	92	60	68
500 workers or more	91	83	86	90	91	93	94	63	70

Geographic areas
Northeast	89	76	80	88	79	83	91	57	63
New England	90	78	82	89	81	86	91	53	58
Middle Atlantic	88	76	80	88	79	82	92	59	65
South	73	77	79	70	79	80	93	61	68
South Atlantic	74	77	80	72	79	81	91	65	76
East South Central	67	77	77	63	80	78	92	63	70
West South Central	75	76	77	71	80	81	96	54	57
Midwest	77	78	80	76	81	82	90	57	65
East North Central	77	79	80	76	82	82	89	58	68
West North Central	78	76	80	75	80	83	92	56	59
West	94	78	80	94	80	81	95	65	72
Mountain	87	75	76	87	77	77	91	58	65
Pacific	98	80	82	98	82	83	97	68	76
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.

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