Table 1. Workers with access to paid leave by selected characteristics, averages for the periods 2017-2018 and 2024-2025

Table 1. Workers with access to paid leave by selected characteristics, averages for the periods 2017-2018 and 2024-2025
Characteristic	Percent of workers with access to paid leave
	2017-2018(1)			2024-2025(1)			Change from 2017-2018 to 2024-2025 (percentage points)(2)
	Yes	No	Do not know	Yes	No	Do not know	Yes	No	Do not know
Age
Total, 15 years and over	66.0	32.9	1.1	71.0	27.8	1.2	5.1	-5.2	0.1
15 to 24 years	35.4	62.0	2.6	44.1	52.9	3.0	8.7	-9.1	0.4
25 to 34 years	70.3	29.1	0.6	76.3	22.9	0.8	6.1	-6.2	0.2
35 to 44 years	71.7	27.4	0.9	77.0	22.2	0.8	5.3	-5.2	-0.1
45 to 54 years	74.4	24.4	1.2	75.9	22.4	1.7	1.5	-2.1	0.5
55 to 64 years	74.2	24.9	0.9	81.5	18.1	0.4	7.3	-6.7	-0.5
65 years and over	51.7	48.2	0.1	55.2	44.3	0.5	3.5	-3.9	0.4
Sex
Men	66.8	32.3	0.9	72.6	26.3	1.1	5.8	-6.0	0.2
Women	65.0	33.6	1.3	69.3	29.4	1.3	4.3	-4.3	0.0
Race
White	66.3	32.6	1.1	71.6	27.3	1.1	5.4	-5.4	0.0
Black or African American	62.6	36.3	1.2	66.5	32.0	1.5	3.9	-4.3	0.3
Asian	71.5	27.9	0.6	75.3	22.6	2.2	3.8	-5.4	1.6
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(3)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	49.9	48.4	1.7	59.4	38.2	2.4	9.5	-10.2	0.7
Non-Hispanic or Latino	69.2	29.8	1.0	73.9	25.2	0.9	4.7	-4.6	-0.1
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	38.9	57.8	3.3	42.5	53.0	4.4	3.6	-4.8	1.2
High school graduates, no college	64.0	35.2	0.8	71.8	27.1	1.1	7.8	-8.1	0.3
Some college or associate degree	71.8	27.4	0.8	72.6	26.8	0.6	0.8	-0.6	-0.2
Bachelor's degree and higher	79.0	20.4	0.6	82.9	16.6	0.5	3.9	-3.9	-0.1
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	70.2	28.9	1.0	75.5	23.6	0.9	5.3	-5.3	0.0
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	70.4	29.1	0.5	76.3	23.7	z	5.9	-5.5	-0.5
Parent of a child under 13 years	70.1	28.8	1.1	75.3	23.5	1.2	5.1	-5.3	0.1
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	63.9	34.9	1.2	69.0	29.7	1.3	5.1	-5.3	0.2
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	81.5	17.8	0.7	89.5	9.7	0.9	7.9	-8.1	0.2
Professional and related	75.8	23.6	0.5	80.3	19.3	0.4	4.5	-4.3	-0.2
Services	43.2	54.3	2.5	44.9	52.7	2.4	1.8	-1.6	-0.2
Sales and related	55.7	41.6	2.7	61.4	35.4	3.2	5.7	-6.2	0.5
Office and administrative support	71.1	28.3	0.6	70.8	28.9	0.3	-0.3	0.7	-0.3
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	35.8	64.0	0.3	50.0	48.9	1.1	14.3	-15.0	0.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair	79.2	19.6	1.2	77.5	20.3	2.1	-1.7	0.7	0.9
Production	70.2	28.9	0.9	73.4	25.9	0.7	3.2	-3.0	-0.1
Transportation and material moving	55.7	43.3	0.9	65.7	32.9	1.4	10.0	-10.4	0.5
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	44.9	53.5	1.6	s	s	s	s	s	s
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	43.3	56.2	0.5	57.7	41.3	1.0	14.4	-14.9	0.6
Manufacturing	79.8	19.7	0.5	83.0	16.3	0.7	3.2	-3.4	0.2
Wholesale and retail trade	61.3	36.7	2.0	66.0	31.5	2.5	4.7	-5.2	0.5
Transportation and utilities	73.2	26.3	0.5	75.7	23.6	0.7	2.5	-2.7	0.2
Information	80.1	19.9	z	77.0	19.1	3.9	-3.1	-0.8	3.9
Financial activities	78.8	20.0	1.1	86.1	13.6	0.3	7.3	-6.5	-0.8
Professional and business services	70.0	29.0	1.1	78.5	20.3	1.2	8.6	-8.6	0.1
Education and health services	69.5	29.6	0.9	72.1	27.1	0.8	2.5	-2.5	-0.1
Leisure and hospitality	33.4	64.0	2.6	38.7	60.3	1.0	5.3	-3.7	-1.6
Other services	44.8	54.6	0.7	57.6	40.3	2.0	12.9	-14.2	1.4
Public administration	88.0	11.3	0.6	91.8	7.3	0.9	3.7	-4.0	0.3
Class of worker
Private sector	63.1	35.7	1.2	69.2	29.5	1.3	6.1	-6.2	0.1
Private, for profit	62.6	36.1	1.3	68.1	30.5	1.4	5.6	-5.7	0.1
Private, not for profit	68.2	31.4	0.4	77.7	21.9	0.4	9.5	-9.6	0.0
Public sector	79.2	20.2	0.6	80.8	18.4	0.8	1.6	-1.8	0.2
Federal government	91.3	8.7	z	92.9	6.5	0.6	1.6	-2.2	0.6
State government	74.6	24.5	0.9	75.1	23.1	1.9	0.4	-1.4	1.0
Local government	78.0	21.4	0.6	80.0	19.8	0.1	2.1	-1.5	-0.5
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(4)
Full-time workers	77.0	22.2	0.8	80.7	18.4	0.8	3.7	-3.8	0.0
Part-time workers	23.3	74.1	2.5	32.2	64.5	3.2	8.9	-9.6	0.7
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	56.5	42.1	1.3	62.6	35.6	1.8	6.0	-6.5	0.5
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	80.0	19.2	0.8	85.5	14.3	0.3	5.4	-4.9	-0.5
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	83.9	15.5	0.6	84.3	15.2	0.5	0.4	-0.3	-0.1
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	86.0	13.5	0.6	90.9	8.3	0.8	4.9	-5.2	0.3
(1) The subcategories do not sum to 100 percent because a small number of workers did not provide this information. (2) Changes were calculated using unrounded estimates for 2017-2018 and 2024-2025. (3) People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. (4) Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week. Part-time workers usually work less than 35 hours per week. s - Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. z - Estimate is approximately zero.
Note: Data refer to wage and salary workers at their main jobs. All self-employed workers (including workers with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses) are excluded. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to workers 15 years and over. Effective with January 2020 ATUS data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2024-2025 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

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