Table 2. Workers with access to paid or unpaid leave by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2024-2025

Table 2. Workers with access to paid or unpaid leave by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2024-2025
Characteristic	Total workers (in thou- sands)	Percent of workers with access to:
		Paid leave(1)			Unpaid leave(1)			Paid or unpaid leave(1,2)
		Yes	No	Do not know	Yes	No	Do not know	Yes	No	Do not know
Age
Total, 15 years and over	151,490	71.0	27.8	1.2	77.7	14.0	8.3	94.2	4.6	1.2
15 to 24 years	22,534	44.1	52.9	3.0	85.2	10.6	4.2	93.6	5.7	0.7
25 to 34 years	35,371	76.3	22.9	0.8	76.5	14.4	9.1	94.0	4.2	1.8
35 to 44 years	33,520	77.0	22.2	0.8	77.3	13.7	9.0	95.7	3.4	0.9
45 to 54 years	28,735	75.9	22.4	1.7	75.6	15.3	9.1	94.1	4.2	1.6
55 to 64 years	21,795	81.5	18.1	0.4	76.2	14.2	9.6	95.2	3.8	1.0
65 years and over	9,535	55.2	44.3	0.5	75.6	17.8	6.6	88.8	10.0	1.2
Sex
Men	78,956	72.6	26.3	1.1	76.8	14.3	8.9	94.1	4.2	1.7
Women	72,534	69.3	29.4	1.3	78.7	13.7	7.6	94.3	4.9	0.8
Race(3)
White	117,311	71.6	27.3	1.1	78.2	13.8	8.1	95.0	3.9	1.1
Black or African American	19,628	66.5	32.0	1.5	76.3	16.4	7.3	90.6	7.5	1.8
Asian	10,294	75.3	22.6	2.2	73.8	11.9	14.3	93.3	4.6	2.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(4)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	30,290	59.4	38.2	2.4	79.7	13.2	7.2	91.4	6.1	2.5
Non-Hispanic or Latino	121,200	73.9	25.2	0.9	77.2	14.2	8.5	94.9	4.2	0.9
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	7,529	42.5	53.0	4.4	80.4	12.3	7.3	87.9	8.6	3.5
High school graduates, no college	31,732	71.8	27.1	1.1	77.5	16.4	6.1	92.8	5.6	1.6
Some college or associate degree	26,327	72.6	26.8	0.6	78.9	14.7	6.5	95.6	4.0	0.4
Bachelor's degree and higher	63,369	82.9	16.6	0.5	74.3	14.0	11.7	95.3	3.4	1.3
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	47,477	75.5	23.6	0.9	76.0	15.4	8.6	93.4	5.3	1.3
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	10,062	76.3	23.7	z	77.6	12.8	9.6	94.7	4.4	0.9
Parent of a child under 13 years	37,415	75.3	23.5	1.2	75.6	16.1	8.3	93.0	5.6	1.4
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	104,014	69.0	29.7	1.3	78.5	13.4	8.1	94.6	4.2	1.2
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	26,106	89.5	9.7	0.9	74.6	14.0	11.4	97.4	1.8	0.8
Professional and related	43,567	80.3	19.3	0.4	74.1	14.8	11.2	94.8	3.8	1.4
Services	23,282	44.9	52.7	2.4	81.1	13.4	5.5	90.6	7.5	2.0
Sales and related	11,810	61.4	35.4	3.2	81.9	11.1	7.1	95.0	5.0	z
Office and administrative support	14,976	70.8	28.9	0.3	77.0	17.2	5.8	94.1	5.4	0.4
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	5,848	50.0	48.9	1.1	87.7	9.9	2.4	92.9	6.8	0.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair	5,234	77.5	20.3	2.1	79.2	13.2	7.7	95.4	2.2	2.5
Production	8,669	73.4	25.9	0.7	76.3	19.3	4.3	91.5	7.3	1.3
Transportation and material moving	10,937	65.7	32.9	1.4	83.7	10.4	6.0	94.2	4.2	1.6
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	7,995	57.7	41.3	1.0	86.1	9.2	4.7	93.5	4.9	1.6
Manufacturing	16,137	83.0	16.3	0.7	72.8	18.6	8.6	94.9	4.7	0.4
Wholesale and retail trade	18,855	66.0	31.5	2.5	82.1	11.7	6.2	95.4	4.0	0.6
Transportation and utilities	9,235	75.7	23.6	0.7	77.2	15.9	6.9	95.7	3.6	0.7
Information	2,796	77.0	19.1	3.9	79.4	12.5	8.1	93.9	5.5	0.7
Financial activities	9,304	86.1	13.6	0.3	72.5	13.6	13.8	96.3	3.2	0.6
Professional and business services	20,943	78.5	20.3	1.2	74.6	12.9	12.5	93.7	4.3	2.0
Education and health services	37,769	72.1	27.1	0.8	76.0	15.8	8.3	93.4	4.9	1.6
Leisure and hospitality	13,163	38.7	60.3	1.0	84.6	10.7	4.7	92.2	7.0	0.8
Other services	5,576	57.6	40.3	2.0	83.2	11.9	4.9	91.2	6.8	2.1
Public administration	7,435	91.8	7.3	0.9	74.1	17.9	8.0	97.7	1.1	1.1
Class of worker
Private sector	127,651	69.2	29.5	1.3	78.4	13.4	8.2	94.3	4.4	1.2
Private, for profit	113,693	68.1	30.5	1.4	78.6	13.4	8.0	94.1	4.7	1.2
Private, not for profit	13,959	77.7	21.9	0.4	76.8	13.4	9.8	96.3	2.2	1.5
Public sector	23,839	80.8	18.4	0.8	74.0	17.4	8.6	93.6	5.1	1.3
Federal government	4,577	92.9	6.5	0.6	78.3	13.4	8.3	98.3	z	1.7
State government	8,116	75.1	23.1	1.9	73.1	17.8	9.1	89.4	8.2	2.4
Local government	11,146	80.0	19.8	0.1	73.0	18.6	8.4	94.7	5.0	0.3
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(5)
Full-time workers	111,686	80.7	18.4	0.8	76.7	14.3	9.0	96.0	3.1	0.9
Part-time workers	27,294	32.2	64.5	3.2	82.4	12.3	5.3	88.4	9.1	2.5
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	28,286	62.6	35.6	1.8	80.1	13.6	6.3	93.0	5.4	1.6
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	28,076	85.5	14.3	0.3	76.8	15.0	8.2	97.2	2.1	0.7
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	27,440	84.3	15.2	0.5	76.9	14.3	8.8	96.5	3.1	0.4
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	27,884	90.9	8.3	0.8	73.2	14.2	12.7	97.3	1.7	1.0
Work schedule flexibility(6)
Had flexible schedule	85,878	70.3	28.1	1.5	79.9	11.3	8.8	94.6	4.1	1.3
Did not have flexible schedule	65,612	71.9	27.3	0.8	74.8	17.6	7.6	93.7	5.1	1.1
Workplace flexibility(7)
Could work at home	55,899	85.6	13.8	0.6	73.4	13.7	12.9	96.0	2.9	1.0
Could not work at home	94,893	62.7	36.1	1.2	80.5	14.2	5.2	93.5	5.5	1.0
(1) The subcategories do not sum to 100 percent because a small number of workers did not provide this information. (2) Some workers have access to both paid and unpaid leave. (3) Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to the total because data are not presented for all races. (4) People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. (5) Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week. Part-time workers usually work less than 35 hours per week. (6) Workers with flexible schedules were able to vary or change the times they began and stopped working. (7) The subcategories do not sum to the total because a small number of workers did not provide this information. 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.

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