Workers in private industry received an average of 8 paid holidays in 2017

Seventy-seven percent of private industry workers had access to paid holidays in March 2017. On average these workers received 8 paid holidays per year. Nearly all workers in the manufacturing and information industries (97 percent) had access to paid holidays. That compares with 37 percent of workers in leisure and hospitality.

Workers in manufacturing and financial activities received an average of 9 paid holidays per year. Workers in leisure and hospitality received an average of 6 paid holidays per year, the fewest among the major industries.

These data are from the National Compensation Survey — Benefits program. For information about workers with access to specific holidays, see the holiday profiles page. To learn more, see our most recent annual bulletin on benefits.