Change in access to paid leave from 2011 to 2017–18
Sixty-six percent of wage and salary workers age 15 and over were able to take paid leave from their jobs in 2017–18, up from 60 percent in 2011, which was the last time these data were collected. Those early in their career (between the ages of 15 to 24) experienced the largest gain in access to paid leave, increasing from 26 percent in 2011 to 35 percent in 2017–18. Workers ages 25 to 54, as well as those age 55 and over, also experienced increases in access to paid leave over this time period.
The percentage of women with access to paid leave increased from 58 percent in 2011 to 65 percent in 2017–18. The percentage of men with access to paid leave increased from 62 percent to 67 percent over the same time period.