Table 6. SELECTED PAID LEAVE BENEFITS: Access
Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access, National Compensation Survey, March 2008
(All workers = 100 percent)
Civilian(1) Private industry State and local government
Characteristics
Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid
holidays vacation personal holidays vacation personal holidays vacation personal
leave leave leave
All workers................... 76 75 41 77 78 37 68 60 59
Worker characteristics
Management, professional, and
related....................... 80 74 58 89 87 55 57 44 64
Management, business, and
financial................... 94 94 55 96 96 54 - - -
Professional and related.... 74 67 59 86 84 55 51 37 65
Teachers.................. 37 18 65 - - - 32 13 70
Primary, secondary, and
special education school
teachers................ 34 14 75 - - - 29 9 78
Registered nurses......... 81 77 56 - - - 82 80 49
Service....................... 56 63 30 52 61 26 78 75 52
Protective service.......... - - - - - - 86 87 55
Sales and office.............. 82 81 40 81 80 39 87 85 54
Sales and related........... 72 72 34 72 72 34 - - -
Office and administrative
support..................... 88 86 44 88 86 42 87 86 56
Natural resources,
construction, and maintenance 78 77 28 76 76 26 95 94 46
Construction, extraction,
farming, fishing, and
forestry.................... 65 65 20 62 63 18 - - -
Installation, maintenance,
and repair.................. 93 92 37 93 91 35 - - -
Production, transportation,
and material moving........... 85 82 33 85 83 32 76 64 59
Production.................. 92 90 33 92 90 32 - - -
Transportation and material
moving...................... 78 75 33 78 76 31 - - -
Full time..................... 86 86 46 89 90 42 75 68 65
Part time..................... 39 37 22 40 39 21 31 20 30
Union......................... 79 73 57 85 84 47 70 57 72
Nonunion...................... 75 76 38 76 77 36 67 62 49
Average wage within the
following percentiles:(2)
Less than 10................ 38 42 17 38 43 17 48 40 36
10 to under 25.............. 63 64 28 61 63 25 75 66 50
25 to under 50.............. 83 83 39 84 84 38 87 83 59
50 to under 75.............. 88 88 44 89 88 39 78 73 63
75 to under 90.............. 83 80 56 88 87 52 55 40 74
90 or greater............... 78 74 58 89 88 54 47 35 67
Establishment characteristics
Goods-producing industries.... 86 86 33 86 86 33 - - -
Service-providing industries.. 74 73 42 75 76 38 68 60 59
Education and health
services.................... 72 65 57 82 80 52 57 43 64
Educational services...... 54 40 62 64 53 47 52 36 66
Elementary and secondary
schools................. 44 27 70 - - - 44 27 72
Junior colleges,
colleges, and
universities............ 79 69 49 80 72 56 78 67 46
Health care and social
assistance................ 85 85 52 85 84 52 92 91 53
Hospitals............... 89 90 63 - - - 93 94 47
Public administration....... 87 88 53 - - - 87 88 53
1 to 99 workers............... 69 71 27 69 71 26 70 66 46
1 to 49 workers............. 69 70 25 69 70 25 69 68 40
50 to 99 workers............ 71 72 31 71 73 30 71 63 55
100 workers or more........... 81 79 53 86 86 50 68 59 61
100 to 499 workers.......... 81 79 46 83 82 44 64 59 60
500 workers or more......... 82 79 59 89 90 58 69 59 61
Geographic areas
New England................... 75 72 47 78 75 42 56 50 80
Middle Atlantic............... 78 76 49 80 79 46 63 58 68
East North Central............ 75 73 46 76 76 43 65 53 69
West North Central............ 74 74 34 74 77 31 70 56 50
South Atlantic................ 78 78 36 78 79 33 78 68 55
East South Central............ 79 78 37 80 81 37 76 69 38
West South Central............ 76 75 38 80 79 34 54 52 59
Mountain...................... 73 72 37 75 75 35 59 56 53
Pacific....................... 75 75 38 74 77 34 76 67 58
1 Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public
sector, except the federal government. See Technical Note for further explanation.
2 The percentile groupings are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers both
above and below the threshold. The percentile values are based on the estimates published in the "National Compensation
Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2007." See Technical Note for more details.
NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria.
Last Modified Date: August 07, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
