Table 23. Standard errors for paid vacations:1 Number of days by service requirement, private industry workers,
National Compensation Survey, March 2008

(All workers with paid vacations = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Mean
number of
days

Median
number of
days

Percent with paid vacations days by length of service2

Less than 5
days

5 to 9 days

10 to 14
days

15 to 19
days

20 to 24
days

Greater
than 24
days

After 1 year

All workers

0.1

0.0

0.4

0.6

0.8

0.6

0.3

0.2

Full time

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.3

0.3

Part time

0.2

0.0

1.8

1.6

1.7

0.7

0.6

0.3

Union

0.2

1.5

0.6

2.0

1.9

1.4

1.1

0.8

Nonunion

0.1

0.0

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.7

0.3

0.2

1 to 99 workers

0.1

0.0

0.6

1.1

1.1

0.8

0.4

0.1

    1 to 49 workers

0.1

0.0

0.7

1.4

1.3

0.9

0.5

0.2

    50 to 99 workers

0.2

0.7

1.3

2.0

2.4

1.1

0.3

0.1

100 workers or more

0.1

0.0

0.6

1.0

1.3

0.8

0.5

0.4

    100 to 499 workers

0.3

0.0

0.9

1.5

1.9

0.9

0.6

0.7

    500 workers or more

0.2

0.0

0.6

1.7

1.4

1.2

1.1

0.7

After 5 years

All workers

0.1

1.2

0.3

0.4

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.4

Full time

0.1

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.9

0.8

0.6

0.4

Part time

0.5

0.0

1.6

1.8

1.7

1.7

0.6

1.0

Union

0.2

1.4

0.2

0.7

1.9

1.6

1.2

1.1

Nonunion

0.1

0.8

0.3

0.4

0.8

0.8

0.6

0.4

1 to 99 workers

0.2

0.0

0.3

0.6

1.1

0.9

0.7

0.4

    1 to 49 workers

0.2

0.0

0.4

0.8

1.3

1.0

0.8

0.5

    50 to 99 workers

0.2

0.4

0.5

1.3

1.7

1.9

1.2

0.4

100 workers or more

0.2

0.0

0.4

0.5

1.0

1.2

0.8

0.6

    100 to 499 workers

0.3

1.6

0.7

0.8

1.3

1.5

1.0

0.7

    500 workers or more

0.2

0.0

0.4

0.5

1.3

1.6

1.2

0.9

After 10 years

All workers

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.5

0.9

0.7

1.0

Full time

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.9

0.6

1.1

Part time

0.5

2.2

1.6

1.9

1.3

2.0

1.8

1.1

Union

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.5

1.4

2.1

1.6

1.6

Nonunion

0.2

0.0

0.3

0.4

0.6

0.9

0.7

1.0

1 to 99 workers

0.2

0.0

0.3

0.6

0.9

1.0

0.9

0.7

    1 to 49 workers

0.2

0.0

0.4

0.9

1.1

1.3

1.1

0.9

    50 to 99 workers

0.2

0.0

0.4

1.0

1.7

1.9

1.7

0.9

100 workers or more

0.2

0.9

0.4

0.5

0.6

1.3

0.9

1.6

    100 to 499 workers

0.3

0.0

0.7

0.7

0.6

1.5

1.2

1.3

    500 workers or more

0.3

0.0

0.4

0.5

1.0

1.7

1.5

2.7

After 20 years

All workers

0.2

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

1.1

Full time

0.2

0.0

0.1

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.8

1.2

Part time

0.6

0.0

1.6

1.9

1.2

1.6

1.7

1.6

Union

0.3

0.0

0.2

0.4

1.1

0.8

1.9

2.3

Nonunion

0.2

0.0

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.8

1.2

1 to 99 workers

0.2

0.0

0.3

0.6

0.9

0.9

1.0

0.9

    1 to 49 workers

0.3

0.0

0.4

0.9

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.1

    50 to 99 workers

0.3

2.9

0.4

1.0

1.5

2.3

2.5

1.4

100 workers or more

0.2

0.0

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.7

1.2

1.7

    100 to 499 workers

0.3

0.0

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.9

1.3

1.2

    500 workers or more

0.3

1.4

0.4

0.5

0.9

0.7

1.8

2.5

1Employees either are granted a specific number of days after completion of the indicated length of service or accrue days during the next 12-month period. The total number of days is assumed to be available for use immediately upon completion of the service interval. Periods of service are chosen arbitrarily and do not necessarily reflect individual provisions for progression. Fractional vacation amounts were rounded to the nearest full number of days.

2Employees eligible for paid vacations but who have not fulfilled the minimum service requirement are included as receiving 0 days.