Paid vacations: Number of days by service requirement Data Table
Table 23. Paid vacations:1 Number of days by service requirement, civilian workers,2 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 service3
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
10
10
7
36
39
11
5
2
Full time
10
10
5
35
42
11
5
2
Part time
7
5
25
44
21
5
4
1
Union
10
10
4
35
46
9
4
2
Nonunion
9
10
8
36
38
11
5
2
1 to 99 workers
8
5
9
47
35
7
2
[4]
1 to 49 workers
8
5
9
48
34
7
2
[4]
50 to 99 workers
8
–
8
45
38
7
1
[4]
100 workers or more
11
10
6
27
43
14
8
3
100 to 499 workers
9
10
7
36
40
11
4
2
500 workers or more
12
10
4
18
46
16
11
4
After 5 years
All workers
14
15
2
10
36
36
11
6
Full time
14
15
1
8
37
38
11
6
Part time
12
10
11
29
29
21
5
6
Union
14
15
1
5
39
41
9
5
Nonunion
14
15
2
11
35
35
11
6
1 to 99 workers
12
10
3
16
42
31
6
2
1 to 49 workers
12
10
3
18
42
29
6
2
50 to 99 workers
12
10
2
11
44
35
7
2
100 workers or more
15
15
2
5
31
40
14
9
100 to 499 workers
14
15
2
7
39
37
10
5
500 workers or more
17
15
1
3
23
43
17
12
After 10 years
All workers
17
15
2
7
15
42
23
11
Full time
17
15
1
5
15
44
24
11
Part time
14
15
10
24
16
28
14
9
Union
17
15
1
3
9
57
22
9
Nonunion
16
15
2
8
16
40
23
11
1 to 99 workers
14
15
2
13
24
39
18
5
1 to 49 workers
14
15
3
15
26
36
17
5
50 to 99 workers
15
15
2
8
18
48
20
4
100 workers or more
18
17
1
3
8
45
26
16
100 to 499 workers
17
15
2
4
10
51
23
10
500 workers or more
20
20
1
2
7
39
30
22
After 20 years
All workers
19
20
2
7
12
17
37
25
Full time
20
20
1
5
12
18
39
25
Part time
16
15
10
22
12
16
23
18
Union
22
21
[4]
2
5
11
46
36
Nonunion
19
20
2
8
13
19
36
23
1 to 99 workers
16
15
2
12
20
24
29
13
1 to 49 workers
15
15
2
14
22
24
26
12
50 to 99 workers
17
20
1
7
15
26
35
15
100 workers or more
22
20
1
3
6
12
44
34
100 to 499 workers
20
20
1
4
7
17
46
25
500 workers or more
23
22
1
1
5
8
42
43
Footnotes:
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.
2Includes 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.
3Employees eligible for paid vacations but who have not fulfilled the minimum service requirement are included as receiving 0 days.
4Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria.