Paid vacations: Number of days by service requirement Data Table
Table 23. Paid vacations:1 Number of days by service requirement, State and local government 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
12
12
5
12
58
16
7
3
Full time
12
12
5
11
58
16
7
3
Part time
11
10
6
26
41
15
–
1
Union
12
11
3
15
59
14
5
4
Nonunion
12
12
6
9
57
17
9
2
1 to 99 workers
11
10
5
19
59
12
4
1
1 to 49 workers
11
10
–
22
59
10
3
2
50 to 99 workers
11
11
6
15
59
14
6
–
100 workers or more
12
12
5
10
57
17
8
3
100 to 499 workers
12
12
4
14
60
15
7
–
500 workers or more
13
12
5
9
56
17
8
4
After 5 years
All workers
15
15
2
4
26
51
12
5
Full time
15
15
2
3
25
52
12
5
Part time
14
13
4
9
44
30
–
6
Union
15
15
1
6
24
54
9
6
Nonunion
15
15
2
2
28
48
15
4
1 to 99 workers
14
15
–
5
33
53
6
1
1 to 49 workers
14
15
–
4
35
50
6
2
50 to 99 workers
14
15
–
6
31
56
6
–
100 workers or more
16
15
2
4
25
51
13
6
100 to 499 workers
15
15
1
3
32
50
10
3
500 workers or more
16
15
2
4
23
51
14
7
After 10 years
All workers
18
18
2
1
8
53
27
8
Full time
18
18
1
1
8
53
28
8
Part time
17
16
4
5
18
47
20
6
Union
18
18
1
2
8
52
28
9
Nonunion
18
18
2
1
9
54
27
8
1 to 99 workers
17
18
–
2
10
58
22
6
1 to 49 workers
17
18
–
2
11
56
21
6
50 to 99 workers
17
18
–
–
8
60
23
5
100 workers or more
18
18
1
1
8
52
28
9
100 to 499 workers
18
18
1
2
9
55
27
6
500 workers or more
18
18
2
1
8
51
28
10
After 20 years
All workers
22
22
1
1
5
14
48
31
Full time
22
22
1
1
5
13
48
31
Part time
20
20
4
3
8
23
47
15
Union
22
22
[3]
2
4
12
48
34
Nonunion
22
22
2
1
6
15
49
28
1 to 99 workers
21
21
–
–
9
12
47
29
1 to 49 workers
20
21
–
–
10
12
45
29
50 to 99 workers
22
22
–
–
7
12
51
30
100 workers or more
22
22
1
1
4
14
49
31
100 to 499 workers
22
21
–
1
6
16
47
28
500 workers or more
22
22
2
1
4
13
49
32
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.
2Employees eligible for paid vacations but who have not fulfilled the minimum service requirement are included as receiving 0 days.
3Less 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.