Leave benefits: Access Data Table

Table 21. Leave benefits: Access, State and local government workers, National Compensation Survey, March 2008

(All workers = 100 percent)

Characteristics

Paid
holidays

Paid
vacations

Paid
personal
leave

Paid
funeral
leave

Paid jury
duty leave

Paid
military
leave

Family leave1

Paid

Unpaid

All workers

68

60

59

84

91

74

15

94

Worker characteristics

               

Management, professional, and related

57

44

64

86

92

74

16

94

    Professional and related

51

37

65

86

92

73

15

94

        Teachers

32

13

70

83

91

71

16

94

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

29

9

78

86

95

72

17

96

        Registered nurses

82

80

49

88

92

72

13

94

Service

78

75

52

82

88

72

14

92

    Protective service

86

87

55

89

92

80

15

94

Sales and office

87

85

54

84

91

78

15

94

    Office and administrative support

87

86

56

85

92

79

15

95

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

95

94

46

84

91

81

13

93

Production, transportation, and material moving

76

64

59

79

87

71

15

92

Full time

75

68

65

90

97

80

16

97

Part time

31

20

30

52

59

43

9

75

Union

70

57

72

94

98

80

19

97

Nonunion

67

62

49

76

85

70

12

90

Average wage within the following percentiles:2

               

    Less than 10

48

40

36

59

67

50

9

79

    10 to under 25

75

66

50

80

89

73

13

92

    25 to under 50

87

83

59

87

93

78

16

95

    50 to under 75

78

73

63

87

94

79

16

95

    75 to under 90

55

40

74

90

96

79

17

97

    90 or greater

47

35

67

94

97

78

17

98

Establishment characteristics

               

Service-providing industries

68

60

59

84

91

74

15

94

    Education and health services

57

43

64

85

92

72

15

95

        Educational services

52

36

66

84

92

73

16

95

            Elementary and secondary schools

44

27

72

84

93

71

17

94

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

78

67

46

86

89

78

12

95

        Health care and social assistance

92

91

53

87

91

70

96

            Hospitals

93

94

47

89

92

72

95

    Public administration

87

88

53

85

90

81

14

92

1 to 99 workers

70

66

46

72

78

60

12

85

    1 to 49 workers

69

68

40

65

74

59

15

80

    50 to 99 workers

71

63

55

83

85

61

8

91

100 workers or more

68

59

61

86

93

77

15

95

    100 to 499 workers

64

59

60

80

88

67

14

92

    500 workers or more

69

59

61

88

94

80

16

96

State government

91

87

57

90

94

88

17

97

Local government

61

51

60

82

89

70

14

92

Geographic areas

               

New England

56

50

80

86

89

63

8

96

Middle Atlantic

63

58

68

91

91

76

8

93

East North Central

65

53

69

79

87

60

22

88

West North Central

70

56

50

80

87

68

89

South Atlantic

78

68

55

84

91

84

23

96

East South Central

76

69

38

80

90

84

91

West South Central

54

52

59

72

90

74

6

95

Mountain

59

56

53

88

92

74

96

Pacific

76

67

58

95

96

77

18

97

Footnotes:

1The sum of paid and unpaid family leave may exceed 100 percent because some workers have access to both types of plans.

2The 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.