Table 6. SELECTED PAID LEAVE BENEFITS: Access
Table 6. Selected paid leave benefits: Access, National Compensation Survey, March 2009 (All workers = 100 percent) Civilian(1) Private industry State and local government Characteristics Paid sick Paid Paid Paid sick Paid Paid Paid sick Paid Paid leave vacation holidays leave vacation holidays leave vacation holidays All workers.............. 66 75 76 61 78 77 89 60 68 Worker characteristics Management, professional, and related.............. 86 74 79 84 87 89 90 44 56 Management, business, and financial.......... 90 94 95 89 96 96 - - - Professional and related................ 85 67 73 82 83 85 90 37 51 Teachers............. 84 17 35 - - - 88 12 32 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers........... 91 13 32 - - - 93 9 28 Registered nurses.... 78 80 82 - - - 92 79 81 Service.................. 49 63 57 42 61 53 85 75 77 Protective service..... 66 78 74 35 65 59 89 87 86 Sales and office......... 69 81 82 66 80 81 90 85 87 Sales and related...... 56 72 71 56 72 71 - - - Office and administrative support 76 86 88 74 86 88 91 86 87 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.............. 53 78 79 49 76 77 94 95 95 Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry.. 39 66 67 33 63 64 - - - Installation, maintenance, and repair 69 91 92 67 91 91 - - - Production, transportation, and material moving.......... 53 82 84 52 83 84 88 64 76 Production............. 53 90 91 52 90 91 - - - Transportation and material moving........ 54 75 77 52 76 78 - - - Full time................ 77 86 87 73 91 89 98 67 75 Part time................ 28 36 38 26 38 39 42 20 31 Union.................... 82 73 79 69 85 86 97 57 70 Nonunion................. 63 76 75 61 77 76 83 62 66 Wage percentiles:(2) Lowest 10 percent...... 22 43 37 21 42 36 60 39 46 Lowest 25 percent...... 37 56 54 33 55 52 75 55 63 Second 25 percent...... 68 83 84 64 85 84 92 84 87 Third 25 percent....... 77 88 89 73 89 89 94 72 77 Highest 25 perecent.... 86 77 80 81 88 88 96 37 51 Highest 10 percent..... 88 74 77 84 88 88 98 35 47 Establishment characteristics Goods-producing industries............... 53 86 87 52 86 87 - - - Service-providing industries............... 68 73 74 63 76 75 89 60 68 Education and health services............... 82 66 72 77 80 82 90 43 56 Educational services 87 40 54 76 54 64 90 36 51 Elementary and secondary schools.. 90 27 44 - - - 90 27 43 Junior colleges, colleges, and universities....... 86 69 79 82 73 81 88 66 78 Health care and social assistance.... 78 85 85 77 84 84 91 91 91 Hospitals.......... 88 91 89 - - - 92 94 93 Public administration.. 89 88 87 - - - 89 88 87 1 to 99 workers.......... 53 70 69 52 71 69 79 66 70 1 to 49 workers........ 52 69 68 51 69 68 73 69 69 50 to 99 workers....... 56 75 74 54 76 74 88 63 71 100 workers or more...... 77 79 81 72 86 86 91 59 67 100 to 499 workers..... 70 80 81 67 84 84 87 59 63 500 workers or more.... 84 78 82 80 90 89 92 59 69 Geographic areas New England.............. 73 73 75 70 77 78 87 49 55 Middle Atlantic.......... 71 76 78 67 79 81 90 58 63 East North Central....... 60 74 76 56 78 77 85 53 65 West North Central....... 66 73 74 62 77 75 88 55 68 South Atlantic........... 64 78 78 59 80 78 93 67 78 East South Central....... 63 77 77 55 79 77 92 69 75 West South Central....... 65 75 75 61 79 80 86 52 53 Mountain................. 62 72 71 59 75 74 84 55 59 Pacific.................. 70 75 74 65 77 74 93 67 76 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, 2008." See Technical Note for more details. NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria.
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