Consolidated leave plans: access

Table 39. Consolidated leave plans:1 Access, civilian workers,2 National Compensation Survey,
March 2011

(All workers with paid vacations = 100 percent)

Characteristics

With consolidated leave plan

With no consolidated leave plan

Access

Paid days by length of
service
(Mean number of days)

Access

Paid vacation days by
length of service
(Mean number of days)

1
year

5
years

10
years

20
years

1
year

5
years

10
years

20
years

All workers

23

15

20

23

25

77

8

12

15

18

Worker characteristics

                   

Management, professional, and related

33

17

22

25

27

67

11

14

17

20

    Management, business, and financial

27

17

22

25

27

73

11

15

17

20

    Professional and related

35

17

22

25

27

65

11

14

17

20

        Teachers

17

14

17

19

20

83

12

14

16

18

        Registered nurses

63

19

23

26

29

37

10

14

17

19

Service

23

14

19

23

24

77

8

12

14

16

    Protective service

12

15

19

22

25

88

10

13

16

19

Sales and office

22

15

20

23

25

78

8

12

15

18

    Sales and related

15

12

17

20

22

85

7

11

14

17

    Office and administrative support

25

16

21

24

26

75

9

13

15

18

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

14

11

16

19

21

86

7

11

13

15

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

15

11

14

17

19

85

7

10

12

14

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

13

12

17

20

22

87

7

12

14

17

Production, transportation, and material moving

13

11

16

18

21

87

7

11

14

18

    Production

16

11

16

18

22

84

7

11

14

17

    Transportation and material moving

11

10

16

19

21

89

7

11

14

18

Full time

23

16

20

24

26

77

9

13

15

18

Part time

23

12

17

20

22

77

6

10

12

14

Union

12

14

19

22

26

88

9

13

17

21

Nonunion

25

15

20

23

25

75

8

12

15

17

Average wage within the following categories:3

                   

    Lowest 25 percent

19

12

18

20

22

81

6

10

12

14

        Lowest 10 percent

15

11

16

19

21

85

5

9

11

13

    Second 25 percent

23

15

20

23

25

77

8

12

15

17

    Third 25 percent

22

16

21

24

26

78

9

13

16

19

    Highest 25 percent

29

17

21

24

27

71

10

14

17

20

        Highest 10 percent

29

17

22

25

27

71

11

15

17

20

Establishment characteristics

                   

Goods-producing industries

16

11

16

18

22

84

7

11

14

17

Service-providing industries

25

16

21

24

26

75

9

13

15

18

    Education and health services

40

18

23

26

28

60

11

14

17

19

        Educational services

7

13

16

17

18

93

12

15

17

20

            Elementary and secondary schools

7

10

11

11

12

93

11

13

16

18

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

6

18

21

24

25

94

14

17

19

22

        Health care and social assistance

51

18

23

27

29

49

10

14

16

18

            Hospitals

70

20

24

28

30

30

12

16

19

22

    Public administration

8

17

21

25

29

92

12

15

18

22

1 to 99 workers

20

13

18

21

22

80

7

11

14

15

    1 to 49 workers

20

13

18

20

22

80

7

11

13

15

    50 to 99 workers

20

14

19

22

24

80

7

12

14

17

100 workers or more

26

17

21

25

27

74

9

13

16

20

    100 to 499 workers

21

15

19

22

25

79

8

12

15

19

    500 workers or more

30

18

23

26

29

70

11

14

17

21

Geographic areas

                   

New England

26

17

22

25

27

74

9

13

16

19

Middle Atlantic

17

16

21

24

26

83

9

13

16

18

East North Central

24

15

19

23

26

76

8

12

15

18

West North Central

26

15

20

23

26

74

8

13

15

18

South Atlantic

24

15

20

23

25

76

8

12

14

17

East South Central

23

14

20

23

26

77

8

12

15

18

West South Central

23

16

20

23

25

77

8

12

14

17

Mountain

29

15

20

23

25

71

8

13

15

17

Pacific

23

15

20

23

25

77

9

13

15

18

1A consolidated leave plan provides a single amount of time-off for workers to use for multiple purposes, such as vacation, illness, or personal
business. Those with no consolidated leave plan often have separate leave plans for different purposes.

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.

3The categories are based on the average wage for each occupation surveyed, which may include workers with earnings both above and below the
threshold. The average wages are based on the estimates published in the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States,
2010." See Technical Note for more details.


NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the
"Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20102011.htm.