Standard Errors
Paid sick leave: type of provision

Table 35. Standard errors for paid sick leave: Type of provision, private
industry workers,  National Compensation Survey, March 2011

Characteristics

Sick leave provision

Fixed number
of days per
year1

As needed2

As part of
consolidated
leave plan3

All workers

0.9

0.4

0.8

Worker characteristics

      

Management, professional, and related

1.2

0.8

1.2

    Management, business, and financial

1.4

0.9

1.5

    Professional and related

1.5

0.9

1.5

Service

2.2

0.6

2.3

    Protective service

6.9

–

–

Sales and office

1.0

0.5

1.0

    Sales and related

1.3

0.6

1.3

    Office and administrative support

1.3

0.6

1.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.0

1.1

1.6

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

2.2

1.5

1.6

Production, transportation, and material moving

1.4

0.5

1.3

    Production

2.0

0.7

1.9

    Transportation and material moving

1.7

0.8

1.6

Full time

1.0

0.4

0.9

Part time

1.9

0.8

2.1

Union

2.1

1.7

1.4

Nonunion

0.9

0.4

0.9

Average wage within the following categories:4

      

    Lowest 25 percent

2.1

0.7

2.1

        Lowest 10 percent

5.5

1.9

5.8

    Second 25 percent

1.2

0.5

1.2

    Third 25 percent

1.1

0.6

1.0

    Highest 25 percent

1.2

0.7

1.1

        Highest 10 percent

1.7

1.1

1.6

Establishment characteristics

      

Goods-producing industries

1.7

0.6

1.6

    Manufacturing

1.9

0.7

1.9

Service-providing industries

1.0

0.5

0.9

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

1.1

0.6

1.0

        Wholesale trade

2.5

1.6

2.0

        Retail trade

1.5

0.6

1.4

        Transportation and warehousing

2.7

0.8

2.8

        Utilities

5.5

–

–

    Information

2.5

2.0

2.3

    Financial activities

1.7

0.7

1.5

        Finance and insurance

1.7

0.6

1.6

            Credit intermediation and related activities

2.0

0.6

1.9

            Insurance carriers and related activities

2.8

1.1

2.7

        Real estate and rental and leasing

4.8

1.7

4.4

    Professional and business services

2.8

1.3

2.5

        Professional and technical services

3.4

2.1

2.9

        Administrative and waste services

4.5

1.4

4.3

    Education and health services

2.0

0.9

2.0

        Educational services

2.2

1.0

2.0

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

1.7

1.3

1.2

        Health care and social assistance

2.2

1.0

2.2

    Leisure and hospitality

6.0

1.2

6.3

        Accommodation and food services

7.0

1.4

7.5

    Other services

4.5

2.1

3.9

1 to 99 workers

1.3

0.7

1.3

    1 to 49 workers

1.5

0.9

1.4

    50 to 99 workers

2.2

0.8

2.3

100 workers or more

1.2

0.4

1.2

    100 to 499 workers

1.2

0.5

1.1

    500 workers or more

1.8

0.5

1.8

Geographic areas

      

New England

3.1

1.7

4.0

Middle Atlantic

2.8

1.3

1.8

East North Central

2.7

1.5

2.4

West North Central

2.5

0.9

2.8

South Atlantic

1.8

0.7

1.8

East South Central

6.6

2.1

7.1

West South Central

2.3

0.8

2.5

Mountain

2.8

1.4

3.1

Pacific

1.3

0.6

1.3

1Employees earn or accrue a specified number
of sick leave days per year. This number may vary
by length of service.

4The 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.

2Plan does not specify maximum number of
days.


NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category
or data did not meet publication criteria. 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.

3A consolidated leave plan provides a single
amount of time-off for workers to use for multiple
purposes, such as vacation, illness, or personal
business.