Estimated cost of implementing five paid sick days for employers currently providing no paid sick leave, as share of total sales, by sector
Industry sector* | Payroll as share of employer sales** | Cost of maximum usage scenario (40 hours of sick leave), as share of total sales | Average use (in days) of sick leave (given 40 hours of sick leave) | Cost of average usage by sector, as share of total sales |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wholesale trade | 6.5% | 0.12% | 2.36 | 0.06% |
Retail trade | 10.3 | 0.20 | 2.59 | 0.10 |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 15.4 | 0.30 | 3.01 | 0.18 |
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services*** | 47.8 | 0.92 | 2.92 | 0.54 |
Health care and social assistance | 42.3 | 0.81 | 2.53 | 0.41 |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 30.0 | 0.58 | 2.79 | 0.32 |
Accommodation and food services | 27.2 | 0.52 | 1.50 | 0.16 |
Other services (except public administration) | 17.9 | 0.34 | 2.70 | 0.19 |
* Industry sectors lacking data on payroll and sales excluded from analysis here include: utilities, information, finance and insurance, management of companies and enterprises, construction, educational services, and professional, scientific, and technical services.
** "Sales" refers to "employer sales, shipments, receipts, revenue, or business done," as defined in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Economic Census.
*** This broad sector includes general administrative support services such as office administration and security, as well as services specifically related to waste management and remediation.
Source: Authors' analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (2007) and Miller (2011)