Chart: Share of workers across the South with access to paid sick leave, 2021 | Economic Policy Institute

Table 1

Share of workers across the South with access to paid sick leave, 2021

Region	Share of workers with access to paid sick leave	Region	Share of workers with access to paid sick leave
Florida	65.1%	Kentucky	67.9%
Oklahoma	66.4%	Georgia	67.9%
Tennessee	67.1%	West Virgina	68.2%
Louisiana	67.2%	Alabama	68.2%
Arkansas	67.3%	Delaware	69.8%
South Carolina	67.3%	Virginia	70.9%
Texas	67.4%	Maryland	90.8%
North Carolina	67.7%	District of Columbia	94.0%
Mississippi	67.8%
United States	77.8%

Source: EPI compilation of data from Mehta and Milli 2023.

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