Table 4.12
Share of workers with paid leave, by wage group, 2011
| Percent with access to: | Number of paid holidays* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid sick days |
Paid vacation |
Paid family leave |
||
| All | 67% | 74% | 12% | 8 |
| By wage | ||||
| Bottom 10 percent | 23% | 40% | 4% | 5 |
| Lowest quarter | 36 | 53 | 5 | 6 |
| Second quarter | 69 | 83 | 11 | 8 |
| Third quarter | 79 | 89 | 14 | 9 |
| Top quarter | 88 | 78 | 19 | 10 |
| Top 10 percent | 90 | 75 | 20 | 10 |
| By union status | ||||
| Union | 84% | 74% | 15% | 10 |
| Nonunion | 64 | 74 | 11 | 8 |
| Number of paid sick days by length of service* | Number of vacation days by length of service* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 yr | 5 yrs | 10 yrs | 20 yrs | 1 yr | 5 yrs | 10 yrs | 20 yrs | |
| All | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 19 |
| Union | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 21 |
| Nonunion | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 19 |
* For those with such paid leave
Note: Data are for civilian workers, defined as workers in the private sector and state and local government but not the federal government.
Source: Authors' analysis of Employee Benefits Survey tables (Bureau of Labor Statistics 2011)
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