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The provisions of paid vacation plans have become more generous in recent years. The average number of paid vacation days per year increased by 2 for workers with 1, 10, and 20 years of service over the past two decades.
Average number paid vacation days and paid sick days provided, by length of service, full-time private industry workers, 1992–1993 and 2012
Length of service
Paid vacation
Paid sick leave
1992–1993
2012
1992–1993
2012
1 year
8
10
10
8
5 years
13
14
13
8
10 years
15
17
15
9
20 years
18
20
17
10
The provisions of sick leave plans have changed significantly since 1992–1993. The average number of paid sick leave days per year ranged from 10 days with 1 year of service to 17 days with 20 years during the 1992–1993 period. In contrast, the average number of paid sick leave days ranged from 8 days for 1 year of service to 10 days after 20 years of service in 2012.
The average number of annual paid holidays declined from 10 days in 1992–1993 to 8 days in 2012. (Holiday provisions are the same for all lengths of service.)
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, More vacation, less sick leave, 1992–2012 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2013/ted_20130809.htm (visited September 13, 2024).
United States Department of Labor
