Higher paid workers more likely than lower paid workers to have paid leave benefits in 2020

Paid sick leave was available to 75 percent of workers in private industry in March 2020. Paid sick leave was available to 31 percent of workers with an average wage in the lowest 10 percent and to 94 percent of workers with an average wage in the highest 10 percent.

Paid vacation benefits were available to 79 percent of private industry workers in March 2020. Paid holidays were available to 80 percent of workers. As with paid sick leave, paid vacation and holidays were more often available to higher paid than lower paid workers.

These data are from the National Compensation Survey — Benefits program. For more information, see “Employee Benefits in the United States — March 2020.” For more information about terms related to employee benefits, see our glossary.