2021 Employee Benefits in the United States — 2021-09-23

Paid sick leave was available to 77 percent of private industry workers in March 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Among major occupation groups, access to paid sick leave ranged from 59 percent of workers in service occupations to 93 percent in management, professional, and related occupations. (See table 6.) Twenty-three percent of private industry workers had access to paid family leave. These benefits were available to 12 percent of workers in the lowest 25th percent wage category and 37 percent of workers in the highest 25th percent wage category. Forty-five percent of private industry workers had access to plans that provide a single amount of time off for workers to use for multiple purposes, such as vacation, illness, or personal leave, referred to as consolidated leave plans. Twenty-six percent of union workers and 46 percent of nonunion workers had access to consolidated leave plans.