2020 Employee Benefits in the United States — 2020-09-24

Paid sick leave was available to 75 percent of private industry workers in March 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 6.) Among industries, access to paid sick leave ranged from 52 percent of workers in leisure and hospitality to 93 percent of workers in financial activities and information. Seven percent of private industry workers had access to flexible workplace benefits. These benefits were available to 1 percent of workers in the lowest 25th percent wage category and 18 percent of workers in the highest 25th percent wage category. Flexible work schedules were available to 13 percent of private industry workers. Eight percent of workers in the lowest 25th percent wage category and 26 percent of workers in the highest 25th percent wage category had access.