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Paid vacations: number of days by service requirement Data Table
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Table 36. Paid vacations: Number of annual days by service requirement,1 State and local government workers,
National Compensation Survey, March 2010
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(All workers with paid vacations = 100 percent)
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Paid vacations days by length of service2
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Mean
number of
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Median
number of
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Less than 5
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5 to 9 days
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10 to 14
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15 to 19
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20 to 24
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Greater
than 24
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1Employees either are granted a specific number of days after completion of the indicated length of service or accrue days during the next 12-month period. The total number
of days is assumed to be available for use immediately upon completion of the service interval. Periods of service are chosen arbitrarily and do not necessarily reflect individual
provisions for progression. Fractional vacation amounts were rounded to the nearest full number of days.
2Employees eligible for paid vacations but who have not fulfilled the minimum service requirement are included as receiving 0 days. Estimates include plans that are
exclusively for paid vacation and vacation plans that are part of a consolidated leave plan that provides a single amount of time-off for workers to use for multiple purposes.
3Less than 0.5 percent.
NOTE: Because of rounding, sums of individual items may not equal totals. Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions of
major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20092010.htm.
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