QuickStats: Percentage of Currently Employed Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Had Paid Sick Leave Benefits at Last Week’s Job or Business, by Region — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019 and 2020

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The percentage of currently employed adults who had access to paid sick leave increased from 62.1% in 2019 to 66.5% in 2020.
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Authors: Abay Asfaw, PhD; Regina Pana-Cryan, PhD; and Roger Rosa, PhD

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The figure is a bar chart showing the percentage of employed adults who had paid sick leave benefits at last week’s job or business, by region during 2019 and 2020 according to the National Health Interview Survey.
Percentage of employed adults who had paid sick leave benefits at last week’s job or business

The percentage of currently employed adults who had access to paid sick leave increased from 62.1% in 2019 to 66.5% in 2020.

During this period, increases were noted among all regions of the country (Northeast: from 65.6% to 69.8%, Midwest: from 60.1% to 64.5%, South: from 59.1% to 63.5%, and West: from 65.8% to 70.3%).

In both years, rates were highest in the Northeast and West and lowest in the Midwest and South.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7117a4.htm

Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2019–2020 data. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.

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