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  • booly@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    In the US, because the minimum required by law is so low, the actual distribution of vacation days varies a lot from employer to employer.

    This chart, updated annually, shows the average by length of service time: https://www.bls.gov/charts/employee-benefits/paid-leave-sick-vacation-days-by-service-requirement.htm

    Seems like the average for people in the private sector with 1 year is 7 days sick, 11 days vacation.

    This fact sheet, as of 2021, breaks down the details a bit more: https://www.bls.gov/ebs/factsheets/paid-vacations.htm

    Table 1 breaks it down pretty well, with people at the 1 year mark hovering mostly between 1-3 weeks, people at the 5 year mark mostly between 2-4 weeks, and people with 10 years at 3+ weeks.

    People with government jobs, which is about 15% of the workforce and about 20 million workers, tend to get better benefits, including paid time off.