Paid Leave Access by Wage Group in America 🏥

What We’re Showing

This graphic shows the percentage of U.S. workers with access to paid leave by wage group, based on data from the Economic Policy Institute.

Key Takeaways

• The lowest income earners in America have disproportionately lower access to family, personal, sick, and vacation leave access than all other wage groups in America
• Only 40% of workers in the lowest wage category have access to sick leave due to the U.S. having no federal paid sick leave law
• Additionally, the U.S. is the only country in the OECD that does not have mandatory parental paid leave at the federal level
• Just 48% of the highest earners in the U.S. have access to paid family leave