What percentage of Americans have paid family leave?

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Zippia Team · Accepted Answer

20% of American private-sector workers have paid family leave. That means only one in five people who are a part of the U.S. private-sector workforce is provided time off with pay to care for a new child or an ill family member.

The federal government leaves laws concerning this, as with many issues, up to individual states, and only Washington DC and nine out of 50 states require companies to provide paid family leave for their employees. These states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington DC, and Washington.

Large companies are more likely to offer paid family leave than smaller companies are, as only 13% of organizations with less than 50 employees offer paid family leave, while 31% of those with 500 or more employees offer it. In addition, 30% of companies in the technology sector offer paid family leave, by far the most of any industry.