Chart: Lower-wage workers experienced the largest increases in access to paid sick time : Access to paid sick days by wage group, 2010 and 2023 | Economic Policy Institute

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Lower-wage workers experienced the largest increases in access to paid sick time : Access to paid sick days by wage group, 2010 and 2023

	2010	2023
Bottom 10%	20%	39%
Bottom 25%	33	56
Second 25%	66	82
Third 25%	76	86
Top 25%	84	94
Top 10%	87	96

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey 2023 (BLS 2023a).

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