In 2023, the Highest-Wage Workers Are 10 Times More Likely to Have Paid Family Leave than the Lowest-Wage Workers
Access to paid family leave for private-sector workers has significantly increased over the past decade for high-wage workers and has grown for middle-wage workers, but has remained static for the lowest-wage workers.
Line graph showing changes in access to paid family leave by workers' wage levels, with dramatic increases for high-wage workers (51% of top decile in 2023), smaller but important increases for middle-wage workers (25%-30% access), and essentially no change for the lowest-wage workers (5% access in 2023).
