NOTE: In the comparison above, customers may be represented more than once if they selected more than one race on their benefit application. The percentages add to more than 100 percent. On the table, approximately 4% of customers preferred not to disclose their race on the benefit application; however, this was not a category in the comparison data for eligible workers and all Washington workers. For more information about how approved customers, eligible Washington workers, and all Washington workers are defined, see the Appendix. SOURCE: ACS 1-Year Estimates-Public Use Microdata Sample 2021 & Washington Paid Leave Administrative Data 1/1/2022-12/31/2022. Last updated: April 17, 2023
NOTE: In the comparison above, customers are represented once. The percentages do add to 100 percent, when you include those who preferred not to disclose their race. Approximately 4% of customers preferred not to disclose their race on the benefit application; however, this was not a category in the comparison data for eligible workers and all Washington workers. For more information about how approved customers, eligible Washington workers, and all Washington workers are defined, see the Appendix. SOURCE: ACS 1-Year Estimates-Public Use Microdata Sample 2021 & Washington Paid Leave Administrative Data 1/1/2022-12/31/2022. Last updated: April 17, 2023
NOTE: In the comparison above, customers are represented once. The percentages do add to 100 percent, when you include those who identify as Nonbinary or who preferred not to disclose their gender. Nonbinary individuals were not included in the comparison because the ACS does not report on gender outside of the binary structure. On the table, “prefer not to say” is not a category in the comparison data for eligible workers and all Washington workers. For more information about how approved customers, eligible Washington workers, and all Washington workers are defined, see the Appendix. SOURCE: ACS 1-Year Estimates-Public Use Microdata Sample 2021 & Washington Paid Leave Administrative Data 1/1/2022-12/31/2022. Last updated: April 17, 2023
NOTE: . For more information about how approved customers, eligible Washington workers, and all Washington workers are defined, see the Appendix. SOURCE: ACS 1-Year Estimates-Public Use Microdata Sample 2021 & Washington Paid Leave Administrative Data 1/1/2022-12/31/2022. Last updated: April 17, 2023
SOURCE: Washington Paid Leave Administrative Data 1/1/2022-12/31/2022. Last updated: April 17, 2023
Top 10 languages spoken at home by Washington workers:
Spanish
Chinese
Vietnamese
Russian
Tagalog
Korean
Hindi
Mandarin
Ukrainian
French
The Paid Family and Medical Leave Program began asking customers if they preferred a language other than English when communicating about their benefit application in May 2021. To our knowledge, there is not a data source that offers an appropriate equivalent comparison of the preferred language of Washington workers. For this reason, we include the top 10 languages spoken at home by Washington workers here without a comparison to approved customers, eligible, and all Washington workers.
Source: ACS 1-Year Estimates-Public Use Microdata Sample 2021.
NOTE: Each of the quartiles in the graph above correspond to the wage groupings listed in the table below. Wage information was not available for less than 1% of eligible Washington workers. They are represented in the table above at 0%. For more information about the wage groupings and how approved customers, eligible Washington workers, and all Washington workers are defined, see the Appendix. SOURCE: 2021 Washington Paid Leave Wage Reports. Last updated: April 17, 2023
NOTE: In this comparison, the data used to draw the comparisons for eligible and all Washington workers comes from the American Community Survey, which asks respondents how many hours they usually work per week, in the last twelve months. An estimated 7% of all Washington workers work less than 16 hours per week and would not be eligible for leave. They are not included here, which is why the percentages for all Washington workers do not add to 100%. For more information about how approved customers, eligible Washington workers, and all Washington workers are defined, see the Appendix. SOURCE: ACS 1-Year Estimates-Public Use Microdata Sample 2021 & Washington Paid Leave Administrative Data 1/1/2022-12/31/2022.. Last updated: April 17, 2023
NOTE: The graph shows the ten industries with the largest share of Washington workers. The table shows all industries, regardless of share of employment. For more information about how approved customers, eligible Washington workers, and all Washington workers are defined, see the Appendix. SOURCE: 2021 Washington Paid Leave Wage Reports. Last updated: April 17, 2023
NOTE: On the table, employer size information was not available for less than 1% of eligible workers and all Washington workers. They are represented in the table at 0%. For more information about how approved customers, eligible Washington workers, and all Washington workers are defined, see the Appendix. SOURCE: 2021 Washington Paid Leave Wage Reports. Last updated: April 17, 2023
The terms used on this dashboard are defined below. All the tables and figures are updated quarterly, with a one quarter lag. For example, as of April 17, 2023, the data used is through December 31, 2022.
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Definitions
Approved customers includes unique customers whose claims were approved between 1/1/2022-12/31/2022, and who received at least one payment.
Eligible Washington workers includes adults ages 18 and over who were employed by a private company, non-profit, local or state government and who met an approximation of the Washington Paid Leave eligibility requirement of working at least 16 hours per week in the last twelve months. Those who are not in the labor force, who have not worked for more than 5 years, who never worked, who are self-employed, or who work for the federal government were not included.
All Washington workers includes adults ages 18 and over who were self-employed, employed by a private company, non-profit, local or state government. Those who are not in the labor force, who have not worked for more than 5 years, who never worked, or who work for the federal government were not included.
The wage groupings for the wage comparison were determined by the quantile distribution of wages of all Washington workers.
Data Sources
The data used in the Race, Age, Gender Identity, and Hours Worked comparisons is from the 2021 One-Year Estimates Public Use Microdata Sample from the American Community Survey and information collected from the customers at the time of application. One limitation to using this data source as a comparison is that it likely overestimates the eligible worker population because we don’t know or have data on what portion of the population has or will experience a qualifying event. However, it is the best data source we have identified to date, offering the most complete view of Washington workers and their characteristics.
The data used in the Average Hourly Wage, Employer Industry, and Employer Size comparisons is from the Washington Paid Leave wage reports submitted by employers in 2021. The same limitation as above exists for this data as well - we do not know what portion of those who are working and paying into the Paid Leave Insurance Account have or will experience a qualifying event, so it is likely that it overestimates the eligible worker population.