Readable version: Paid sick leave laws by state, explained state by state. All site datasets: open data · data roundups.
What this dataset covers
Whether a state requires private employers to provide sick leave, how fast it accrues, the yearly cap, when it can be used, carryover and front-loading, and whether local ordinances add to it.
Most often unconfirmed in this release: local (37), wait (26), frontload (25), effective (24), small_employer (23). 14 jurisdictions have their own page on the site (AZ, CA, CO, CT, IL, MD, ME, MI, MN, NE, NJ, NV, NY, WA); their rows also carry the explanatory text and all sources shown there.
Field dictionary
| Field | Meaning | Type | In this release |
|---|---|---|---|
jurisdiction_code | Two-letter postal code of the state or DC. | string | 51 of 51 filled |
jurisdiction | State name (or District of Columbia). | string | 51 of 51 filled |
agency | State agency that enforces the sick leave law. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string | 14 of 51 filled |
law | Name or citation of the law. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string | 14 of 51 filled |
statewide | Whether a statewide sick leave requirement applies to private employers. | string (code) | 31 of 51 filled: yes (21), no (8), repealed (1), limited (1) |
effective | When the requirement took effect. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 13 of 51 filled |
accrual | How sick leave accrues. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 14 of 51 filled |
cap | Yearly accrual or use cap. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 14 of 51 filled |
tiers | Rules by employer size: min and max employees, per (hours worked per hour earned), cap (hours), cap_kind, paid, from (start date). Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | array of objects | 14 of 51 filled |
wait.day | Day of employment on which leave may first be used. | integer | 16 of 51 filled; 1 to 366 |
wait.text | Detail on the waiting period. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 12 of 51 filled |
carryover | Whether unused leave carries into the next year. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 14 of 51 filled |
frontload | Whether an employer may front-load the year's leave. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 14 of 51 filled |
small_employer | Different rules for small employers. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 12 of 51 filled |
uses | What the leave may be used for. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 14 of 51 filled |
notice | Notice, poster or documentation rules. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 14 of 51 filled |
local.exists | Whether cities or counties have their own sick leave ordinances. | boolean | 14 of 51 filled: true (7), false (7) |
local.preempted | Whether state law blocks local sick leave ordinances. | boolean | 7 of 51 filled: true (7) |
local.url | Official page about local rules. | string (URL) | 14 of 51 filled |
local.title | Title of that page. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string | 7 of 51 filled |
notes | Other points from the official source. Present only for jurisdictions that have their own page on the site. | string (free text) | 12 of 51 filled |
unconfirmed | Fields the official sources read did not confirm for this row. Those values are null. | array of strings | 47 of 51 rows list at least one |
source_urls | Links to the official sources (all of them for jurisdictions with their own page; the main linked source for the others). | array of strings | 37 of 51 filled |
checked | When the row's sources were opened (YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD). A row with no official source carries the date of the check that found none. | date (YYYY-MM-DD) | 51 of 51 filled |
page_url | The page on mcc-solutionsnj.com that explains this row. | string (URL) | 51 of 51 filled |
Preview: the first 10 rows
jurisdiction | statewide | wait.day | local.exists | local.preempted | checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | null | null | null | null | 2026-11 |
| Alaska | yes | null | null | null | 2026-11 |
| Arizona | yes | 90 | null | null | 2026-11 |
| Arkansas | null | null | null | null | 2026-11 |
| California | yes | 90 | true | null | 2026-11 |
| Colorado | yes | 1 | null | null | 2026-11 |
| Connecticut | yes | 121 | null | null | 2026-11 |
| Delaware | null | null | null | null | 2026-11 |
| District of Columbia | yes | null | null | null | 2026-11 |
| Florida | null | null | false | true | 2026-11 |
6 of 25 columns shown; the downloads have every column in full.
Download formats
The CSV has one row per jurisdiction and one column per field above, UTF-8, comma-separated. Nested fields use dotted names (wait.day); lists are joined with | , and lists of objects become key: value; key: value items. The JSON keeps types (numbers, true/false, null, arrays) and includes this dictionary, the license and the checked date.
License
License: free to copy, share and adapt, including commercially, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Attribution required: credit "MCC Solutions" and link to this dataset page (https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/sick-leave). The cite box below has text ready to paste.
Accuracy
Accuracy: every fact comes from an official government page as it read when checked (November 2026 for this release). Anything those pages did not confirm is null and named in the row's unconfirmed list; a null that is not on the list means the point does not apply or the source states none. This is general information, not legal or tax advice. We are not lawyers, and MCC Solutions is not a law firm.
Cite this data
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: credit MCC Solutions and link to https://mcc-solutionsnj.com/data/sick-leave.
Changelog
- November 2026: sources checked for all 51 jurisdictions; this release has 25 fields, 264 confirmed values and 281 unconfirmed items.
- Downloads are generated from the data files on each request, so a corrected file shows up in the CSV and JSON straight away; a new entry is added here when the sources are checked again.