Health-related absenteeism in professional and business services industry by month U.S. 2023

Among full-time workers in the professional and business services industry, the observed health-related workplace absenteeism during the flu season 2022-2023 was much higher than expected (baseline absenteeism from data of previous years) in November 2022. This statistic illustrates the percentage of full-time U.S. workers in the professional and business services industry who were absent from work for health-related reasons from 2022 to 2023, by month.

Percentage of full-time U.S. workers in the professional and business services industry who were absent from work for health-related reasons from 2022 to 2023, by month

Characteristic	Observed	Expected
Sep	1.82%	1.46%
Aug	1.79%	1.67%
Jul	1.45%	1.57%
Jun	1.54%	1.4%
May	1.69%	1.73%
Apr	1.49%	1.64%
Mar	2.13%	1.79%
Feb	1.8%	1.95%
Jan	1.94%	2.67%
Dec	2.32%	2.03%
Nov	2.46%	1.59%
Oct	1.75%	1.34%

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

October 2022 to September 2023

Age group

16 years and older

Supplementary notes

Current Population Survey (CPS of Census Bureau) considers a full-time worker to be anyone who usually works at least 35 hours a week. The amount of health-related workplace absenteeism is calculated as the percentage of full-time workers who worked less than 35 hours because they were ill, injured, or had another medical issue.

Absenteeism is estimated each month using CPS survey data; each estimate has a margin of error. Absenteeism is considered significantly higher than expected when the lower limit of the estimate’s margin of error is higher than the epidemic threshold. The epidemic threshold is calculated using baseline absenteeism data from the previous five years, averaged by month, and information about the likely variation of these baseline data.

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