During the recorded time period, the highest peak in health-related absenteeism was in the month of January in the 2021 to 2022 flu-season, where five percent of full-time workers were absent from work.
This statistic represents the percentage of full-time workers in the U.S. absent from work for health-related reasons from 2015-2023, by month.
Percentage of full-time workers in the U.S. absent from work for health-related reasons from 2015-2023, by month
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.
Figures prior to the 2017-2018 season can be found here.
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CDC. (March 29, 2023). Percentage of full-time workers in the U.S. absent from work for health-related reasons from 2015-2023, by month [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1259414/health-related-workplace-absenteeism-full-time-us-workers/
CDC. "Percentage of full-time workers in the U.S. absent from work for health-related reasons from 2015-2023, by month." Chart. March 29, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1259414/health-related-workplace-absenteeism-full-time-us-workers/
CDC. (2023). Percentage of full-time workers in the U.S. absent from work for health-related reasons from 2015-2023, by month. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1259414/health-related-workplace-absenteeism-full-time-us-workers/
CDC. "Percentage of Full-time Workers in The U.S. absent from Work for Health-related Reasons from 2015-2023, by Month." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2023, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1259414/health-related-workplace-absenteeism-full-time-us-workers/
CDC, Percentage of full-time workers in the U.S. absent from work for health-related reasons from 2015-2023, by month Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1259414/health-related-workplace-absenteeism-full-time-us-workers/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Percentage of full-time workers in the U.S. absent from work for health-related reasons from 2015-2023, by month [Graph], CDC, March 29, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1259414/health-related-workplace-absenteeism-full-time-us-workers/
