Table 7. Percent of employees who received training by selected establishment characteristics
Table 7. Percent of employees who received training by
selected establishment characteristics
Received formal training
Received
Characteristic While with Within the informal
current last 12 training
employer months while with
current
employer
Total
All employed1 84.4 69.8 95.8
Industry
Mining 98.0 94.7 98.8
Construction 88.8 71.2 92.5
Manufacturing:
Durables goods 94.1 78.3 99.0
Nondurables goods 93.7 85.4 96.9
Transportation,
communications, and 93.2 81.4 98.1
public utilities
Wholesale trade 79.7 68.1 94.2
Retail trade 70.0 48.8 91.4
Finance, insurance, 91.6 87.4 96.4
and real estate
Services 84.3 70.7 97.3
Establishment size
50 to 99 employees 78.9 61.6 97.1
100 to 499 employees 84.7 73.0 95.0
500 employees or more 87.7 71.0 96.1
Number of selected
establishment benefits2
Fewer than 4 71.0 57.2 88.5
4 or 5 70.0 57.8 93.4
6 or 7 91.5 74.4 95.6
8 or more 90.3 76.5 99.7
Number of selected
establishment
work practices3
0 71.8 57.4 94.6
1 or 2 84.0 66.5 97.7
3 or 4 75.8 66.8 96.5
5 or 6 94.9 80.5 97.9
7 or more 95.0 74.6 88.9
Presence of contract
employees
None 79.5 63.6 95.9
Some 90.1 77.0 95.8
Turnover rate4
Low 87.4 78.0 98.0
Medium 89.8 74.7 97.3
High 75.5 60.7 93.2
Employment change over
the last 3 months
Declining 82.6 70.3 98.6
Stable 88.3 74.3 94.9
Increasing 83.9 68.0 95.0
Part-time employment
None 88.1 73.5 96.7
Some, but less than 10% 90.4 72.8 95.0
10 percent or more 78.3 65.8 96.1
1 Employees working in establishments of 50 or more
employees.
2 The survey questionnaire asked respondents of the
establishment to select which, if any, of 11 listed benefits
they provided to their employees.
3 The survey questionnaire asked respondents of the
establishment to select which, if any, of nine listed
workplace practices they used at their establishment.
4 A turnover rate of less than 1.0 percent of average
employment over the prior three months was defined as low, 1
to 25 percent was considered medium, and 25 percent or
greater was considered high.
United States Department of Labor
