Table 8. Hours of training per employee by selected establishment characteristics, May-October 1995
Table 8. Hours of training per employee by selected
establishment characteristics, May-October 1995
Hours of Training
Characteristic Total Formal Informal
Total
All employed1 44.5 13.4 31.1
Industry
Mining 36.1 17.2 18.9
Construction 47.5 11.4 36.1
Manufacturing:
Durables goods 51.1 20.8 30.3
Nondurables goods 40.2 21.7 18.5
Transportation,
communications,and 37.2 17.6 19.7
public utilities
Wholesale trade 33.8 8.3 25.4
Retail trade 36.8 4.2 32.6
Finance,insurance, 50.5 15.9 34.7
and real estate
Services 50.2 13.2 37.0
Establishment size
50 to 99 employees 40.1 8.2 31.9
100 to 499 employees 48.0 13.5 34.5
500 employees or more 42.6 16.6 26.0
Number of selected
establishment
benefits2
Fewer than 4 58.4 5.9 52.6
4 or 5 42.5 12.8 29.7
6 or 7 38.7 13.9 24.8
8 or more 50.6 14.8 35.9
Number of selected
establishment
work practices3
0 57.8 14.7 43.0
1 or 2 29.8 5.8 24.0
3 or 4 57.6 15.9 41.7
5 or 6 36.7 15.3 21.4
7 or more 49.0 19.1 29.9
Presence of contract
employees
None 41.9 8.7 33.2
Some 47.4 18.7 28.7
Turnover rate4
Low 46.3 27.3 19.0
Medium 45.9 15.6 30.4
High 41.8 7.6 34.2
Employment change over
the last 3 months
Declining 52.0 13.3 38.6
Stable 34.7 10.9 23.9
Increasing 44.5 14.3 30.2
Part-time employment
None 57.6 14.7 42.9
Some, but less than 10% 43.0 15.8 27.2
10 percent or more 39.4 11.0 28.3
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
