Table 11. Wage and salary costs of training per employee by selected establishment characteristics, May-October 1995
Table 11. Wage and salary costs of training per employee by
selected establishment characteristics, May-October 1995
Wage and salary costs
Characteristics Total Formal Informal
training training
TOTAL
All employees1 $ 646.9 $ 224.1 $422.8
Industry
Mining 741.9 418.0 323.8
Construction 746.5 195.0 551.6
Manufacturing:
Durables goods 815.2 346.5 468.6
Nondurables goods 591.9 353.8 238.1
Transportation,
communications,and 471.3 236.8 234.5
public utilities
Wholesale trade 542.6 149.4 393.1
Retail trade 463.4 49.1 414.2
Finance,insurance, 878.9 235.3 643.6
and real estate
Services 718.1 252.4 465.7
Establishment size
50 to 99 employees 462.0 110.2 351.8
100 to 499 employees 654.3 215.3 439.0
500 employees or more 753.5 307.5 446.0
Number of selected
establishment
benefits2
Fewer than 4 704.2 52.8 651.4
4 or 5 451.2 167.9 283.3
6 or 7 575.8 249.1 326.7
8 or more 890.0 274.3 615.7
Number of selected
establishment
work practices3
0 814.0 181.2 632.8
1 or 2 356.1 73.7 282.5
3 or 4 730.6 231.3 499.3
5 or 6 685.4 321.9 363.5
7 or more 846.3 380.1 466.2
Presence of contract
employees
None 512.8 142.0 370.8
Some 797.1 316.1 481.0
Turnover rate4
Low 886.6 546.2 340.4
Medium 712.4 243.4 469.0
High 501.6 137.7 364.0
Employment change over
the last 3 months
Declining 643.5 205.9 437.6
Stable 528.4 184.1 344.3
Increasing 687.1 244.9 442.2
Part-time employment
None 724.3 247.6 476.7
Some, but less than 10% 651.0 253.5 397.5
10 percent or more 607.4 191.4 416.0
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
