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Table 12. Total wage and salary costs of training by
industry and size class, May-October 1995
(In thousands of dollars)
Wage and salary costs
Characteristic Total Formal Informal
training training
All employees* $37,061,259 $12,838,575 $24,221,982
Industry
Mining 305,571 172,181 133,390
Construction 1,321,935 345,217 976,718
Manufacturing:
Durables goods 7,655,647 3,254,112 4,400,978
Nondurables goods 3,668,602 2,192,938 1,475,664
Transportation,
communications, and 1,614,793 811,305 803,444
public utilities
Wholesale trade 1,278,848 352,234 926,614
Retail trade 6,285,244 666,128 5,619,116
Finance,insurance, 2,425,810 649,319 1,776,391
and real estate
Services 12,504,809 4,395,142 8,109,667
Establishment size
50 to 99 employees 5,652,306 1,348,650 4,303,656
100 to 499 employees 16,781,558 5,521,417 11,260,007
500 employees or more 14,627,394 5,968,508 8,658,319
*Employees working in establishments of 50 or more
employees.