Staff Training Costs
January 7, 2010 11:45 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for survey results or data on the amount of money spent annually on staff training and development by organizations similar to mine (public sector, Canadian, 1000+ employees). Comparisons to U.S. organizations would be fine too.
Is there such a thing as an industry standard for staff training, e.g. $150 per person, per year?
Highlights from the ASTD 2008 State of the Industry Report - For more, see their website.
ASTD estimates that U.S. organizations spent $134.39 billion on employee learning and development in 2007. This amount reflects direct learning expenditures such as the learning function’s staff salaries, administrative learning costs, and non-salary delivery costs (including outsourced activities). Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. total ($83.62 billion) was spent on the internal learning function, such as staff salaries and internal development costs. The remainder ($50.77 billion) was allocated to external services such as workshops, vendors and external events. These types of informative statistics appear in ASTD’s annual State of the Industry report. The State of the Industry report is ASTD’s annual review of trends in workplace learning and performance.
Despite troubling signs for the economy in the latter part of 2007, investment in learning activities remained strong from both a financial and operational standpoint. The average direct learning expenditure per employee in the consolidated sample of organizations rose to $1,103 per employee in 2007, an increase of 6.0 percent from 2006. There is a consistent upward trend in technology-based delivery methods. E-learning now accounts for nearly one-third of learning content made available. Formats such as simulations, instructional games, and social networking sites are becoming more widely used for learning. The leading content area remained profession- or industry-specific skills and information at 14.2 percent of learning hours in 2007.
posted by carmicha at 12:22 PM on January 7, 2010
ASTD estimates that U.S. organizations spent $134.39 billion on employee learning and development in 2007. This amount reflects direct learning expenditures such as the learning function’s staff salaries, administrative learning costs, and non-salary delivery costs (including outsourced activities). Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. total ($83.62 billion) was spent on the internal learning function, such as staff salaries and internal development costs. The remainder ($50.77 billion) was allocated to external services such as workshops, vendors and external events. These types of informative statistics appear in ASTD’s annual State of the Industry report. The State of the Industry report is ASTD’s annual review of trends in workplace learning and performance.
Despite troubling signs for the economy in the latter part of 2007, investment in learning activities remained strong from both a financial and operational standpoint. The average direct learning expenditure per employee in the consolidated sample of organizations rose to $1,103 per employee in 2007, an increase of 6.0 percent from 2006. There is a consistent upward trend in technology-based delivery methods. E-learning now accounts for nearly one-third of learning content made available. Formats such as simulations, instructional games, and social networking sites are becoming more widely used for learning. The leading content area remained profession- or industry-specific skills and information at 14.2 percent of learning hours in 2007.
posted by carmicha at 12:22 PM on January 7, 2010
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Some places give different amounts based on classification levels, some vary year-to-year depending on budgetary constraints. The federal government is quite decentralized when it comes to any policies that are not set nationally by the Treasury Board.
posted by urbanlenny at 12:20 PM on January 7, 2010