In College Is Just the Beginning: The Employer Role in the $1.1 Trillion Postsecondary Education and Training System, we analyze how much employers spend on training, what they spend their training dollars on, and how spending on formal employer-provided training varies by age, educational attainment, and industry sector.

1. College Is Just
the Beginning:
Employer’s Role in the $1.1 Trillion Postsecondary
Education and Training System
Anthony P. Carnevale, Jeff Strohl and
Artem Gulish
February 4, 2015

2. Employers are the largest training providers

3. Of the funds provisioned for formal training, employers spend
one-third on contracted trainers.

4. The majority of formal training is spent on college-educated
workers

5. Workers ages 25 to 54 receive the most formal training

6. Services account for the largest share of training, but
manufacturing is the most training intensive
.

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