What Organizations Spend on Learning

In the 2008 State of the Industry Report, ASTD Research reported on the amount of expenditure per employee on workplace learning and performance in three categories of organizations: members of the ASTD Benchmarking Forum, winners of the ASTD BEST Awards, and a consolidated sample that contained Forum organizations, BEST Award winners, and submissions to the WLP Scorecard.

The average direct 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. The average learning expenditure per employee in both Benchmarking Forum and BEST organizations was higher than the consolidated average. For Forum organizations, average direct expenditure per employee was $1,609 in 2007. The BEST Award winners spent an average of $1,451 per employee on learning and development.

Source: ASTD2008 State of the Industry Report

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