Internet Access Costs and Use Preference

The graphs below were created using Google’s graph tools.

The vertical bar graphs show 1) the average monthly fees paid by businesses for seven types of Internet access and 2) the preferences for using these seven access types (as a percentage of total use).

The data in the graphs are from a study prepared by Columbia Telecommunications Corporation for the US Small Business Administration.  The study can be read by clicking here (PDF file).  The data in the graphs are based on a survey conducted for the study.

The data in the graph should be useful to companies in comparing their Internet costs to averages found by the survey.

Small Companies Use of Bank, Trade, Both, or Neither for Financing

The graph below was created using Google’s graph tools.

The vertical bar graph shows whether small companies have used bank loans, trade credit, both bank loans and trade credit, or neither as a source of financing.

The data in the graph is from a study done by Rebel Cole for the US Small Business Administration.  The study can be read by clicking here (PDF file).

Data shown in the graph should be of interest to small companies in comparing their financing to other small companies.  The study has analysis on company characteristics related to financing choices.

Benefits as a Percentage of Total Compensation

The graph below was created using Google’s graph tools.

The horizontal bar graph shows compensation benefits as a percentage of total compensation for private workers in 2011 based on US Department of Labor survey data.

The total average compensation found was $28.10 of which wages and salaries was 70.8 % and other benefits was 29.2 %.   

Legally required benefits include social security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, and workers compensation.  Supplemental pay includes shift differentials and non-production bonuses.

Health insurance accounted for 7.5 % of insurance benefit with the other 0.5 % made up of life and disability.

The graph provides a visual of how, on average across all businesses, an employee’s gross paid is divided up.

More details from the Department of Labor on costs for benefits in 2011 can be seen by clicking here (PDF file).   Click here to go to the Department of Labor website on employment costs.