Management

Training & Development Managers

SOC 11-3131

Build the programs that bring new hires up to speed and grow existing staff.

The job

Median pay

$133k

$102k to $177k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+6.4% projected

Openings a year

4.1k

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

4/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

76th pct

More exposed than 76% of occupations · modeled estimate · 67th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

56/100

At a glance

Pay for Training & Development Managers centers on a $133,000 median, 98% above the typical occupation we cover, and 7% above the median across Management. Annual openings for Industrial Production Managers are about 4 times the number here. BLS projects employment to grow 6.4% from 2025 to 2035, 2.7 points above the typical occupation we cover. Each year, openings for Training & Development Managers total about 4,100. Typical entry-level education is a bachelor's degree. Works-with-AI scores 4/100 against high displacement risk, leaning toward displacement, with modeled exposure at the 76th percentile.

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Key skills

Learning Strategies
Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Speaking
Writing
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 50 states and DC. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	6,680	0.4	1.2×	$156k
Texas	6,190	0.4	1.4×	$124k
Florida	3,550	0.4	1.2×	$118k
New York	3,500	0.4	1.2×	$171k
North Carolina	2,020	0.4	1.3×	$126k
Illinois	1,830	0.3	1.0×	$131k
New Jersey	1,540	0.4	1.2×	$161k
Georgia	1,480	0.3	1.0×	$132k
Pennsylvania	1,480	0.2	0.8×	$122k
Massachusetts	1,412 (estimated)	0.4 (estimated)	1.3× (estimated)	$168k (estimated)

All 50 states and DC

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Maryland	1,250	0.5	1.5×	$122k
Arizona	1,190	0.4	1.2×	$126k
Virginia	1,050	0.3	0.8×	$138k
Ohio	990	0.2	0.6×	$128k
Michigan	900	0.2	0.7×	$119k
Colorado	850	0.3	1.0×	$140k
Tennessee	840	0.3	0.8×	$121k
Minnesota	760	0.3	0.8×	$132k
Washington	720	0.2	0.7×	$163k
Indiana	690	0.2	0.7×	$105k
Connecticut	630	0.4	1.2×	$145k
Nevada	620	0.4	1.3×	$99k
South Carolina	610	0.3	0.9×	$119k
Wisconsin	600	0.2	0.7×	$124k
Oregon	510	0.3	0.8×	$127k
Kentucky	460	0.2	0.7×	$113k
Utah	450	0.3	0.8×	$123k
Nebraska	440	0.4	1.4×	$106k
Missouri	400	0.1	0.4×	$109k
Oklahoma	400	0.2	0.8×	$104k
Louisiana	330	0.2	0.6×	$108k
Iowa	290	0.2	0.6×	$108k
New Hampshire	260	0.4	1.2×	$141k
Kansas	230	0.2	0.5×	$130k
Arkansas	210	0.2	0.5×	$102k
Washington DC	210	0.3	1.0×	$142k
Mississippi	200	0.2	0.6×	$88k
Idaho	190	0.2	0.7×	$128k
New Mexico	180	0.2	0.7×	$124k
Hawaii	160	0.3	0.8×	$113k
Alabama	150	0.1	0.2×	$129k
Maine	130	0.2	0.7×	$117k
West Virginia	120	0.2	0.6×	$98k (estimated)
Vermont	107 (estimated)	0.4 (estimated)	1.1× (estimated)	$125k
Rhode Island	100	0.2	0.7×	$117k
Alaska	80	0.2	0.8×	$105k
Wyoming	73 (estimated)	0.3 (estimated)	0.8× (estimated)	$106k (estimated)
Delaware	70	0.1	0.5×	$172k
Montana	70	0.1	0.4×	$99k
North Dakota	50	0.1	0.4×	$114k
South Dakota	50	0.1	0.3×	$124k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,520 jobs · $174k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,150 jobs · $128k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,080 jobs · $142k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,440 jobs · $134k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,230 jobs · $127k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,110 jobs · $174k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,080 jobs · $144k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,010 jobs · $135k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.