Business & Financial
Training & Development Specialists
SOC 13-1151
Design and deliver the courses that teach employees new skills.
The job
Median pay
$69k
$50k to $95k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+11% projected
Openings a year
46k
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
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
71st pct
More exposed than 71% of occupations · modeled estimate · 78th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
54/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Learning Strategies
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 46,630 | 3.3 | 1.1× | $63k |
| California | 46,530 | 2.6 | 0.9× | $76k |
| Florida | 34,130 | 3.4 | 1.2× | $72k |
| New York | 27,460 | 2.8 | 1.0× | $76k |
| North Carolina | 20,220 | 4.1 | 1.4× | $65k |
| Ohio | 17,690 | 3.2 | 1.1× | $65k |
| Georgia | 16,200 | 3.3 | 1.1× | $67k |
| Virginia | 15,570 | 3.8 | 1.3× | $78k |
| Illinois | 15,140 | 2.5 | 0.8× | $67k |
| Pennsylvania | 14,780 | 2.4 | 0.8× | $71k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 12,190 | 3.4 | 1.1× | $80k |
| Colorado | 12,100 | 4.2 | 1.4× | $76k |
| Michigan | 10,640 | 2.4 | 0.8× | $64k |
| Maryland | 9,800 | 3.5 | 1.2× | $76k |
| Arizona | 9,717 | 3.0 | 1.0× | $67k~ |
| Minnesota | 9,650 | 3.3 | 1.1× | $77k |
| Tennessee | 9,370 | 2.9 | 1.0× | $62k |
| Wisconsin | 9,360 | 3.2 | 1.1× | $71k |
| New Jersey | 9,210 | 2.1 | 0.7× | $77k |
| Indiana | 8,450 | 2.6 | 0.9× | $61k |
| Washington | 8,130 | 2.3 | 0.8× | $82k |
| Missouri | 8,098 | 2.8 | 0.9× | $59k~ |
| South Carolina | 6,960 | 3.0 | 1.0× | $63k |
| Utah | 6,140 | 3.5 | 1.2× | $61k |
| Kentucky | 6,090 | 3.0 | 1.0× | $61k |
| Oklahoma | 5,440 | 3.2 | 1.1× | $61k |
| Oregon | 5,190 | 2.6 | 0.9× | $76k |
| Kansas | 5,150 | 3.6 | 1.2× | $62k |
| Iowa | 4,670 | 3.0 | 1.0× | $66k |
| Arkansas | 3,880 | 3.0 | 1.0× | $52k |
| Connecticut | 3,650 | 2.2 | 0.7× | $78k |
| Nebraska | 3,650 | 3.6 | 1.2× | $66k |
| Nevada | 3,440 | 2.2 | 0.8× | $61k |
| Louisiana | 3,030 | 1.6 | 0.5× | $58k |
| Alabama | 3,000 | 1.4 | 0.5× | $64k |
| Mississippi | 2,820 | 2.4 | 0.8× | $54k |
| Idaho | 2,430 | 2.8 | 1.0× | $62k |
| New Mexico | 2,190 | 2.5 | 0.8× | $63k |
| Washington DC | 1,900 | 2.7 | 0.9× | $81k |
| New Hampshire | 1,808 | 2.6 | 0.9× | $86k~ |
| West Virginia | 1,710 | 2.4 | 0.8× | $65k |
| Maine | 1,600 | 2.5 | 0.8× | $66k |
| Delaware | 1,590 | 3.3 | 1.1× | $89k |
| Hawaii | 1,200 | 1.9 | 0.7× | $61k |
| Rhode Island | 1,130 | 2.3 | 0.8× | $76k |
| Montana | 900 | 1.8 | 0.6× | $63k |
| Vermont | 750 | 2.5 | 0.8× | $78k |
| North Dakota | 670 | 1.6 | 0.5× | $63k |
| Wyoming | 550 | 2.0 | 0.7× | $69k |
| Alaska | 530 | 1.6 | 0.6× | $82k |
| South Dakota | 520 | 1.1 | 0.4× | $62k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ22,190 jobs · $80k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA15,030 jobs · $72k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX12,930 jobs · $71k median
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV11,490 jobs · $82k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN10,940 jobs · $67k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA10,280 jobs · $71k median
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ9,910 jobs · $67k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX9,630 jobs · $63k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Training & Development Specialists interactively →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.