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title: "Training and Development Manager"
description: "Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an organization."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/training-and-development-manager"
last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Training and Development Manager

**Category:** Management · **SOC code:** 11-3131 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 11-3131.00

Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an organization.

Also advertised as: Education and Development Manager; L and D Director (Learning and Development Director); Learning Manager; Organizational Development Manager (OD Manager); Staff Development Director; Staff Training and Development Manager; Training and Development Coordinator (T and D Coordinator); Training and Development Director (T and D Director).

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $133,000 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $63.94/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $79,550 to $233,600, with the middle half between $101,850 and $176,870
- **Total US employment:** 48,050
- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's
- **Preparation required:** Medium preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +6.4% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 4,100 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 28/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 48,050 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $79,550 |
| 25th | $101,850 |
| 50th (median) | $133,000 |
| 75th | $176,870 |
| 90th | $233,600 |
| Mean (average) | $148,370 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DE | $172,340 | $172,672 | 70 |
| NY | $171,400 | $158,820 | 3,500 |
| WA | $163,360 | $152,654 | 720 |
| NJ | $160,540 | $147,548 | 1,540 |
| CA | $156,260 | $141,131 | 6,680 |
| CT | $145,070 | $140,015 | 630 |
| DC | $141,710 | $128,943 | 210 |
| NH | $141,360 | $135,708 | 260 |
| CO | $139,980 | $135,834 | 850 |
| VA | $137,520 | $136,018 | 1,050 |
| GA | $132,120 | $137,206 | 1,480 |
| MN | $131,680 | $133,521 | 760 |
| IL | $130,610 | $130,665 | 1,830 |
| KS | $130,330 | $144,702 | 230 |
| AL | $128,750 | $144,951 | 150 |

34 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 49 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/training-and-development-manager/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/training-and-development-manager.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 50,200 in the 2025–2035 base year to 53,500 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 3,200 jobs, or +6.4%. Faster than average: 6.4% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 4,100 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Medium preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** 5 years or more.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Bachelor's Degree | 71.4% |
| Master's Degree | 21.4% |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 7.1% |

## What the work involves

- Analyze training needs to develop new training programs or modify and improve existing programs.
- Evaluate instructor performance and the effectiveness of training programs, providing recommendations for improvement.
- Plan, develop, and provide training and staff development programs, using knowledge of the effectiveness of methods such as classroom training, demonstrations, on-the-job training, meetings, conferences, and workshops.
- Confer with management and conduct surveys to identify training needs based on projected production processes, changes, and other factors.
- Conduct orientation sessions and arrange on-the-job training for new hires.
- Train instructors and supervisors in techniques and skills for training and dealing with employees.
- Develop and organize training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.
- Prepare training budget for department or organization.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Learning Strategies — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Instructing — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Management of Financial Resources — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Education and Training — importance 4.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Personnel and Human Resources — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Communications and Media — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Fluency of Ideas — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Enterprising (E), Social (S), Conventional (C).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| E — Enterprising | 6.35 |
| S — Social | 5.54 |
| C — Conventional | 4.04 |
| I — Investigative | 3.04 |
| A — Artistic | 2.57 |
| R — Realistic | 1.90 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESFJ | 79.4 |
| ENFJ | 78.9 |
| ESFP | 70.1 |
| ESTJ | 64.0 |
| ENTJ | 63.1 |

Best-fitting types: ESFJ, ENFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Training and Development Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/training-and-development-specialist) — median $69,280
- [Instructional Coordinator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/instructional-coordinator) — median $77,440
- [Industrial-Organizational Psychologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-organizational-psychologist) — median $193,950
- [Management Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/management-analyst) — median $101,860
- [Project Management Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/project-management-specialist) — median $102,320
- [Human Resources Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/human-resources-specialist) — median $75,940
- [Human Resources Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/human-resources-manager) — median $149,280
- [Education Administrator, Kindergarten through Secondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/education-administrator-kindergarten-through-secondary) — median $105,870
- [Education and Childcare Administrator, Preschool and Daycare](https://nuecareer.com/careers/education-and-childcare-administrator-preschool-and-daycare) — median $59,300
- [Social and Community Service Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/social-and-community-service-manager) — median $80,390

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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