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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023

13-1151 Training and Development Specialists

Design or conduct work-related training and development programs to improve individual skills or organizational performance. May analyze organizational training needs or evaluate training effectiveness. Excludes “Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary” (25-1194) and “Other Teachers and Instructors” (25-3000). Flight instructors are included with “Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers” (53-2010).

National estimates for Training and Development Specialists
Industry profile for Training and Development Specialists
Geographic profile for Training and Development Specialists

National estimates for Training and Development Specialists:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Training and Development Specialists:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3) 		Mean hourly
wage		 Mean annual
wage (2) 		Wage RSE (3)
403,480 0.7 % $ 34.60 $ 71,980 0.5 %

Percentile wage estimates for Training and Development Specialists:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median) 		75% 90%
Hourly Wage $ 17.33 $ 22.84 $ 30.94 $ 42.26 $ 55.84
Annual Wage (2) $ 36,050 $ 47,510 $ 64,340 $ 87,890 $ 116,140

Industry profile for Training and Development Specialists:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Training and Development Specialists are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Training and Development Specialists, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Training and Development Specialists:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Restaurants and Other Eating Places 28,490 0.26 $ 16.15 $ 33,600
Management of Companies and Enterprises 23,920 0.86 $ 39.48 $ 82,110
Computer Systems Design and Related Services 16,850 0.67 $ 41.68 $ 86,690
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 14,450 0.78 $ 39.16 $ 81,450
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 13,360 0.23 $ 41.46 $ 86,230

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Training and Development Specialists:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Business Schools and Computer and Management Training 12,120 14.55 $ 39.44 $ 82,040
Technical and Trade Schools 6,090 4.22 $ 42.83 $ 89,080
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) 890 4.05 $ 32.44 $ 67,480
Educational Support Services 4,420 1.74 $ 39.69 $ 82,560
Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds 180 1.58 $ 36.22 $ 75,340

Top paying industries for Training and Development Specialists:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 100 0.08 $ 59.07 $ 122,870
Federal, State, and Local Government, excluding State and Local Government Schools and Hospitals and the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation) 450 0.02 $ 58.41 $ 121,490
Coal Mining 50 0.12 $ 57.93 $ 120,490
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing 340 0.32 $ 56.02 $ 116,520
Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services 590 0.32 $ 55.21 $ 114,830

Geographic profile for Training and Development Specialists:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Training and Development Specialists are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Training and Development Specialists, see the Create Customized Tables function.



Map of employment of training and development specialists by state, May 2023


States with the highest employment level in Training and Development Specialists:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 43,810 2.44 0.92 $ 38.09 $ 79,240
Texas 42,540 3.14 1.18 $ 33.19 $ 69,020
Florida 27,870 2.91 1.10 $ 33.64 $ 69,960
New York 21,910 2.33 0.88 $ 38.90 $ 80,900
North Carolina 16,840 3.51 1.32 $ 31.72 $ 65,980


Map of location quotient of training and development specialists by state, May 2023


States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Training and Development Specialists:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Utah 6,970 4.15 1.56 $ 31.95 $ 66,450
Colorado 10,780 3.81 1.43 $ 36.68 $ 76,300
Virginia 14,990 3.76 1.42 $ 36.41 $ 75,730
North Carolina 16,840 3.51 1.32 $ 31.72 $ 65,980
Massachusetts 12,070 3.31 1.25 $ 37.55 $ 78,110


Map of annual mean wages of training and development specialists by state, May 2023


Top paying states for Training and Development Specialists:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia 1,400 2.00 0.75 $ 43.34 $ 90,150
Washington 9,530 2.73 1.03 $ 40.68 $ 84,610
New Jersey 7,190 1.71 0.64 $ 40.48 $ 84,200
Connecticut 3,330 2.01 0.75 $ 40.18 $ 83,580
New York 21,910 2.33 0.88 $ 38.90 $ 80,900



Map of employment of training and development specialists by area, May 2023


Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Training and Development Specialists:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 18,930 1.99 0.75 $ 41.02 $ 85,320
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 14,530 3.66 1.38 $ 36.79 $ 76,530
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 14,370 2.32 0.87 $ 36.38 $ 75,670
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 10,070 3.26 1.23 $ 41.62 $ 86,570
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 9,760 3.46 1.30 $ 34.31 $ 71,370
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 9,530 2.11 0.80 $ 36.53 $ 75,980
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 9,500 3.44 1.29 $ 38.05 $ 79,150
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 8,390 2.64 0.99 $ 33.88 $ 70,460
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 7,730 3.38 1.27 $ 35.87 $ 74,610
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 7,170 2.96 1.11 $ 44.68 $ 92,920


Map of location quotient of training and development specialists by area, May 2023


Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Training and Development Specialists:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ 340 10.09 3.80 $ 40.39 $ 84,000
Logan, UT-ID 390 5.78 2.17 $ 27.77 $ 57,760
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 1,370 4.74 1.78 $ 27.27 $ 56,710
Santa Fe, NM 280 4.60 1.73 $ 29.74 $ 61,850
Provo-Orem, UT 1,320 4.52 1.70 $ 31.15 $ 64,790
Cheyenne, WY 210 4.45 1.67 $ 32.67 $ 67,960
Salem, OR 800 4.42 1.66 $ 35.38 $ 73,590
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 1,460 4.34 1.63 $ 35.54 $ 73,910
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 6,900 4.34 1.63 $ 37.41 $ 77,800
Jacksonville, NC 220 4.25 1.60 $ 26.34 $ 54,790