Training and Development Managers salary

SOC 11-3131 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$133,000

per year, nationally

Middle half

$101,850–$176,870

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

48,050

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+5.8%

3,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$79,550$233,600

10th: $79,550
25th: $101,850
Median: $133,000
75th: $176,870
90th: $233,600

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: 5 years or more
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where training and development managers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Delaware	$172,340	99.8	70	0.50×
2	New York	$171,400	107.9	3,500	1.17×
3	Washington	$163,360	107.0	720	0.66×
4	New Jersey	$160,540	108.8	1,540	1.16×
5	California	$156,260	110.7	6,680	1.19×
6	Connecticut	$145,070	103.6	630	1.19×
7	District of Columbia	$141,710	109.9	210	0.96×
8	New Hampshire	$141,360	104.2	260	1.22×
9	Colorado	$139,980	103.1	850	0.96×
10	Virginia	$137,520	101.1	1,050	0.83×
11	Georgia	$132,120	96.3	1,480	0.98×
12	Minnesota	$131,680	98.6	760	0.83×
13	Illinois	$130,610	100.0	1,830	0.97×
14	Kansas	$130,330	90.1	230	0.51×
15	Alabama	$128,750	88.8	150	0.22×
16	Ohio	$128,440	92.8	990	0.58×
17	Idaho	$128,120	95.5	190	0.72×
18	Oregon	$126,570	103.4	510	0.84×
19	North Carolina	$126,200	94.3	2,020	1.32×
20	Arizona	$125,770	100.7	1,190	1.19×
21	Vermont	$124,990	98.0	—	—
22	New Mexico	$124,290	92.2	180	0.66×
23	Texas	$124,280	97.1	6,190	1.42×
24	South Dakota	$124,150	88.6	50	0.32×
25	Wisconsin	$123,640	94.1	600	0.66×
26	Utah	$122,630	98.9	450	0.84×
27	Pennsylvania	$122,150	97.6	1,480	0.79×
28	Maryland	$121,920	105.0	1,250	1.47×
29	Tennessee	$121,030	91.9	840	0.83×
30	South Carolina	$119,460	93.7	610	0.86×
31	Michigan	$118,630	96.2	900	0.66×
32	Florida	$118,290	103.4	3,550	1.16×
33	Maine	$117,170	97.0	130	0.65×
34	Rhode Island	$116,590	102.3	100	0.64×
35	North Dakota	$114,020	89.0	50	0.40×
36	Hawaii	$113,400	110.0	160	0.80×
37	Kentucky	$112,750	90.2	460	0.74×
38	Missouri	$109,250	90.8	400	0.44×
39	Iowa	$108,330	87.8	290	0.59×
40	Louisiana	$107,670	88.2	330	0.55×
41	Nebraska	$105,710	90.1	440	1.39×
42	Alaska	$105,430	102.4	80	0.75×
43	Indiana	$105,130	93.3	690	0.70×
44	Oklahoma	$104,020	87.8	400	0.75×
45	Arkansas	$101,830	86.9	210	0.52×
46	Nevada	$99,110	100.0	620	1.30×
47	Montana	$98,950	94.6	70	0.47×
48	Mississippi	$88,030	87.0	200	0.56×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where training and development managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for training and development managers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$230,020	110.4	880	2.52×
2	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$179,170	108.6	30	0.82×
3	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$175,470	106.9	180	1.41×
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$173,810	112.6	3,520	1.20×
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$173,530	115.6	1,110	1.51×
6	Boulder, CO	$172,640	105.2	40	0.63×
7	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$170,050	103.2	130	1.80×
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$168,240	111.1	560	0.87×
9	Vallejo, CA	$152,920	108.5	40	0.82×
10	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$150,820	109.9	40	1.20×
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$148,860	111.9	630	1.33×
12	Springfield, MA	$146,340	96.1	50	0.73×
13	Syracuse, NY	$144,410	95.7	70	0.75×
14	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$144,370	105.8	540	1.09×
15	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$144,340	106.7	380	1.13×
16	Midland, TX	$144,240	95.8	40	1.06×
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$143,640	108.9	1,080	1.12×
18	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$142,860	105.7	80	1.32×
19	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$142,620	89.1	30	0.59×
20	Modesto, CA	$142,450	104.1	30	0.55×
21	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$142,180	113.6	2,080	1.07×
22	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$141,800	107.8	70	1.11×
23	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$141,290	102.7	240	1.31×
24	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$140,870	99.8	30	0.70×
25	Colorado Springs, CO	$140,640	100.7	80	0.79×
26	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$140,150	108.8	40	0.61×
27	New Haven, CT	$138,640	104.6	100	1.10×
28	Boise City, ID	$137,240	98.4	100	0.84×
29	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$136,120	105.4	360	0.96×
30	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$135,450	102.6	940	1.05×
31	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$134,830	97.6	210	2.01×
32	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$134,750	100.1	1,010	1.13×
33	Birmingham, AL	$133,980	91.6	70	0.43×
34	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$133,800	103.6	1,440	1.03×
35	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$133,540	98.2	80	0.89×
36	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$133,520	104.8	630	1.04×
37	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$133,190	100.4	40	1.07×
38	Rochester, NY	$133,060	97.0	150	0.96×
39	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$133,060	91.4	60	0.73×
40	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	$131,670	97.1	60	0.77×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where training and development managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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Training and Development Managers salary

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