Training and Development Specialists
SOC 13-1151 · 2024-2034
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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $77,061per year
- Projected openings
- 48,380
- Projected change
- +15.2%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Instructing
- Speaking
- Learning Strategies
- Social Perceptiveness
- Active Listening
- Writing
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $99,338 | 2,810 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $94,108 | 3,730 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $87,584 | 3,280 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $75,823 | 250 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $75,753 | 3,890 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $74,316 | 10,360 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $72,520 | 230 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $72,439 | 2,790 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $68,650 | 300 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $68,232 | 320 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $67,988 | 170 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $67,652 | 400 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $67,621 | 110 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $65,971 | 200 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $65,614 | 230 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $65,584 | 420 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $65,044 | 4,650 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $61,286 | 560 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $60,206 | 100 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $58,933 | 830 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $58,841 | 1,080 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $57,548 | 210 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $57,548 | 580 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $57,374 | 450 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $57,201 | 4,470 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $56,366 | 940 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $56,346 | 150 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $54,492 | 1,010 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $53,097 | 110 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $51,559 | 160 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $49,684 | 150 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Training and Development Managers | $158,882 | 5,810 | +9% |
| Instructional Coordinators | $99,726 | 21,280 | +5.7% |
| Management Analysts | $103,162 | 154,880 | +11.5% |
| Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School | $82,877 | 1,940 | 0% |
| Human Resources Specialists | $84,901 | 97,470 | +10.4% |
| Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | $59,459 | 105,200 | +16.7% |
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