Training and Development Managers

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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Risk & user votes

Calculated automation risk

19% (Minimal Risk)

Minimal Risk (0-20%): This occupation appears difficult to replace end-to-end with current or near-future automation, including AI software and robotics. Roles in this range usually depend on human judgement, creativity, care, leadership, specialist expertise, or adapting to messy real-world situations. AI and machines may still change parts of the work, but the occupation is likely to remain a distinct human role.

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Human strengths important in this job

These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.

Thinking creatively

Very important
Why this matters
Coming up with original ideas and designs—creating new concepts, products, systems, or artistic work. This kind of open-ended invention and taste-based judgment is harder to automate end-to-end than routine, rule-based tasks.
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Decision-making and problem solving

Very important
Why this matters
Analyze information, weigh tradeoffs, and choose the best solution—especially when situations are ambiguous, high-stakes, or have real-world consequences.
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Coordinating others’ work

Very important
Why this matters
Bringing people together, assigning tasks, and keeping a group aligned so work gets done.
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Developing objectives and strategies

Very important
Why this matters
Sets long-term goals and chooses strategies and actions to reach them, weighing tradeoffs and adapting plans as conditions change.
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Education and training expertise

Very important
Why this matters
Designing and delivering instruction—adapting lessons to different learners and measuring whether training actually works.
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Social perceptiveness

Quite important
Why this matters
Noticing others’ emotions and reactions in the moment and adjusting what you say or do based on why they’re responding that way.
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Persuasion

Quite important
Why this matters
Influencing people to change their minds or behavior through conversation, trust, and negotiation.
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Communicating with people outside the organization

Quite important
Why this matters
Represents the organization to customers, the public, or government—handling questions, concerns, and relationship-building through conversations, writing, calls, or email.
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Active learning

Quite important
Why this matters
Keeps learning from new information and applying it to make better decisions now and in the future, especially when situations change.
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Operations analysis

Quite important
Why this matters
Figure out what people need and what a product must do, then translate those requirements into a workable design.
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What users think

Based on 110 votes

36% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 19% chance of automation.

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What is the likelihood that Training and Development Managers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

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Pay & outlook

Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2024, the median annual wage for Training and Development Managers was $127,090 ($61 per hour).

The median annual wage for Training and Development Managers was 156.7% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.

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Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Growth

Fast growth relative to other professions

The number of 'Training and Development Managers' job openings is expected to rise 5.8% by 2034

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Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Volume

Moderate range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2024 there were 44,960 people employed as 'Training and Development Managers' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 3 thousand people are employed as 'Training and Development Managers'.

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What people are saying (5)

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Scott Dickson (Low)
13 Mar 2024 18:56
A training managers job involves reviewing development work completed by others, to ensure that it is factually correct and contextually relevant as it relates to the learner persona and the adjacent-taught material. Training managers also deal directly with human content creators which requires experience dealing with a "whole-person".
Kate
30 Aug 2022 09:46
Several companies are developing teacher-bots using "deep fake" humans to present lessons and machine learning to improve teaching techniques and allow one-to-one education. It's not happening overnight, but in 20 years many types of classes will be automated.
Trevor
21 Jul 2022 03:36
Been in this field for over a decade and the wage listed here is much too high. The field is saturated with teachers trying to find a different career. A great training manager will use automation to their advantage.
Kevin (Low)
08 Jul 2020 03:53
I think training is something that is not suited to automation. Self learning for machines makes sense, but what to teach people is more or an art form than a science
Dan (Low)
15 Jan 2020 01:13
A lot of facilitation and consulting skills would be required from this job role.
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Job description

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

O*NET-SOC code: 11-3131.00