Career Explorer Management
Grows with AI
Training and development managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an organization.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 53% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is very high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it very high), and US jobs are projected to change by +6.4% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on creative vision and emotional intelligence.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $133,000
- Job growth to 2035
- +6.4%
- Openings a year
- 4,100
- People doing it (2025)
- 50,200
- Usual route in
- Bachelor's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Evaluate programs, practices, or processes
- Prepare informational or instructional materials
- Communicate with others about operational plans or activities
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Train others on operational or work procedures
- Collect data about consumer needs or opinions
- Evaluate personnel capabilities or performance
What the work looks like
- 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.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
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Also known as: L and D Director (Learning and Development Director), Learning Manager, Training Director, Training Manager, Education and Development Manager, Organizational Development Manager (OD Manager), Staff Development Director, Staff Training and Development Manager.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.