Training & Development Specialist

Also called: Corporate Trainer, Instructional Designer

Creates and leads training sessions that teach employees new skills.

A day in the life

You teach a morning class on a new software system, then spend the afternoon filming a short training video and building a quiz.

Pay over a career

Starting
$40k
Typical
$66k
High
$110k

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in education, HR or communications.

Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Education, Instructional Design, Communications, Human Resources.

Outlook

Growing much faster than average (about 11% over 10 years). Much faster than average.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. AI builds course content and videos quickly, so trainers focus on live classes and coaching, with fewer roles.

Start now, in high school

Classes: English Language Arts, Speech and debate, Video production.

Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1151.

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