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Training and Development Managers

Also known as: Education and Development Manager, L and D Director (Learning and Development Director), Learning Manager, Organizational Development Manager (OD Manager), Staff Development Director
median $133,00010-yr demand +5.8%AI exposure 38/100typical entry Bachelor's degree
Training and Development Managers is well paid, AI barely touches it so far, and demand is growing.

The full pay distribution

Not one number — the spread from the bottom 10% to the top 10% of filed salaries.

How pay grows with experience

From entry to expert, by reported wage level.

How exposed is it to AI?

Two things matter: how much AI is actually used in the role today (right), and how much it could automate in theory (up). AI is already widely used here.
Each faint dot is another occupation. The amber dot is Training and Development Managers — its position tells you whether the disruption is here yet or still over the horizon.
used today 38/100 automatable in theory 50/100 archetype The Epicenter

If AI does come for this job — where could you go?

Adjacent careers ranked by how much safer + how much more they pay, and the skill gap to get there. Click any to see its full breakdown.

Which majors lead here

College paths that commonly feed this career — see each one's full outcomes.
Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication
CIP 09.09
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Educational Administration And Supervision
CIP 13.04
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Educational Assessment, Evaluation, And Research
CIP 13.06
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Clinical, Counseling And Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28
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Business Administration, Management And Operations
CIP 52.02
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Human Resources Management And Services
CIP 52.10
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How this is built. Median pay and the full distribution come from filed U.S. wage data (BLS OEWS + DOL/LCA filings); AI exposure blends O*NET task content with model-based automation potential; escape routes are computed from skill overlap between occupations, then ranked by how much safer + better-paid the move is. This joins real distributions and projects them forward — it needs the real distributions and the skill graph, not a guess. Figures describe group medians and trends, not any one person's outcome.