Training and Development Managers · SOC 11-3131

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Training and Development Managerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for training and development managers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 153 metro areas

Training and Development Managers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$230,020	880	0.8
2	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$179,170	30	0.3
3	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$175,470	180	0.4
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$173,810	3,520	0.4
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$173,530	1,110	0.5
6	Boulder, CO	$172,640	40	0.2
7	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$170,050	130	0.6
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$168,240	560	0.3
9	Vallejo, CA	$152,920	40	0.3
10	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$150,820	40	0.4
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$148,860	630	0.4
12	Springfield, MA	$146,340	50	0.2
13	Syracuse, NY	$144,410	70	0.2
14	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$144,370	540	0.3
15	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$144,340	380	0.4
16	Midland, TX	$144,240	40	0.3
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$143,640	1,080	0.3
18	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$142,860	80	0.4
19	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$142,620	30	0.2
20	Modesto, CA	$142,450	30	0.2
21	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$142,180	2,080	0.3
22	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$141,800	70	0.3
23	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$141,290	240	0.4
24	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$140,870	30	0.2
25	Colorado Springs, CO	$140,640	80	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Training and Development Managers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.