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Training and Development Managers · SOC 11-3131

Training and Development Managers Salary in the Hickory Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area

Figures describe the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Hickory city limits.

Median annual wage$113,070
Median hourly wage$54.36

Training and Development Managers in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area earned a median of $113,070 per year ($54.36 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $73,070 at the 10th percentile to $200,110 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Training and Development Managers in the Hickory metro area earn more than $113,070 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $88,130 and $144,210.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$73,070$88,130$113,070$144,210$200,110
Hourly$35.13$42.37$54.36$69.33$96.21

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Hickory metro areathis metro area
    $113,070
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $126,200
  • United Statesnational
    $133,000

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −10% vs North Carolina overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$78,000$128,673$179,347$230,020Macon-Bibb County, GA — $78,000Lubbock, TX — $83,360Tallahassee, FL — $85,570Amarillo, TX — $89,730Corpus Christi, TX — $89,900McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $90,830Jackson, MS — $93,240Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $93,950Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $94,550San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $95,170Tyler, TX — $96,320Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $96,400Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $97,490Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $97,870El Paso, TX — $97,920Waco, TX — $99,120Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $99,550Lincoln, NE — $100,490Wilmington, NC — $103,330Oklahoma City, OK — $103,860Baton Rouge, LA — $104,030Columbia, SC — $104,470Gainesville, FL — $105,030Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $105,370Anchorage, AK — $105,390Lancaster, PA — $105,490Omaha, NE-IA — $105,710Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $107,020Reno, NV — $107,140Abilene, TX — $107,280Green Bay, WI — $107,680Lexington-Fayette, KY — $108,600Asheville, NC — $108,660Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $108,750Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $108,870Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $109,210College Station-Bryan, TX — $109,820St. Louis, MO-IL — $110,570Chattanooga, TN-GA — $110,710Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $110,720Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $111,290Wichita, KS — $111,470Ogden, UT — $111,530Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $111,600North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $112,260Eugene-Springfield, OR — $112,900Knoxville, TN — $112,990Pittsburgh, PA — $113,020Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $113,070Urban Honolulu, HI — $113,400Visalia, CA — $113,880Winston-Salem, NC — $114,650Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $114,770San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $115,050New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $115,270Cedar Rapids, IA — $116,580York-Hanover, PA — $117,070Greensboro-High Point, NC — $117,630Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $117,660Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $117,750Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $117,820Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $117,870Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $117,890Stockton-Lodi, CA — $117,940Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $119,050Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $119,110Tucson, AZ — $119,110Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $119,120Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $119,660Tulsa, OK — $119,950Madison, WI — $120,300Portland-South Portland, ME — $120,330Peoria, IL — $120,420Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $120,640Richmond, VA — $121,490Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $121,820Spartanburg, SC — $122,030Akron, OH — $122,260Ann Arbor, MI — $122,650Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $123,280Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $123,640Columbus, OH — $123,690Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $123,710Salem, OR — $124,190Naples-Marco Island, FL — $124,250Fort Wayne, IN — $124,440Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $124,520Charlottesville, VA — $124,800Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $125,010Jacksonville, FL — $125,080Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $125,410Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $126,370Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $126,890Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $126,980Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $127,030Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $127,110Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $127,350Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $127,900Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $128,110Fresno, CA — $128,290Albuquerque, NM — $128,980Dalton, GA — $129,730Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $129,940Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $130,150Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $130,190Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $130,240Kansas City, MO-KS — $130,310Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $130,480Cleveland, OH — $130,610Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $130,640Raleigh-Cary, NC — $130,660Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $131,050Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $131,220Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $131,670Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $133,060Rochester, NY — $133,060Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $133,190Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $133,520Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $133,540Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $133,800Birmingham, AL — $133,980Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $134,750Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $134,830Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $135,450Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $136,120Boise City, ID — $137,240New Haven, CT — $138,640Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $140,150Colorado Springs, CO — $140,640Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $140,870Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $141,290Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $141,800Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $142,180Modesto, CA — $142,450Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $142,620Manchester-Nashua, NH — $142,860Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $143,640Midland, TX — $144,240Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $144,340Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $144,370Syracuse, NY — $144,410Springfield, MA — $146,340San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $148,860Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $150,820Vallejo, CA — $152,920Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $168,240Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $170,050Boulder, CO — $172,640San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $173,530New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $173,810Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $175,470San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $179,170San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $230,020

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Hickory metro area has the 105th-highest published median for this occupation among the 153 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for training and development managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Hickory metro areathis page
    $113,070
  • Durham metro area
    $134,830
  • Raleigh metro area
    $130,660
  • Charlotte metro area
    $127,110
  • Greensboro metro area
    $117,630
  • Winston-Salem metro area
    $114,650
  • Asheville metro area
    $108,660

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

General and Operations Managers$95,640Industrial Production Managers$124,290Medical and Health Services Managers$106,590Managers, All Other$110,140Sales Managers$132,060Financial Managers$138,150

Highest-paying metro areas for training and development managerss · Highest-paying occupations in Hickory Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.