Training and Development Specialists
Occupation · SOC 2018 13-1151 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 13-1151
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.08%
- Applications on record
- 9,500
- FY2025
- 584
- Median offered wage
- $68,500
- Certified (last three years)
- 97.7%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Training and Development Specialists (SOC 13-1151). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Training and Development Specialists
Data table
| FY2008 | 55 |
| FY2009 | 208 |
| FY2010 | 492 |
| FY2011 | 529 |
| FY2012 | 470 |
| FY2013 | 449 |
| FY2014 | 536 |
| FY2015 | 648 |
| FY2016 | 675 |
| FY2017 | 692 |
| FY2018 | 695 |
| FY2019 | 753 |
| FY2020 | 421 |
| FY2021 | 419 |
| FY2022 | 495 |
| FY2023 | 411 |
| FY2024 | 482 |
| FY2025 | 584 |
| FY2026* | 486 |
| Fiscal year | CW-1 | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 3 | 401 | 82 |
| FY2025 | 1 | 4 | 483 | 96 |
| FY2024 | 1 | 4 | 413 | 64 |
| FY2023 | 6 | 0 | 336 | 69 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 0 | 427 | 68 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 1 | 317 | 101 |
| FY2020 | 2 | 1 | 334 | 84 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 0 | 656 | 97 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 1 | 598 | 96 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 0 | 615 | 77 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 0 | 559 | 116 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 3 | 552 | 93 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 2 | 460 | 74 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 414 | 35 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 1 | 414 | 55 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 455 | 74 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 403 | 89 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 51 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Generation Ready Inc.142
- Open Avenues Foundation110
- Globaltek Systems LLC103
- The Mathworks, Inc.80
- Artesia Soft LLC76
- Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.76
- SV IT Inc72
- VST Consulting Inc63
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.60
- Sriven Infosys Inc51
- Amazon.com Services LLC47
- Hire IT People, LLC47
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Training and Development Specialists: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 1,693 |
| NY | 1,316 |
| NJ | 947 |
| TX | 928 |
| VA | 592 |
| FL | 517 |
| MA | 457 |
| IL | 292 |
| GA | 268 |
| NC | 239 |
| MD | 215 |
| WA | 204 |
| DC | 158 |
| OH | 149 |
| PA | 148 |
| MI | 129 |
| CO | 116 |
| AZ | 113 |
| MN | 87 |
| UT | 76 |
| NV | 72 |
| SC | 64 |
| IN | 55 |
| WI | 50 |
| CT | 46 |
| TN | 45 |
| OK | 45 |
| AR | 44 |
| AL | 42 |
| OR | 36 |
| LA | 34 |
| MO | 33 |
| IA | 30 |
| MP | 30 |
| NH | 25 |
| KY | 21 |
| KS | 20 |
| GU | 18 |
| DE | 17 |
| NM | 15 |
| NE | 14 |
| PR | 13 |
| RI | 12 |
| VT | 12 |
| MS | 12 |
| HI | 12 |
| ID | 9 |
| WV | 8 |
| ME | 7 |
| WY | 4 |
| ND | 4 |
| AK | 3 |
| VI | 2 |
| MT | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,114
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV791
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA652
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA413
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX409
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH408
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA398
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL312
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX296
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN276
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $68,500; middle half $60,000 to $91,790 · median prevailing wage $62,421 (marker) · 1,249 applications.
- Level I240
- Level II627
- Level III210
- Level IV202
- Training and Development Specialist922
- Training Specialist400
- Technical Trainer214
- Training & Development Specialist178
- Education Consultant168
- Training and Development Specialists110
- IT Training and Development Specialist96
- Corporate Trainer73
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
- Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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