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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
Median wage$68,500certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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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

377753FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
377753FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200855
FY2009208
FY2010492
FY2011529
FY2012470
FY2013449
FY2014536
FY2015648
FY2016675
FY2017692
FY2018695
FY2019753
FY2020421
FY2021419
FY2022495
FY2023411
FY2024482
FY2025584
FY2026*486
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0340182
FY20251448396
FY20241441364
FY20236033669
FY20220042768
FY202101317101
FY20202133484
FY20190065697
FY20180159896
FY20170061577
FY201600559116
FY20150355293
FY20140246074
FY20130041435
FY20120141455
FY20110045574
FY20100040389
FY20090015751
FY200800055

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Generation Ready Inc.142
  2. Open Avenues Foundation110
  3. Globaltek Systems LLC103
  4. The Mathworks, Inc.80
  5. Artesia Soft LLC76
  6. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.76
  7. SV IT Inc72
  8. VST Consulting Inc63
  9. Amazon Web Services, Inc.60
  10. Sriven Infosys Inc51
  11. Amazon.com Services LLC47
  12. Hire IT People, LLC47

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Training and Development Specialists: applications by worksite state

1+12+30+55+204+
1+12+30+55+204+
Data table
StateApplications
CA1,693
NY1,316
NJ947
TX928
VA592
FL517
MA457
IL292
GA268
NC239
MD215
WA204
DC158
OH149
PA148
MI129
CO116
AZ113
MN87
UT76
NV72
SC64
IN55
WI50
CT46
TN45
OK45
AR44
AL42
OR36
LA34
MO33
IA30
MP30
NH25
KY21
KS20
GU18
DE17
NM15
NE14
PR13
RI12
VT12
MS12
HI12
ID9
WV8
ME7
WY4
ND4
AK3
VI2
MT1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,114
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV791
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA652
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA413
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX409
  6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH408
  7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA398
  8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL312
  9. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX296
  10. 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.

$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I240
  2. Level II627
  3. Level III210
  4. Level IV202
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Training and Development Specialist922
  2. Training Specialist400
  3. Technical Trainer214
  4. Training & Development Specialist178
  5. Education Consultant168
  6. Training and Development Specialists110
  7. IT Training and Development Specialist96
  8. 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