Highest-paying Cities for Training and Development Managers

The top 100 highest paying cities for training and development managers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of training and development managers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $172,450, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for training and development managers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $171,990). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of training and development managers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Training and Development Managers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$172,450	$108,350	3,150
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$171,990	$101,430	530
3	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$159,450	$93,480	120
4	Boulder, Colorado	$157,490	$80,140	50
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$155,610	$97,740	1,290
6	Bloomington, Illinois	$150,410	$75,090	50
7	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$149,110	$83,170	940
8	Syracuse, New York	$148,580	$73,390	50
9	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$147,770	$79,430	n/a
10	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$144,550	$94,600	400
11	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$141,680	$67,460	290
12	Framingham, Massachusetts	$140,740	$86,560	130
13	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$139,050	$96,530	490
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$138,780	$89,440	450
15	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$137,430	$82,080	1,960
16	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$137,350	$79,220	540
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$136,200	$94,970	1,040
18	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$136,060	$84,800	240
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$133,550	$79,010	760
20	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$132,800	$78,920	1,280
21	Reading, Pennsylvania	$132,700	$75,300	30
22	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$132,590	$75,840	80
23	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$132,500	$80,670	270
24	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$132,250	$78,780	70
25	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$132,080	$92,700	30
26	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$131,730	$77,450	30
27	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$130,640	$78,160	310
28	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$129,790	$76,480	1,580
29	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$129,530	$83,050	270
30	Worcester, Massachusetts	$128,950	$83,570	60
31	Peabody, Massachusetts	$128,810	$83,090	50
32	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$128,510	$78,680	540
33	Rochester, New York	$128,480	$69,940	130
34	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$127,880	$92,230	180
35	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$127,220	$63,310	50
36	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$127,150	$95,310	40
37	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$127,080	$99,510	130
38	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$126,820	$77,230	150
39	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$126,630	$99,270	30
40	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$126,620	$87,000	520
41	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$126,230	$63,290	40
42	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$125,990	$75,040	40
43	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$125,640	$67,090	30
44	Roanoke, Virginia	$125,560	$78,020	30
45	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$125,530	$73,750	1,090
46	Charlottesville, Virginia	$125,120	$78,410	40
47	Manchester, New Hampshire	$124,930	$78,670	50
48	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$124,330	$72,190	2,090
49	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$124,270	$80,330	40
50	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$124,260	$74,570	710
51	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$123,700	$76,820	240
52	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$123,380	$61,420	30
53	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$123,200	$74,660	60
54	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$122,990	$79,840	40
55	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$122,890	$74,530	490
56	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$122,800	$72,770	240
57	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$122,450	$82,840	620
58	Camden, New Jersey	$120,430	$86,550	130
59	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$120,320	$73,960	50
60	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$119,190	$56,590	160
61	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$119,040	$80,580	40
62	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$118,600	$76,080	290
63	Peoria, Illinois	$118,110	$61,780	30
64	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$118,040	$84,740	40
65	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$117,840	$75,450	620
66	Fresno, California	$117,680	$67,250	50
67	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$116,590	$69,080	400
68	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$115,880	$79,220	40
69	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$115,810	$79,040	40
70	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$115,700	$61,190	1,020
71	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$115,480	$75,510	110
72	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$114,410	$51,890	170
73	Wilmington, New Jersey	$113,650	$76,120	80
74	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$113,610	$65,200	30
75	New Haven, Connecticut	$113,090	$78,050	120
76	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$112,530	$60,390	870
77	Savannah, Georgia	$112,410	$54,420	40
78	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$112,280	$75,380	30
79	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$111,940	$76,450	1,490
80	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$111,840	$64,950	420
81	Columbus, Ohio	$110,740	$76,740	190
82	Florence, South Carolina	$110,610	$62,730	40
83	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$110,580	$71,760	70
84	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$110,200	$73,100	40
85	Toledo, Ohio	$110,010	$73,200	40
86	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$109,990	$75,310	1,010
87	Duluth, Wisconsin	$109,920	$55,250	40
88	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$109,800	$73,990	290
89	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$109,730	$74,240	340
90	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$109,700	$70,740	30
91	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$109,660	$69,200	100
92	Spokane, Washington	$109,550	$67,580	60
93	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$109,510	$66,730	660
94	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$109,170	$63,520	550
95	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$108,870	$69,790	880
96	Springfield, Massachusetts	$107,960	$72,490	60
97	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$107,270	$59,760	160
98	Modesto, California	$107,010	$40,900	30
99	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$106,650	$71,590	80
100	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$106,580	$83,470	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for training and development managers.