Nevada·Management Occupations·SOC 11-3131

Best Training programs in Nevada, ranked by enrollment

Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an.

7 schools in Nevada run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,100 people a year. The job pays a median of $99,110 in Nevada across about 620 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledLearning ManagerTraining ManagerTraining DirectorL and D Director (Learning and Development Director)Learning OfficerKnowledge ManagerLearning DirectorOnboarding Manager
Graduates / yr
1,100
in Nevada
Median pay · Nevada
$99,110
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
620
people employed
Schools
7
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
45%
across those schools
Median net price
$15,787
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Nevada that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in Nevada that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Nevada (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Nevada page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 52.0201In Nevada
1,094
99.5%
7$43,506$25,000
2
CIP 52.1001In Nevada
6
0.5%
1$49,084$26,536

Top 7 schools in Nevada

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 5 of the 7 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV Public · 1 feeder programs
533Business Administration and Management, General$39,63619%
2University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV Public · 1 feeder programs
195Business Administration and Management, General$44,91461%74%
3University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV Public · 1 feeder programs
191Business Administration and Management, General$33,77051%96%
4Nevada State University
Henderson, NV Public · 1 feeder programs
67Business Administration and Management, General$49,80734%87%
5Great Basin College
Elko, NV Public · 2 feeder programs
62Business Administration and Management, General$64,80741%
6Northwest Career College
Las Vegas, NV Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
27Business Administration and Management, General68%$15,787
7Western Nevada College
Carson City, NV Public · 1 feeder programs
25Business Administration and Management, General41%

All 7 schools in Nevada

Every school in Nevada with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Nevada that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
College of Southern NevadaLas VegasPublic5331
University of Nevada - RenoRenoPublic1951
University of Nevada - Las VegasLas VegasPublic1911
Nevada State UniversityHendersonPublic671
Great Basin CollegeElkoPublic622
Northwest Career CollegeLas VegasPrivate for-profit271
Western Nevada CollegeCarson CityPublic251

What training and development managers earn in Nevada

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Nevada
$99,110
Mean annual
$111,430
Jobs in state
620
What the range looks like
10th pct$64,070Median$99,11090th pct$167,890
Versus the national median
-25.5%

U.S. median $133,000. Nevada pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
1.30×

Concentrated here: Nevada employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Nevada

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
$97,490median
470 jobs
Reno, NV
$107,140median
100 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+5.8%
Faster than average
Openings per year
3,800
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
2,700
46,400 → 49,200
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Training and Development Managers page.

How to become a Training

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Work experience needed
5 years or more

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

Learning StrategiesReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingWritingMonitoring

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Nevada

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 9 majors mapped to Training and Development Managers9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 09.0901Organizational Communication, General
  • 13.0403Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • 13.0607Learning Sciences
  • 42.2804Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • 52.0201Business Administration and Management, General
  • 52.0213Organizational Leadership
  • 52.1001Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
  • 52.1003Organizational Behavior Studies
  • 52.1006Executive/Career Coaching

Common questions

Answers for people weighing training and development managers programs in Nevada.

What degree do you need to become a Training?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Business Administration and Management, General, which awarded 1,094 degrees in Nevada in 2024-25, 99.5% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Training?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Administration, Human Resources Management and Services. Together they graduate about 1,100 people a year in Nevada.

How much do training and development managers earn in Nevada?+

The median is $99,110 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 25.5% below the U.S. median of $133,000. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for training and development managers growing?+

BLS projects a +5.8% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, faster than average, with roughly 3,800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Nevada?+

7 institutions in Nevada reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do training and development managers work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Learning Manager, Training Manager, Training Director, L and D Director (Learning and Development Director) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-3131.

Training and Development Managers in other statesCaliforniaArizonaTexasFloridaUtahNew YorkNew HampshireNorth Carolina

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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