Jobs Similar to Training and Development Specialists
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to training and development specialists, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Instructional Coordinators, Business Teachers and Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers.
Training and Development Specialists: $69,280 median pay · usual preparation: Bachelor's degree.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Instructional Coordinators
84% similar · $77,440 (+12%) · Graduate degree
- 2Business Teachers, Postsecondary
83% similar · $99,080 (+43%) · Graduate degree
- 3Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
83% similar · $75,870 (+10%) · Graduate degree
- 4Education Teachers, Postsecondary
83% similar · $75,350 (+9%) · Graduate degree
- 5Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
82% similar · $78,580 (+13%) · Graduate degree
- 6Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary
82% similar · $76,590 (+11%) · Graduate degree
- 7Training and Development Managers
82% similar · $133,000 (+92%) · Bachelor's degree
- 8Education Administrators, Postsecondary
82% similar · $104,590 (+51%) · Graduate degree
- 9Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary
81% similar · $80,340 (+16%) · Graduate degree
- 10Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
81% similar · $77,570 (+12%) · Graduate degree
- 11Health Education Specialists
80% similar · $64,070 (−8%) · Bachelor's degree
- 12Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
80% similar · $64,330 (−7%) · Graduate degree
- 13Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
80% similar · $65,030 (−6%) · Bachelor's degree
- 14Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
80% similar · $105,870 (+53%) · Graduate degree
- 15Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
79% similar · $74,260 (+7%) · Bachelor's degree
- 16Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
79% similar · $72,040 (+4%) · Bachelor's degree
- 17Rehabilitation Counselors
79% similar · $46,850 (−32%) · Graduate degree
- 18Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
79% similar · $193,950 (+180%) · Graduate degree
- 19Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
78% similar · $61,540 (−11%) · Bachelor's degree
- 20English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
78% similar · $78,760 (+14%) · Graduate degree
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
Similar jobs that pay more
Only careers that usually need no more preparation than training and development specialists.
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for training and development specialists also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where training and development specialists is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Instructional Coordinators (91)
- Fitness and Wellness Coordinators (83)
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare (82)
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School (81)
- Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors (81)
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School (80)
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary (80)
- Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary (80)
- Health Education Specialists (80)
- Coaches and Scouts (79)
Questions about jobs like training and development specialists
What jobs are most similar to training and development specialists?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Instructional Coordinators (84% similar), Business Teachers (83% similar), Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers (83% similar), Education Teachers (83% similar) and Communications Teachers (82% similar).
Which jobs like training and development specialists pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Industrial-Organizational Psychologists ($193,950, +180%; usually a graduate degree), Training and Development Managers ($133,000, +92%; usually a bachelor's degree) and Education Administrators (Kindergarten through Secondary) ($105,870, +53%; usually a graduate degree) have the highest BLS median pay compared with training and development specialists ($69,280). Without more preparation than training and development specialists usually need: Training and Development Managers, Special Education Teachers (Secondary School) and Secondary School Teachers.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.