Learning manager vs line manager

The differences between learning managers and line managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a learning manager, becoming a line manager takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a learning manager has an average salary of $90,652, which is higher than the $56,406 average annual salary of a line manager.

The top three skills for a learning manager include project management, instructional design and blended learning. The most important skills for a line manager are client facing, continuous improvement, and service line.

Learning manager vs line manager overview

	Learning Manager	Line Manager
Yearly salary	$90,652	$56,406
Hourly rate	$43.58	$27.12
Growth rate	7%	6%
Number of jobs	19,826	369,491
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	45	44
Years of experience	4	6

What does a learning manager do?

Learning Managers oversee the learning programs of the organization. They identify the learning needs of the organization and continuously seek programs that would address these needs. They design and develop learning strategies and related programs. They also oversee the implementation of the programs and handle the evaluation.

What does a line manager do?

As line managers, they oversee other employees and the business operations while reporting to a higher manager. They play a significant role in the operation of the business from supervising and managing workers daily and acting as a link to upper management and employees. It is part of their responsibility to recruit and hire talent to fill team positions, provide training and learning to new hires, and ensuring that the employees are doing their jobs effectively and efficiently.

Learning manager vs line manager salary

Learning managers and line managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Learning Manager	Line Manager
Average salary	$90,652	$56,406
Salary range	Between $59,000 And $136,000	Between $27,000 And $116,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	New Brunswick, NJ
Highest paying state	California	New Jersey
Best paying company	Meta	Microsoft
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between learning manager and line manager education

There are a few differences between a learning manager and a line manager in terms of educational background:

	Learning Manager	Line Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	University of Pennsylvania

Learning manager vs line manager demographics

Here are the differences between learning managers' and line managers' demographics:

	Learning Manager	Line Manager
Average age	45	44
Gender ratio	Male, 44.7% Female, 55.3%	Male, 64.7% Female, 35.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.9% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% Asian, 4.2% White, 63.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 6.1% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.9% Asian, 6.3% White, 67.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	18%	10%

Differences between learning manager and line manager duties and responsibilities

Learning manager example responsibilities.

Lead experiential learning in supervisory skills, conflict management, leadership, team building and organization process effectiveness.
Load, update and maintain internal SharePoint compliance site.
Create sharepoint site to house training material for business units.
Define ways to improve metrics analysis to demonstrate performance improvements and ROI impacts.
Support efforts in areas of eLearning, computer skills, and basic supervisory training.
Maintain accurate and update reporting data on usage, solutions of issues, policies\procedures and ROI information.

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Line manager example responsibilities.

Lead the team in successfully meeting FDA and GMP requirements.
Manage project developing integration and process flows for fab expansion doubling the area and moving to a larger wafer.
Manage team of database administrators, database technicians and systems administrators responsible for maintaining all production, development and QA systems.
Define and enforce GMP's to subordinates.
Train in FDA standards for food industry.
Establish and measure KPI's ensuring all departments maintain the highest levels of performance.

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Learning manager vs line manager skills

Common learning manager skills

Project Management, 8%
Instructional Design, 8%
Blended Learning, 8%
HR, 7%
Professional Development, 6%
Learning Solutions, 5%

Common line manager skills

Client Facing, 11%
Continuous Improvement, 7%
Service Line, 6%
Customer Satisfaction, 6%
Direct Reports, 5%
Process Improvement, 4%

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