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Job outlook for training officers in the United States
Training officer job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:
The projected training officer job growth rate is 8% from 2018-2028.
About 28,900 new jobs for training officers are projected over the next decade.
Training officer salaries have increased 6% for training officers in the last 5 years.
There are over 4,368 training officers currently employed in the United States.
There are 84,851 active training officer job openings in the US.
The average training officer salary is $48,619.
Are training officer jobs in demand?
Training officer job and salary trends over time
Training officer jobs over time
Training officer job growth rate over time
| Year | # of jobs | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,368 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 4,134 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 4,061 | 0.00% |
| 2018 | 3,787 | 0.00% |
| 2017 | 3,644 | 0.00% |
Average training officer salary over time
Training officer salary by year
| Year | Avg. salary | Hourly rate | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $48,619 | $23.37 | +2.4% |
| 2024 | $47,464 | $22.82 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | $47,200 | $22.69 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | $46,804 | $22.50 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | $45,765 | $22.00 | +1.4% |
Training officer jobs by state
Most common states for training officers
| Rank | State | Population | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delaware | 961,939 | 289 | 30% |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 6,859,819 | 1,758 | 26% |
| 3 | Minnesota | 5,576,606 | 1,450 | 26% |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 1,342,795 | 352 | 26% |
| 5 | North Dakota | 755,393 | 199 | 26% |
| 6 | Virginia | 8,470,020 | 2,145 | 25% |
| 7 | Idaho | 1,716,943 | 430 | 25% |
| 8 | Rhode Island | 1,059,639 | 268 | 25% |
| 9 | Maine | 1,335,907 | 309 | 23% |
| 10 | Iowa | 3,145,711 | 681 | 22% |
| 11 | Nebraska | 1,920,076 | 427 | 22% |
| 12 | Vermont | 623,657 | 138 | 22% |
| 13 | South Dakota | 869,666 | 179 | 21% |
| 14 | Maryland | 6,052,177 | 1,183 | 20% |
| 15 | Colorado | 5,607,154 | 1,115 | 20% |
| 16 | Mississippi | 2,984,100 | 586 | 20% |
| 17 | Georgia | 10,429,379 | 1,995 | 19% |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 3,930,864 | 760 | 19% |
| 19 | Arkansas | 3,004,279 | 560 | 19% |
| 20 | New Mexico | 2,088,070 | 407 | 19% |
Most common cities for training officers
| Rank | City | # of jobs | Employment/ 1000ppl | Avg. salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Ridge | 1 | 3% | $38,473 |
| 2 | Cathedral City | 1 | 2% | $53,850 |
| 3 | Palm Harbor | 1 | 2% | $36,961 |
| 4 | Palm Springs | 1 | 2% | $53,886 |
| 5 | Reston | 1 | 2% | $65,466 |
| 6 | Lakewood | 1 | 1% | $49,524 |
| 7 | Springfield | 1 | 1% | $49,248 |
| 8 | San Diego | 2 | 0% | $53,952 |
| 9 | Atlanta | 1 | 0% | $47,268 |
| 10 | Columbus | 1 | 0% | $39,372 |
| 11 | San Francisco | 1 | 0% | $58,930 |
| 12 | Toledo | 1 | 0% | $39,529 |
Training Officer job outlook: Expert opinions
Our panel of training officer experts
Arizona State University
University of Denver
Colorado State University
Rocky Mountain College
Alverno College
Monmouth University
Marshall University
Montclair State University
The Catholic University of America
University of Kentucky
Rocky Mountain College
Central Connecticut State University
Tarleton State University
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Equipment & Engine Training Council
Kohler Engines
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Susquehanna University
Maryjo Douglas Zunk
Manager, Career Professional DevelopmentArizona State University
School of Public Affairs (SPA)
What are the biggest trends we'll see in the Training Officer job market given the pandemic?
Maryjo Douglas Zunk: The pandemic and significant environmental, economic, social, and political shifts create opportunity trends in the job market for recent and new graduates in economic and community development, program evaluation, public finance, and emergency planning, security, and sustainability.
What technology do you think will become more important and prevalent for Training Officers in the next 3-5 years?
Maryjo Douglas Zunk: Data analytics are crucial to the planning and implementation of public programs and services. Data collection and management systems, communication, and IT security will remain critical to connecting the government with the people. Analysts will be in high demand to gather, review, and communicate with decision-makers.
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Training Officers?
Maria Salazar Ph.D.: The coronavirus will have an enduring impact on higher education graduates. In the field of education, graduates have experienced first hand the deep and lasting inequalities that the coronavirus has had on youth and families from Communities of Color. The have seen educational gaps widen into education chasms. They have witnessed the struggles, successes, and resiliency of families as they navigate the impact of the virus. Graduates leave education programs with their eyes wide open to the systemic racism and other isms that impact youth and their families, from education, to healthcare, and beyond.
In teacher education programs, our graduates have had a front row seat to inequality. They have witnessed children and adolescents disengage from schooling and life. They have struggled to support their students' mental and physical health. They ache to be with their students in classrooms, yet fear the repercussions of close contact due to the virus. Yet, they persist, and they keep believing they can make a difference.
What's a day at work look like for a Training Officer?
Maria Salazar Ph.D.: A day at work for a recent graduate in the field of education is unknown, yet it is known. Schools will certainly change. We will definitely see greater use of technology. Innovation may impact the school day and approach to schooling. Yet, traditional schools may eventually revert to what is known. The factory model of schooling is engrained in U.S. Society. The school enterprise may eventually go back to the "normal" disengaging and alienating model that existed before the virus. And yet, a work day may look radically different. Innovative options for schooling may arise that push beyond the boundaries of what is known. The potential for change is everywhere, in all sectors of the economy. Why not education?
What technical skills for a Training Officer stand out to employers?
Maria Salazar Ph.D.: Technical skills that stand out to employers in the education sector during and after the time of COVID include interpersonal skills, ability to navigate change and challenges, and commitment to educational equity. Interacting with colleagues, students, and families online is challenging. This requires a set of interpersonal skills that involve a tolerance for uncertainty, risk-taking, creativity, and innovation. The ability to navigate change and challenges is essential during uncertain times. In schools, the landscape is alway changing, and more so in a global pandemic.
It is important to foster a growth-mindset in oneself, and also in one's school community. Employers are also looking for a commitment to educational equity. With emerging consciousness of racial inequality and the need for systems that promote racial justice, employers want to hire people who are culturally competent and can move beyond statements of the value of diversity, to the enactment of educational environments that promote equity for those who are marginalized. This skill set includes: cross-cultural communication, culturally responsive teaching, and strength-based practices.
Dr. Ann Sebald
Assistant Professor, Co-DirectorColorado State University
Center for Educator Preparation
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Training Officers?
Dr. Ann Sebald: Not sure what is meant by 'enduring'. However, if you are asking if there will be a long/longer term impact of the pandemic on recent graduates entering the teaching profession, I would say yes. As the state continues to work through the fiscal impact of the pandemic, schools will need to identify their priorities. As it relates to in-person learning, educators have done an amazing job at continuous adjustments during the past year. Teacher candidates have learned along-side veteran educators how best to adapt the learning environment for all students and their needs. What we've learned over this past year is being applied in schools around the globe moving forward.
Dr. Stevie Schmitz
Director of EducationRocky Mountain College
Leadership and Distance Education Program
Will there be an enduring impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Training Officers?
Dr. Stevie Schmitz: I believe that there will be an enduring impact on the entire education system due to the pandemic. Students may experience gaps in their education due to remote learning which will have to be addressed by educational leaders and their faculty members as well as parents. Social emotional stress is bound to be a factor as students return to school. Leaders need to support students and staff with this transition. Educational technology will occupy a new role in public education and we need to embrace and support it. Financial impact will also be a reality for newly graduated educational leaders. Money spent or needing to be spent on safety measures will continue as more students return to school. All of these situations (and others not yet imagined) will impact new leaders.
What's a day at work look like for a Training Officer?
Dr. Stevie Schmitz: It will be stressful and rewarding...complicated by the impact of the pandemic and yet still rewarding because of working with young people and helping them reach their full potential.
What will help Training Officers increase their earning potential?
Randa Suleiman Ph.D.: As more teachers are leaving the field, there is a teacher shortage. All teaching licenses are needed. Some of the areas with immediate needs are special education and bilingual
What are the biggest trends we'll see in the Training Officer job market given the pandemic?
Antonio Estudillo Ph.D.: A range of considerations come to mind, all of which are interconnected and speak to sustainability in the field of education. Generally speaking, there is a teacher shortage where specific endorsements are concerned (e.g., STEM, Special Education, ESL/working with Multi-Lingual Leaners as well as historically underrepresented students). Of immediate interest is the recruitment and retention of our teaching force that cannot simply pivot how they approach teaching pedagogy, but actually how prospective teacher-educators can change their practices to be more learner-centered, equity-minded, and intentional moving forward (i.e., namely, concentration in quality of technology applications and usage; online learning/blended learning/hybrid intruction).
Specific to the pandemic, this is perhaps most pressing when considering how to better differentiate within and across learning environments/spaces to offer a personalized student experience-facilitating and cultivating meaningful engagement, especially having incoming teachers bring with them an increased/enhanced sense of self and awareness-knowledge of the backgrounds and representation of children of color (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and in particular Latinx and Black/African-American students. In addition too, per job market and the current pandemic, there is still a tremendous need to increase and diversify the ethnic-racial representation of the teaching force.
What's a good job out of college for Training Officers?
Antonio Estudillo Ph.D.: One where an individual out of college has the opportunity to gain access to critical mentorship, professional learning (e.g., professional development), a greater sense of autonomy, and the presence of a community (e.g., sense of belonging as a professional). These combined considerations may be aspirational, but in the context of schools, a recognition for school leadership also matters. Therefore, those seeking a position should aim to consider the present and ongoing investments that are in motion/developing within an institution and how these investments may become increasingly comprehensive, forward-thinking, and accessible over time and after one is hired.
Dr. E.Del Chrol
Chair of Humanities, Professor of ClassicsMarshall University
Humanities Department
What soft skills should all Training Officers possess?
Dr. E.Del Chrol: Useful soft skills are definitely those that Classical languages produce: ability to look closely at a body of work and pay attention to cultural context, ability to articulate complex ideas through speech and writing, deep focus to understand the fiddly bits of syntax.
Anonymous Professor
What general advice would you give to a Training Officer?
Anonymous Professor : Getting a degree in Africana Studies or any other similar major (e.g., Ethnic Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies, etc.), is no different from getting a degree in any other Arts & Sciences department, in the sense that it provides a strong liberal arts education, but in an interdisciplinary field, that provides an additional lens for studying the same things students study in "traditional" academic disciplines.
Students with these degrees graduate college with the same career options available to them as those graduating from any other Arts and Science degree. Some go to graduate or professional school, others enter the labor market across a variety of fields, including finance.
What are the biggest trends we'll see in the Training Officer job market given the pandemic?
Dr. Nicole Barnes: Although the abrupt changes that occurred to K-12 schooling in the Spring of 2020 have given way to more detailed reopening plans and a vaccine is now available, the use of hybrid and remote learning remains with the ongoing influence of COVID-19. Therefore, it seems essential that teacher educators, researchers, and K-12 school districts rethink what good teaching looks like for K-12 education's changed landscape. Teachers more then ever will need to be prepared to teach in virtual environments and garner the same academic, social, and emotional student outcomes that they would face to face.
Agnes Cave Ph.D.
Chair, Director of Teacher Education, Coordinator, Master's in Learning and Instruction, Coordinator, Elementary Education, Associate Professor of EducationThe Catholic University of America
Department of Education
What are the biggest trends we'll see in the Training Officer job market given the pandemic?
Agnes Cave Ph.D.: a. If schools have the funds (and many do not), they will need to hire more student-teachers to deliver instruction online. The student teaching ratio will have to be lower to deliver instruction online effectively, so those schools that can afford it will try to hire two teachers in each classroom where teachers will collaborate or teach smaller groups of students.
b. As I mentioned in my previous point, teachers will need to collaborate with one another more because of the higher demands of online instruction; i.e., challenges to engage students (especially the younger ones) meaningfully (e.g., the logistics of hands-on activities in the online environment) and also because of the difficulties in managing classroom behavior virtually.
c. Teachers also have to become proficient end-users of various platforms, programs, and apps to deliver content online; e.g., Zoom, Google Meet, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, etc.
What Training Officer skills would you recommend for someone trying to advance their career?
Agnes Cave Ph.D.: a. Students in general need more support in a virtual classroom. Those students who have exceptionalities or other needs, such as English Language Learners, need even more scaffolding and assistance. Differentiating instruction to meet the needs of all students including those with special needs or ELL learners is one of the most important and also most difficult skills to learn to implement with real students in a real classroom. Differentiating instruction for all learners in a virtual environment is probably the most challenging task that the majority of teachers have not been prepared for intentionally.
b. Teachers must use assessment data to inform their instruction. Today, we have access to more and more data, so the new skill that teachers have to learn is working with, managing, and analyzing big data in order to understand trends in their students' learning.
c. As I mentioned before, becoming a proficient end user of technology platforms is now a basic skill, the foundation upon which differentiation and all other aspects of teaching rest. Thus, learning more technology including apps, programs, and platforms has become an essential skill that teachers can learn about in their formal and informal professional development. For example, it's not enough to be able to use Zoom and allow all parties to be able to share their screens, the teacher will have to be very good at using the Zoom breakout room feature without a glitch. It's also important to learn to troubleshoot technical glitches.
d. In our ever-evolving, exponentially growing technological society, new technology appears daily. It's important to explore, identify, evaluate, and adopt new digital resources and tools for learning and instruction. I recommend reading useful sources of educational technology and its use in the classroom. It's not enough though to learn about learning apps. Teachers must also learn how to use these learning apps (e.g., Duolingo), programs (e.g., Literably for reading levels), and platforms (e.g. Kahn Academy) to their advantage in the classroom; for instance, for flipping the classroom to create more time for meaningful learning in person and on the screen.
e. Ethical and legal questions have always abound in the field of education, but recently more and more topics require ethical decision making and legal knowledge. Teachers and educator preparation candidates should make sure that they familiarize themselves with topics, such as privacy in online instruction; safe, ethical and legal practice of digital media and tools; protection of intellectual rights and property; management of personal data and digital identity; and protection of student data privacy.
f. Teachers and educator preparation candidates looking for employment will also have to learn how to present themselves virtually to employers, so I recommend practicing interviewing skills by themselves on HandShake, an interviewing platform offered by universities or practice with a career expert at their University Career Center.
g. Good teachers are life-long learners. They continue upskilling and learning more about their content by reading textbooks, primary sources, and literature - but it's not sufficient to read only research literature, it's essential to read high-quality literature! Teachers should also stay current with research that supports improved student learning outcomes, including findings from the learning sciences. In order to keep up with the latest research findings, I recommend that teachers read research articles of effective teaching strategies in their content area.
h. How and where can future teachers practice if they are not in the classroom? They can always find students who need help. Students can be family members, friends' children, neighbors, or school children whose parents look for paid or unpaid additional support. Thus I recommend tutoring students in the age group educator preparation candidates are learning to teach. Even after multiple field experiences in practica and student teaching, more practice is always useful, especially in a virtual environment. Practice teaching online (especially alternative ways of delivering hands-on activities for students of all ages) and implementing behavior management techniques for young online learners.
Dr. Kun Huang Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Instructional Systems DesignUniversity of Kentucky
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
What type of skills will young Training Officers need?
Dr. Kun Huang Ph.D.: They will need a good balance of theories and practice. On the theories side, they will need to develop a solid understanding of how people learn, factors facilitating or hindering the learning process, models, principles, and best practices of learning experience design, just to name a few. On the practice side, it would be helpful for students to develop hands-on expertise designing instructional solutions using technology. Familiarity with technology packages used by the industry would be beneficial.
Precious McKenzie Ph.D.
Associate Professor of EnglishRocky Mountain College
Division Chair for Humanities & Fine Arts
What skills stand out on Training Officer resumes?
Precious McKenzie Ph.D.: Employers in the United States and in Europe look for tech skills (database skills, Excel, Adobe and such), but they also acknowledge that they can train employees on how to use technology. What employers cannot teach are skills such as critical thinking and communication, including writing and public speaking. I firmly believe that if a college student majors or minors in English, this will set them apart from the competition in the job market. I have talked with scientists, engineers, and business people who bemoan the fact that professionals in their fields have difficulty with writing, researching, and public speaking. My advice: pick up a minor in English. It will serve you well. In the interest of full disclosure, I am an English professor.
Mary Collins
Professor, Creative Writing/Nonfiction, Program Coordinator, Writing Minors, Career/Internship AdvisorCentral Connecticut State University
English Department
What are the biggest trends we'll see in the Training Officer job market given the pandemic?
Mary Collins: Those in the performing arts have been decimated by the pandemic, having lost jobs at a rate unseen in nearly any other category. Those in the writing/editing fields have had more luck because their skills translate better to virtual work. Indeed, many big companies must build a much better platform online and in virtual meetings etc. They rely heavily on good writers/editors to help them pull that off. Instead of in-person meetings, maybe they have a newsletter now, for example, to sustain a sense of community among employees.
The writing market for places like Buzzfeed, Bitch, Vice, and other media is glutted with young writers out of work who think they can freelance good pieces. The end result is overwhelmed editors going through huge slush piles to find the good work and then offering less money for it. The best answer: find a company or organization and to hire you on as a steady employee or consistent contractor. Again, these types of organizations are looking for workers.
What general advice would you give to a Training Officer?
Mary Collins: The main point: your career STARTS IN COLLEGE. The one best place to secure good skills is at the university itself. You can take on tasks at the Student Center that no company would hire you for because you are so inexperienced. So edit the literary journal, write for the newspaper, work for the radio station. Take an internship for course credit. Those that do these things and secure a good faculty mentor do much better when they get out than students who do not. Indeed, national studies show that these factors are more important than the school you go to by far.
Amber Diaz
Assistant Professor, Department HeadTarleton State University
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
What skills stand out on Training Officer resumes?
Amber Diaz: Technology and evidence of application. It is one thing to say you know how to use Google Classroom, but actually having a Google Classroom that is well designed as an artifact has significant value. Multidisciplinary Teaching will continue to find value in the classroom as there will be a greater need to ensure all students are learning and successful on grade level content. Culturally Responsive & English Learner knowledge and/or certification. Our nation continues to see an increase in the diversity of the students we teach, as such there continues to be an increase of English Learners. As educators, we have an obligation to be fully prepared to reach all learners with culturally relevant pedagogies.
What are the biggest trends we'll see in the Training Officer job market given the pandemic?
Mike Hagarty: Job trends are volatile and segmented. With unemployment ranging from a record high of 14.7 percent in April (Bureau of Labor Statistics) to 6.7 percent in November (Trading Economics), we are on a roller coaster, and it is hard to predict when and where we will land post COVID-19. For example, U.S. private businesses were projected to hire 410,000 workers in November, and that was off by more than 100,000 with the significant rise in COVID cases and lockdowns (Trading Economics).
The impact of the pandemic will hit different segments of the economy differently. For example, healthcare and online services (Amazon alone has added nearly 500,000 jobs during the first several months of the pandemic) are strong and growing. Other Industries, including hospitality and travel, are experiencing significant reductions.
Students entering the workforce should not wait until their preferred segment of the economy bounces back or stabilizes but should look at who is hiring and find an opportunity there that matches their skills and abilities.
What general advice would you give to a Training Officer?
Erik Sides: Most students are receiving the book knowledge but are being limited in the actual hands-on portion of the classes. This, I think, will be the biggest area of potential impact to the student being ready to enter the workforce. A lot of these programs run a small repair center where staff, parents, and local folks would bring equipment in for repair and, with COVID, a majority of that has either stoped or slowed. This is a major part of the education process to prepare students.
What general advice would you give to a Training Officer?
Michael Broetzmann: The biggest change/challenge for recent grads/new technicians/people entering the field as a small engine mechanic in the COVID era is how they will become trained and certified for the job.
We know that many of the Small Engine Mechanics in our industry come directly out of high school or vocational school, where they were traditionally trained with hands-on, instructor-led, technical training courses. The past year, COVID has drastically changed how technicians are trained and how they must consume information to be prepared for the job. Schools and industry alike, have been force to transition this training to a virtual environment, which poses obstacles for a demographic that usually thrives in hands-on learning.
The good news is there are plenty of opportunities and avenues to learn, whether they are still in school or already landed a job. Whether it is organizations like the EETC that offers a wide array of eLearning courses to cover the basics, or industry/manufacturing training courses that focus on specific products and procedures; the resources are available to bring them up to speed in the absence of traditional training.
One thing has remained constant through these times, the need for highly trained technicians to service equipment is growing, and regardless of the situation, the training tools will be provided to give them the knowledge and skills that are needed to be successful.
Brad Morgan
Director of Career ServicesThe University of Tennessee - Knoxville
College of Law
What type of skills will young Training Officers need?
Brad Morgan: With increased frequency, employers with whom we work emphasize the importance of new hires being able to demonstrate adaptability, effective communication, and efficiency. As the demands of not only consumers but regulatory bodies evolve, it is essential for those entering the workforce-and those who are already in the force-to acknowledge that just because we successfully employed one strategy years ago (or even last week) does not mean that we can use the same strategy with the same success in the future. Adaptability. Likewise, it is essential to communicate complex ideas and concepts in ways that simplify and add clarity to a discussion. Both of these skills contribute to workers being efficient in deed and word.
How do you envision technology impacting Training Officers in the next 5 years?
Allie Grill: Technological advances, including enhanced data insights, are likely to impact the business field in the next five years in significant ways. In many ways, COVID-19 accelerated technological advances that many companies foreshadowed much further down the road. In this race to fulfill both business partner and consumer needs, there's a good chance that technological innovation will outpace regulation. What we need to see is a workforce with a strong moral/ethical foundation, in addition to digital technology skills, to navigate these rapid changes in a way that both serves the common good and overall bottom line. To that end, we need to prepare a technologically savvy workforce as well as morally and ethically minded.
Also, in a data-centric world, we should be concerned about the accurate representation of the information and its connection to consumer needs. Data insights will only be as useful as the story we tell through them. This is where I see the value of business education in a liberal arts environment. These students with a well-rounded academic background commonly synthesize, draw conclusions, and summarize concepts.