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Expect to get a bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience for this occupation. The share of trainers with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%. About 30% of workers got additional education after high school, but did not have to get a college degree. There was no need to go beyond high school for 14% of employees.

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Columbus (Georgia), Lewiston (Idaho), and Jacksonville (North Carolina) boast the most trainers for their size population. Santa Cruz (California), Bakersfield (California), and Holland (Michigan) have the fewest.

The highest salaries for workers are in and around San Luis Obispo (California), Kennewick (Washington), and San Francisco (California). The lowest-paying areas are Morgantown (West Virginia), Wheeling (West Virginia), and Reno (Nevada).


Part-Time and Self Employment

It is estimated that 8% of trainers work less than full time. Self-employment is the choice of 2% of workers.


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Trainers by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anniston $47,000 40 -40%
Auburn $37,000 90 +42%
Birmingham $51,000 760 -10%
Dothan $52,000 40 -54%
Florence $43,000 40 -45%
Huntsville $44,000 310 -5%
Mobile $46,000 160 -44%
Montgomery $45,000 190 -29%
Tuscaloosa $52,000 60 -55%

Alaska

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anchorage $60,000 140 -44%

Arizona

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Flagstaff $40,000 120 +52%
Kingman $48,000 60 -18%
Phoenix $53,000 4,500 +47%
Prescott $41,000 100 +11%
Tucson $41,000 840 +41%
Yuma $36,000 40 -54%

Arkansas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Fayetteville $42,000 280 -10%
Fort Smith $44,000 100 -44%
Jonesboro $39,000 80 +15%
Little Rock $44,000 770 +41%
Pine Bluff $36,000 90 +98%

California

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bakersfield $51,000 140 -67%
Chico $49,000 60 -41%
Fresno $64,000 270 -49%
Merced $51,000 40 -51%
Modesto $54,000 100 -61%
Oakland $70,000 1,300 -23%
Oxnard $60,000 320 -33%
Redding $43,000 70 -28%
Riverside $54,000 1,270 -39%
Sacramento $55,000 1,440 -1%
San Diego $59,000 1,500 -32%
San Francisco $75,000 1,650 +1%
San Jose $75,000 1,410 -6%
San Luis Obispo $78,000 100 -33%
Santa Ana $67,000 2,390 -5%
Santa Barbara $58,000 120 -54%
Santa Cruz $59,000 50 -62%
Santa Rosa $58,000 200 -31%
Stockton $49,000 160 -53%
Vallejo $60,000 110 -41%
Visalia $42,000 130 -37%
Yuba City $42,000 30 -44%

Colorado

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Boulder $65,000 260 +4%
Colorado Springs $51,000 520 +30%
Denver $56,000 2,480 +21%
Fort Collins $56,000 150 -19%
Grand Junction $48,000 60 -26%
Greeley $45,000 120 +9%
Pueblo $42,000 90 +17%

Connecticut

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bridgeport $61,000 880 +24%
Danbury $64,000 220 +111%
Hartford $59,000 1,140 +21%
New Haven $54,000 530 +19%
Norwich $54,000 280 +47%
Waterbury $50,000 50 -50%

Delaware

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Dover $52,000 120 +53%
Wilmington $64,000 770 +46%

District of Columbia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Washington $68,000 5,750 +52%

Florida

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Cape Coral $48,000 150 -55%
Deltona $45,000 160 -34%
Fort Lauderdale $56,000 1,090 -9%
Fort Walton Beach $54,000 100 -11%
Gainesville $45,000 140 -20%
Jacksonville $52,000 1,030 +5%
Lakeland $50,000 310 +2%
Miami $54,000 1,310 -19%
Naples $48,000 80 -57%
Ocala $42,000 90 -37%
Orlando $52,000 1,910 +11%
Palm Bay $54,000 350 +13%
Panama City $40,000 130 +29%
Pensacola $62,000 340 +47%
Port St Lucie $46,000 90 -54%
Punta Gorda $40,000 50 -9%
Tallahassee $45,000 320 +26%
Tampa $53,000 2,220 +12%
West Palm Beach $58,000 650 -25%

Georgia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albany $51,000 140 +59%
Athens $52,000 160 +44%
Atlanta $61,000 6,210 +60%
Augusta $56,000 630 +95%
Columbus $56,000 620 +273%
Dalton $37,000 90 -21%
Gainesville $51,000 90 -13%
Macon $53,000 280 +86%
Rome $50,000 110 +120%
Savannah $55,000 330 +42%
Valdosta $46,000 100 +25%
Warner Robins $51,000 120 +70%

Hawaii

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Honolulu $50,000 470 -33%

Idaho

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Boise $49,000 490 +14%
Coeur Dalene $45,000 120 +53%
Idaho Falls $44,000 140 +109%
Lewiston 100 +235%
Pocatello $39,000 40 -2%

Illinois

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bloomington $47,000 150 +45%
Champaign $77,000 160 +13%
Chicago $57,000 5,490 -12%
Decatur $41,000 60 -9%
Kankakee $46,000 40 -23%
Peoria $51,000 250 -6%
Rockford $48,000 130 -45%
Springfield $46,000 220 +41%

Indiana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bloomington $43,000 110 +9%
Columbus $45,000 40 -32%
Elkhart $38,000 130 -34%
Evansville $46,000 230 -16%
Fort Wayne $48,000 430 +28%
Gary $47,000 510 +14%
Indianapolis $53,000 1,960 +34%
Kokomo $52,000 30 -38%
Lafayette $54,000 140 +25%
Michigan City $54,000 30 -50%
Muncie $55,000 70 +10%
South Bend $56,000 180 -14%
Terre Haute $50,000 80 -22%

Iowa

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Ames $48,000 140 +168%
Cedar Rapids $48,000 300 +45%
Davenport $47,000 240 -17%
Des Moines $49,000 900 +71%
Dubuque $38,000 40 -45%
Iowa City $50,000 220 +109%
Sioux City $44,000 70 -33%
Waterloo $41,000 130 +2%

Kansas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Topeka $50,000 220 +31%
Wichita $45,000 460 -6%

Kentucky

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bowling Green $46,000 50 -39%
Elizabethtown $38,000 50 -18%
Lexington $46,000 340 -12%
Louisville $49,000 910 -9%

Louisiana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Alexandria $37,000 50 -42%
Baton Rouge $46,000 460 -22%
Houma $37,000 60 -58%
Lafayette $55,000 190 -15%
Lake Charles $43,000 90 -30%
Monroe $45,000 110 -5%
New Orleans $51,000 480 -42%
Shreveport $47,000 130 -53%

Maine

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bangor $46,000 100 +8%
Lewiston $48,000 90 +29%
Portland $48,000 520 +63%

Maryland

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Baltimore $58,000 2,570 +20%
Bethesda $64,000 1,040 +12%
Cumberland $46,000 30 -38%
Hagerstown $43,000 100 -33%
Salisbury $44,000 80 +7%

Massachusetts

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Barnstable Town $56,000 60 -60%
Boston $70,000 3,010 +7%
Brockton $49,000 90 -32%
Framingham $66,000 340 +34%
Haverhill $55,000 70 -39%
Lawrence $53,000 80 -3%
Leominster $57,000 40 -44%
Lowell $69,000 230 +24%
New Bedford $47,000 40 -58%
Pittsfield $59,000 60 +34%
Springfield $53,000 430 -10%
Taunton $62,000 80 +23%
Worcester $61,000 430 +9%

Michigan

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Ann Arbor $118,000 310 +20%
Bay City $60,000 40 -16%
Detroit $54,000 1,180 +2%
Flint $54,000 150 -29%
Grand Rapids $48,000 480 -22%
Holland $55,000 50 -67%
Jackson $60,000 70 -6%
Kalamazoo $54,000 150 -29%
Lansing $61,000 410 +35%
Monroe $59,000 90 +65%
Muskegon $52,000 90 +3%
Niles $59,000 210 +134%
Saginaw $50,000 80 -29%
Warren $56,000 1,250 -34%

Minnesota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Duluth $50,000 180 -8%
Minneapolis $60,000 3,570 +22%
Rochester $58,000 80 -43%
St Cloud $50,000 90 -42%

Mississippi

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Gulfport $41,000 80 -52%
Hattiesburg $40,000 80 -2%
Jackson $42,000 350 -13%
Pascagoula $50,000 60 -9%

Missouri

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Columbia $48,000 140 +15%
Jefferson City $45,000 200 +99%
Joplin $35,000 90 -24%
Kansas City $52,000 2,130 +26%
Springfield $43,000 340 +11%
St Joseph $43,000 70 -1%
St Louis $53,000 2,480 +12%

Montana

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Billings $44,000 90 -25%
Missoula $41,000 120 +63%

Nebraska

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Lincoln $45,000 350 +37%
Omaha $48,000 1,150 +53%

Nevada

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Carson City $57,000 40 +11%
Las Vegas $50,000 880 -42%
Reno $33,000 360 +10%

New Hampshire

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Manchester $50,000 130 -18%
Nashua $61,000 170 -21%
Portsmouth $42,000 60 -26%
Rochester $59,000 60 -27%

New Jersey

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Atlantic City $54,000 140 -39%
Camden $55,000 640 -26%
Edison $67,000 1,320 -22%
Newark $66,000 1,590 -4%
Trenton $65,000 710 +109%
Vineland $57,000 40 -51%

New Mexico

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albuquerque $53,000 860 +37%
Farmington $44,000 30 -60%
Las Cruces $33,000 40 -55%
Santa Fe $45,000 100 +9%

New York

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Albany $57,000 800 +13%
Binghamton $47,000 140 -13%
Buffalo $55,000 800 -8%
Elmira $57,000 40 -17%
Glens Falls $44,000 60 -20%
Ithaca $52,000 60 +1%
Kingston $54,000 40 -53%
Nassau $59,000 1,380 -33%
New York $66,000 8,360 -1%
Poughkeepsie $62,000 330 -13%
Rochester $58,000 1,130 +39%
Syracuse $52,000 330 -34%
Utica $48,000 180 -8%

North Carolina

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Asheville $42,000 150 -46%
Burlington $54,000 60 -29%
Charlotte $59,000 1,880 +30%
Durham $61,000 610 +40%
Fayetteville $52,000 260 +39%
Goldsboro $41,000 50 -4%
Greensboro $48,000 400 -33%
Greenville $49,000 90 -14%
Hickory $44,000 100 -61%
Jacksonville $40,000 170 +202%
Raleigh $56,000 1,090 +31%
Rocky Mount $42,000 90 +7%
Wilmington $59,000 210 -6%
Winston Salem $54,000 250 -27%

North Dakota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bismarck $53,000 110 +36%
Fargo $46,000 220 +24%

Ohio

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Akron $52,000 600 +11%
Canton $54,000 340 +25%
Cincinnati $53,000 1,680 -1%
Cleveland $53,000 1,580 -9%
Columbus $54,000 2,780 +82%
Dayton $57,000 610 -3%
Lima $54,000 60 -19%
Mansfield $44,000 60 -19%
Springfield $42,000 40 -40%
Toledo $54,000 290 -42%
Youngstown $46,000 250 -33%

Oklahoma

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Lawton $47,000 150 +196%
Oklahoma City $42,000 1,650 +80%
Tulsa $40,000 950 +35%

Oregon

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bend $59,000 100 0%
Corvallis $56,000 40 -4%
Eugene $50,000 250 +8%
Medford $48,000 140 +11%
Portland $55,000 1,790 +5%
Salem $48,000 590 +153%

Pennsylvania

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Allentown $47,000 400 -26%
Altoona $39,000 50 -42%
Erie $47,000 210 +9%
Harrisburg $60,000 630 +24%
Johnstown $45,000 60 -26%
Lancaster $47,000 290 -23%
Lebanon $65,000 50 -23%
Philadelphia $56,000 3,610 +17%
Pittsburgh $49,000 2,000 +7%
Reading $47,000 190 -26%
Scranton $44,000 310 -24%
State College $36,000 140 +74%
Williamsport $40,000 40 -44%
York $46,000 110 -61%

Rhode Island

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Providence $57,000 550 -40%

South Carolina

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Anderson $47,000 60 -31%
Charleston $46,000 330 -29%
Columbia $47,000 620 +10%
Florence $51,000 160 +28%
Greenville $54,000 380 -22%
Myrtle Beach $43,000 70 -61%
Spartanburg $53,000 80 -57%

South Dakota

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Rapid City $37,000 60 -34%
Sioux Falls $41,000 250 +17%

Tennessee

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Chattanooga $45,000 350 -5%
Clarksville $55,000 110 -1%
Cleveland $39,000 30 -38%
Jackson $44,000 60 -27%
Johnson City $44,000 110 +0%
Kingsport $44,000 170 -2%
Knoxville $47,000 680 +26%
Memphis $56,000 960 -5%
Morristown $44,000 30 -54%
Nashville $48,000 1,160 -7%

Texas

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Abilene $46,000 80 -11%
Amarillo $48,000 160 +6%
Austin $55,000 1,850 +49%
Beaumont $51,000 130 -47%
Brownsville $33,000 80 -58%
College Station $41,000 60 -47%
Corpus Christi $44,000 170 -38%
Dallas $55,000 4,370 +27%
El Paso $47,000 270 -36%
Fort Worth $53,000 1,320 -6%
Killeen $42,000 280 +54%
Laredo $33,000 50 -59%
Longview $51,000 90 -36%
Lubbock $39,000 110 -41%
Mcallen $44,000 160 -54%
Midland $52,000 100 +4%
Odessa $47,000 40 -50%
San Angelo $38,000 50 -11%
San Antonio $48,000 1,100 -20%
Sherman $43,000 30 -45%
Tyler $40,000 90 -34%
Victoria $56,000 60 -8%
Waco $50,000 80 -45%
Wichita Falls $36,000 60 -28%

Utah

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Logan $45,000 70 +9%
Ogden $46,000 270 -14%
Provo $44,000 310 +20%
Salt Lake City $46,000 1,410 +38%
St George $44,000 100 +46%

Vermont

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Burlington $52,000 180 +8%

Virginia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Blacksburg $51,000 70 -20%
Charlottesville $59,000 250 +79%
Danville $44,000 60 +27%
Harrisonburg $58,000 130 +69%
Lynchburg $60,000 120 -21%
Richmond $58,000 1,640 +68%
Roanoke $47,000 280 +14%
Virginia Beach $53,000 1,660 +35%
Winchester $49,000 50 -33%

Washington

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Bellingham $56,000 70 -41%
Bremerton $44,000 50 -59%
Kennewick $72,000 130 -3%
Mount Vernon $50,000 70 +12%
Olympia $48,000 90 -36%
Seattle $69,000 2,180 -7%
Spokane $51,000 180 -45%
Tacoma $57,000 220 -49%

West Virginia

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Charleston $52,000 160 -29%
Huntington $41,000 110 -36%
Morgantown $36,000 140 +115%
Parkersburg $46,000 80 -21%
Wheeling $35,000 60 -35%

Wisconsin

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Appleton $53,000 210 +21%
Eau Claire $51,000 110 -3%
Fond $46,000 50 -18%
Green Bay $47,000 260 0%
Janesville $42,000 50 -47%
La Crosse $45,000 100 0%
Madison $46,000 880 +64%
Milwaukee $52,000 1,230 -11%
Oshkosh $52,000 140 +12%
Racine $45,000 80 -30%
Wausau $50,000 80 -18%

Wyoming

City and Area Median Salary Employees Job Density
Cheyenne $46,000 110 +83%
*FOOTNOTES: Job Facts salary and numbers data is based on US Department of Labor Statistics data for 2011. Other data on page may be from earlier years. Typical salary is given as median salary, where 50% in the job make more and 50% less. Salary range is Job Hunt's estimates of typical starting salary as being at the 10th percentile of reported pay and typical top end salary, for the most senior workers, as being at the 90th. Job openings is an estimate of new jobs every year due to growth plus those leaving the field. Where NA is given data is not available. Suggested studies is based on Job Hunt research, suggesting a minimum degree level that is judged to offer the best opportunities for entry-level employment. This Training Specialists schools and career page was originally researched by CityTownInfo.com.