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Training and Development Managers pay in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Training and Development Managers is $136,120 per year in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA. It is $230,020 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 40.8% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3131 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 360 wage and salary jobs in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA and 880 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.