Business and finance

Training and Development Specialist in the United States

35 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 23 employers · largest 11% of it

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 35 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution
23%
8 of 35 postingsAccredited institution →
OSHA 30-Hour ConstructionOSHA Training Institute
6%
2 of 35 postings$180 exam · fee checked 2026-08~30 hrs prepOSHA Training Institute →
Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)
6%
2 of 35 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
Master's DegreeAccredited institution
3%
1 of 35 postingsAccredited institution →
OSHA 10-HourOSHA Training Institute
3%
1 of 35 postings$90 exam · fee checked 2026-08~10 hrs prepOSHA Training Institute →
TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)
3%
1 of 35 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →

What it costs

Exam and application fees plus typical self-study hours. Almost nobody needs every credential on this list — start with the top line.

Most-asked-for, on its own

$180OSHA 30-Hour Construction · ~30 hrs

asked for in 2 of 35 postings — 6%

If you earned all 2 of them

$270

fees checked 2026-08

40 hrs

40 hours — about 4 weeks at 10 hrs/wk

Not in the total: Bachelor's Degree — cost varies by institution; Secret Security Clearance — sponsored by an employer, not purchasable; Master's Degree — cost varies by institution; TS/SCI — sponsored by an employer, not purchasable.

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Education reported by people doing this job

78%reported bachelor’s degree

Bachelor’s degree78%
Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree9%
High school diploma or equivalent9%

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

O*NET 13-1151.00 · pulled 2026-10-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100

This sample is small enough that one posting moves any percentage by more than a couple of points, so we are not calling anything low-signal here. Read the numbers above as a direction, not a measurement.

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$38,760

10th percentile

$69,280

median

$123,250

90th percentile

Every credential above costs $270 — about 1 day's pay at the median.

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

Scout Motors · Anduril Industries · SpaceX · Artech Information System · Collabera · Divergent Technologies · Samsara · Saronic · BDA · Blink Health · Chime · City of New York · Curaleaf · Idealforce LLC · Infojini Inc · Integrated Resources Inc · Latitude Inc · MAT Holdings · Mercury · Notion · Relativity Space · Spring Health · Traeger Grills