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L&D Specialist Career Market Report 2026

270 active jobs. 148 companies. Median salary $78K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

270
Active Job Openings
148
Companies Hiring
$78K
Median Salary (US)
68%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The L&D Specialist market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 68% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $78K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $61K to $229K.

Remote roles pay 11% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 48%

AI/LLM demand rose +20.6pp — fastest-growing skill

Infuse leads hiring with 40 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Manager (+$89K, +146%)

Salary increase: +$89K · Sample: Junior → Manager

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 48% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager4$98K$150K$150K
Junior3$61K$61K$81K

What jumps out

Junior → Manager: +$89K (146%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States7$70KUSD
Remote3$78KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.6%
Remote24.8%
Hybrid3.7%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
48%
Project Management
36%
Performance Management
8%
HRIS
6%
Organizational Development
6%
Data Analysis
5%
Program Management
4%
Talent Acquisition
3%
Adobe Creative Suite
2%

Skills on the Rise

AI/LLM ↑+20.6ppProject Management ↑+18.6ppPerformance Management ↑+7.6ppHRIS ↑+6.5ppOrganizational Development ↑+5.9pp

Declining in Demand

Attention to Detail ↓-16.3ppExcel ↓-14.3ppJournalism ↓-13.1ppLogistics ↓-12.0ppStakeholder Management ↓-12.0pp

Generic skills excluded: Recruiting. These appear in most postings across all roles.

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Infuse4014.8%
Talent Trader Group62.2%
Translation Empire62.2%
Riveron41.5%
Bjak41.5%
neolytix41.5%
Aprio31.1%
Enpal31.1%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
Remote48
United States42
United Kingdom18
India11
France10
Singapore8
Pakistan6
Netherlands4

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree59.5%110
Master's Degree16.8%31
Bachelor's Degree6.5%12

Certifications

CPA (2%)PRINCE2 (1%)SHRM (1%)

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