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Market size of the workplace training industry in North America from 2007 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Release date

January 2026

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Region

North America, Canada, United States

Survey time period

2007 to 2025

Supplementary notes

Release date represents the date figures were accessed.

*Estimated

Data collected from multiple reports of the same source.

The source adds the following information: "Note that data related to spend includes all dollars spent by companies for training activities, including insourced and outsourced spend. This data does not include expenditures related to consumers’ spend for training programs (individuals taking training courses for personal or non-work related development); revenues of educational institutions (universities and for-profit educational companies) or revenues of community colleges from students paying tuition. It does include dollars paid by corporations to educational institutions for corporate training initiatives."

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The market size of the workplace training industry increased steadily between 2009 and 2019 in North America, reaching an estimated value of billion U.S. dollars. In 2020, due to the consequences of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, corporations' spending on training and development initiatives decreased slightly, reaching a value of billion U.S. dollars. As of 2025, the market size is estimated to reach billion U.S. dollars.

Workplace training industry worldwide

Workplace training aims at teaching staff members specific skills needed to perform tasks, and it can focus on developing either hard or soft skills. The size of the global workplace training industry has been increasing recently, except for 2020. The United States is the country with the largest workplace training industry worldwide, accounting for approximately ** percent of the total.

Budget and time allocated for training

As economies, markets, and technologies develop fast, workers need training in order to keep up with new developments, findings, and trends. Most companies invest plenty of resources in reskilling or upskilling their employees. However, time and money allocated for training vary according to the company size and the industry in which they operate.