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A $102.8 billion
market.

U.S. corporate training expenditures reached approximately $102.8 billion in 2025, with average spending of roughly $874 per learner. Corporate compliance training is a major subset — with specialized training, especially for IT and cybersecurity, driving significant, consistent investment.

U.S. Corporate Training · 2025

Where the training dollar goes.

Total spend $102.8B +4.9% from ~$98B in 2024
Training payroll $64.7B Staff who design, deliver & manage training
External products $16B +29% — outside products & services
Per learner $874 Up from $774 in 2024

Composition of 2025 spend

The Compliance Subset

Mandatory training is the market's steady engine.

Compliance training doesn't flex with the budget cycle — regulators require it every year. Specialized programs, especially IT and cybersecurity, keep that investment significant and consistent, and organizations are moving it online fast.

92% of organizations deliver at least some mandatory compliance training online
45% deliver compliance training entirely online
11% of training budgets go to IT / systems training

What It Means

Why ListenPay, why now.

Budgets are growing

Spend rose nearly 5% year over year, and spend on outside products and services jumped 29%. Buyers are actively looking outside their walls.

Payroll dominates cost

Nearly two-thirds of every training dollar is people time. Automation that routes, tracks, and certifies frees that capacity for work only humans can do.

Compliance is recurring

Required every year and increasingly delivered online, compliance training rewards platforms that make completion engaging, not just mandatory.

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Source: Training Magazine, 2025 Training Industry Report (Nov. 2025). “Other” is the remainder of total spend after payroll and external products.