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2025 State of the Industry Talent Development Benchmarks and Trends
Published Wed Jan 07 2026
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The 2025 State of the Industry report, sponsored by Absorb, is ATD’s annual review of talent development trends, spending, and activities that can help benchmark your team’s work. Drawing upon ATD’s 2025 survey, which gathered information from 539 organizations across a diverse range of industries and company sizes, this year’s report presents results in a robust, data-driven guide to demonstrate what happened in talent development in 2024.
The 2025 State of the Industry report, sponsored by Absorb, is ATD’s annual review of talent development trends, spending, and activities that can help benchmark your team’s work. Drawing upon ATD’s 2025 survey, which gathered information from 539 organizations across a diverse range of industries and company sizes, this year’s report presents results in a robust, data-driven guide to demonstrate what happened in talent development in 2024.
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Easy to read and including informative graphs, charts, and tables, the report provides key information you need to assess your organization’s talent development advancement.
Easy to read and including informative graphs, charts, and tables, the report provides key information you need to assess your organization’s talent development advancement.
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Benchmark your organization’s learning hours, spending, and activities against other participating organizations.
Benchmark your organization’s learning hours, spending, and activities against other participating organizations.
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Discover what learning delivery methods are being used in the industry, including those incorporating new technologies.
Discover what learning delivery methods are being used in the industry, including those incorporating new technologies.
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Understand what learning content areas organizations are focusing on in their efforts to close skills gaps and meet business needs.
Understand what learning content areas organizations are focusing on in their efforts to close skills gaps and meet business needs.
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To read the full report, join ATD membership or purchase it directly from the ATD official website: https://www.td.org/product/research-report--2025-state-of-the-industry-talent-development-benchmarks-and-trends/192507
To read the full report, join ATD membership or purchase it directly from the ATD official website: https://www.td.org/product/research-report--2025-state-of-the-industry-talent-development-benchmarks-and-trends/192507