The article focuses on a survey of professional's salary at all levels in the U.S. conducted by the American Society of Training and Development. The charts showed in this article indicates that education level, years of experience and geography affect earning power in the learning profession. The survey shows that the industry's highest salaries go to executives in the for-profit sector. The two types of jobs that have highest wages are a top training job in a pharmaceutical company or employment as a management consultant or sole proprietor of a training company.