A carrier for electrophotographic developer comprises a resin carrier core comprising a binder resin and magnetic powder dispersed in the binder resin, and a coating layer comprising a coating resin on a surface of the core, the binder resin being a silicone resin obtained by curing of a polysiloxane compound (A) having an epoxy group and a polysiloxane compound (B) having a group capable of reacting with the epoxy group, due to a ring-opening addition reaction; the binder resin containing a functional group which is an epoxy group and/or a group capable of reacting with an epoxy group; the coating resin containing a functional group capable of reacting with the functional group of the binder resin; the functional group of the coating resin and the function group of the binder resin forming a chemical bond.