State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Alabama vs Delaware
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Alabama, $64,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.2% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.2%
Alabama vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
-18.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $64,490
- p25
- $47,300
- p75
- $83,600
- p10
- $39,690
- p90
- $114,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Delaware
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $88,570
- p25
- $64,080
- p75
- $108,850
- p10
- $57,260
- p90
- $119,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.