State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Training and Development Specialists in Alaska earn a median of $81,860. In Colorado, $75,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 8%.
Nominal pay gap
+8%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $81,860
- p25
- $61,580
- p75
- $105,280
- p10
- $48,130
- p90
- $127,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Colorado
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $75,790
- p25
- $50,770
- p75
- $98,480
- p10
- $37,490
- p90
- $116,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +150%
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.