State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Training and Development Specialists in Alaska earn a median of $81,860. In Maryland, $76,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 7.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.2%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+9.9%
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
Maryland
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $76,370
- p25
- $46,800
- p75
- $101,800
- p10
- $39,240
- p90
- $128,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.