State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Training and Development Specialists in Alaska earn a median of $81,860. In Massachusetts, $80,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 2%.
Nominal pay gap
+2%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+5.4%
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
Massachusetts
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $80,270
- p25
- $55,990
- p75
- $114,970
- p10
- $41,790
- p90
- $129,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +138%
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.