State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Training and Development Specialists in Alaska earn a median of $81,860. In Missouri, $58,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 39.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.5%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+23.7%
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
Missouri
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $58,670
- p25
- $38,730
- p75
- $76,960
- p10
- $31,720
- p90
- $100,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- 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.