State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Training and Development Specialists in Alaska earn a median of $81,860. In New Jersey, $77,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 6.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.3%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+12.9%
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
New Jersey
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $77,020
- p25
- $49,500
- p75
- $102,080
- p10
- $36,570
- p90
- $133,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -77%
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.