State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Training and Development Specialists in Alaska earn a median of $81,860. In North Carolina, $65,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 25.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.5%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.5%
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
North Carolina
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $65,250
- p25
- $47,470
- p75
- $90,400
- p10
- $33,170
- p90
- $115,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +333%
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.