State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Training and Development Specialists in Alaska earn a median of $81,860. In Tennessee, $62,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 31.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.4%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+18%
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
Tennessee
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $62,280
- p25
- $48,550
- p75
- $84,190
- p10
- $38,000
- p90
- $116,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- 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.