State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Training and Development Specialists in Alaska earn a median of $81,860. In Virginia, $77,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4% — not 5.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.4%
Alaska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+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
Virginia
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $77,690
- p25
- $57,530
- p75
- $101,030
- p10
- $41,870
- p90
- $130,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- 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.