State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Arkansas vs Delaware
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Arkansas, $52,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 41%.
Nominal pay gap
-41%
Arkansas vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
-32.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $52,290
- p25
- $38,320
- p75
- $70,630
- p10
- $29,490
- p90
- $96,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
Delaware
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $88,570
- p25
- $64,080
- p75
- $108,850
- p10
- $57,260
- p90
- $119,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.