State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: California vs Delaware
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In California, $75,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.9% — not 14.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.4%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
-22.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $75,790
- p25
- $51,360
- p75
- $105,440
- p10
- $43,320
- p90
- $134,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.