State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Illinois
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Illinois, $67,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.7% — not 31.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.4%
Delaware vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+31.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Illinois
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $67,380
- p25
- $48,920
- p75
- $95,120
- p10
- $39,430
- p90
- $119,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.