State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Kansas
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Kansas, $62,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 42.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.8%
Delaware vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+28.9%
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
Kansas
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $62,010
- p25
- $48,640
- p75
- $80,630
- p10
- $41,640
- p90
- $107,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.