State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Kentucky
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Kentucky, $61,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 44.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.3%
Delaware vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+30.4%
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
Kentucky
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $61,390
- p25
- $47,500
- p75
- $77,680
- p10
- $38,700
- p90
- $103,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.