State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Maryland
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Maryland, $76,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
+16%
Delaware vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+22%
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
Maryland
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $76,370
- p25
- $46,800
- p75
- $101,800
- p10
- $39,240
- p90
- $128,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.