State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Michigan
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Michigan, $64,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.7% — not 37.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.6%
Delaware vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+32.7%
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
Michigan
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $64,350
- p25
- $49,540
- p75
- $84,750
- p10
- $38,550
- p90
- $106,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.