State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Minnesota
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Minnesota, $76,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 15.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.5%
Delaware vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+14.1%
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
Minnesota
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $76,710
- p25
- $62,160
- p75
- $99,710
- p10
- $50,470
- p90
- $124,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.