State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Mississippi
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Mississippi, $53,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.8% — not 65%.
Nominal pay gap
+65%
Delaware vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+43.8%
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
Mississippi
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $53,680
- p25
- $45,600
- p75
- $71,980
- p10
- $38,110
- p90
- $96,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.