State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs New Jersey
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In New Jersey, $77,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 15%.
Nominal pay gap
+15%
Delaware vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+25.4%
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
New Jersey
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $77,020
- p25
- $49,500
- p75
- $102,080
- p10
- $36,570
- p90
- $133,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -77%
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.