State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs North Carolina
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In North Carolina, $65,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.7%
Delaware vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+28.3%
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
North Carolina
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $65,250
- p25
- $47,470
- p75
- $90,400
- p10
- $33,170
- p90
- $115,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +333%
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.