State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Pennsylvania
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Pennsylvania, $71,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.1%
Delaware vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+21.4%
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
Pennsylvania
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $71,350
- p25
- $55,170
- p75
- $96,160
- p10
- $45,040
- p90
- $118,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.