State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Rhode Island
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Rhode Island, $75,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.7%
Delaware vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+19.6%
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
Rhode Island
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $75,910
- p25
- $58,110
- p75
- $108,930
- p10
- $46,420
- p90
- $151,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.