State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs South Carolina
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In South Carolina, $63,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 40.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.4%
Delaware vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+31.8%
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
South Carolina
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $63,070
- p25
- $47,220
- p75
- $85,710
- p10
- $38,790
- p90
- $116,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.