State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Tennessee
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Tennessee, $62,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31% — not 42.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.2%
Delaware vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+31%
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
Tennessee
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $62,280
- p25
- $48,550
- p75
- $84,190
- p10
- $38,000
- p90
- $116,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.