State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs Virginia
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In Virginia, $77,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 14%.
Nominal pay gap
+14%
Delaware vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+15.5%
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
Virginia
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $77,690
- p25
- $57,530
- p75
- $101,030
- p10
- $41,870
- p90
- $130,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- 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.