State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Delaware vs West Virginia
Training and Development Specialists in Delaware earn a median of $88,570. In West Virginia, $64,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 36.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.3%
Delaware vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+22.3%
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
West Virginia
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $64,960
- p25
- $50,190
- p75
- $82,060
- p10
- $39,970
- p90
- $101,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.