State comparison · 2025
Training and Development Specialists salary: Illinois vs New Hampshire
Training and Development Specialists in New Hampshire earn a median of $86,050. In Illinois, $67,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
Illinois vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $67,380
- p25
- $48,920
- p75
- $95,120
- p10
- $39,430
- p90
- $119,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
New Hampshire
Training and Development Specialists
- Median
- $86,050
- p25
- $64,790
- p75
- $86,050
- p10
- $50,790
- p90
- $100,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.