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Training and Development Specialists pay in Alabama and Alaska
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Training and Development Specialists is $64,490 per year in Alabama. It is $81,860 per year in Alaska. Alabama is 21.2% below Alaska on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1151 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 3,000 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 530 in Alaska. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings