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Training and Development Specialists pay in Colorado and Delaware
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Training and Development Specialists is $75,790 per year in Colorado. It is $88,570 per year in Delaware. Colorado is 14.4% below Delaware 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 12,100 wage and salary jobs in Colorado and 1,590 in Delaware. 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