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Training and Development Specialists pay in Dothan, AL and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Training and Development Specialists is $120,020 per year in Dothan, AL. It is $75,890 per year in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. Dothan, AL is 58.1% above Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 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 120 wage and salary jobs in Dothan, AL and 450 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. 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