How much do Training and Development Specialists make in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS?

Percentile spread

For Training and Development Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $37,260 and the 90th percentile is $99,840. The difference is $62,580, which is 99.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $47,260 to the 75th at $79,690, covers $32,430.

The mean annual wage is $64,650, which sits above the median of $62,670. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Gulfport-Biloxi, MS median is 9.5% lower than the national median of $69,280 for Training and Development Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $69,629, which is 0.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.7% higher than the Mississippi median of $53,680.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 90.006, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $62,670 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Training and Development Specialists at $69,629 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Training and Development Specialists. Gulfport-Biloxi, MS ranks 4th of 14 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Mobile, AL is 50 miles away, with a median of $64,460 and employment of 210. That median is 2.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $73,169, against $69,629 here.
• Hattiesburg, MS is 51 miles away, with a median of $51,980 and employment of 100. That median is 17.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,316, against $69,629 here.
• Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA is 57 miles away, with a median of $58,760 and employment of 110. That median is 6.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,369, against $69,629 here.

Employment share

Training and Development Specialists accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Gulfport-Biloxi, MS (230 of 158,310). Nationally the occupation is 0.29% of employment (458,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.49 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.