How much do Training and Development Specialists make in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI?

Percentile spread

For Training and Development Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $40,910 and the 90th percentile is $101,270. The difference is $60,360, which is 94.5% 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 $50,820 to the 75th at $90,070, covers $39,250.

The mean annual wage is $70,780, which sits above the median of $63,900. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kalamazoo-Portage, MI median is 7.8% lower than the national median of $69,280 for Training and Development Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,377, which is 2.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.7% lower than the Michigan median of $64,350.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 94.840, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,900 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Training and Development Specialists at $67,377 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

38 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Training and Development Specialists. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ranks 13th of 39 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).).

• Battle Creek, MI is 27 miles away, with a median of $60,560 and employment of 140. That median is 5.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,887, against $67,377 here.
• South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 44 miles away, with a median of $51,330 and employment of 340. That median is 19.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,278, against $67,377 here.
• Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 48 miles away, with a median of $59,050 and employment of 220. That median is 7.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $65,375, against $67,377 here.

Employment share

Training and Development Specialists accounts for 0.36% of wage-and-salary employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (440 of 121,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.29% of employment (458,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.23 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.