How much do Training and Development Specialists make in Kankakee, IL?

Percentile spread

For Training and Development Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $33,780 and the 90th percentile is $104,730. The difference is $70,950, which is 111.3% 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 $35,250 to the 75th at $88,390, covers $53,140.

The mean annual wage is $68,440, which sits above the median of $63,770. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kankakee, IL median is 8% lower than the national median of $69,280 for Training and Development Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,156, which is 4.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.4% lower than the Illinois median of $67,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kankakee, IL is 96.394, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $63,770 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Training and Development Specialists at $66,156 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

36 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Training and Development Specialists. Kankakee, IL ranks 17th of 37 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).).

• Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 43 miles away, with a median of $67,050 and employment of 10,940. That median is 5.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,723, against $66,156 here.
• Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN is 63 miles away, with a median of $49,960 and employment of 230. That median is 21.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,473, against $66,156 here.
• Michigan City-La Porte, IN is 64 miles away, with a median of $52,870 and employment of 60. That median is 17.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,667, against $66,156 here.

Employment share

Training and Development Specialists accounts for 0.26% of wage-and-salary employment in Kankakee, IL (110 of 42,340). Nationally the occupation is 0.29% of employment (458,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.88 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.