How much do Training and Development Specialists make in Mobile, AL?

Percentile spread

For Training and Development Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $42,580 and the 90th percentile is $101,200. The difference is $58,620, which is 90.9% 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 $51,240 to the 75th at $82,320, covers $31,080.

The mean annual wage is $71,120, which sits above the median of $64,460. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mobile, AL median is 7% lower than the national median of $69,280 for Training and Development Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $73,169, which is 5.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Alabama median of $64,490.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mobile, AL is 88.098, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,460 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Training and Development Specialists at $73,169 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Training and Development Specialists. Mobile, AL ranks 5th of 16 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).).

• Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL is 27 miles away, with a median of $52,160 and employment of 50. That median is 19.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,085, against $73,169 here.
• Gulfport-Biloxi, MS is 50 miles away, with a median of $62,670 and employment of 230. That median is 2.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,629, against $73,169 here.
• Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL is 62 miles away, with a median of $68,620 and employment of 590. That median is 6.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,223, against $73,169 here.

Employment share

Training and Development Specialists accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Mobile, AL (210 of 172,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.29% of employment (458,300 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.41 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.