State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Alabama, $48,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 48.5% — not 56.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-56.7%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-48.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $48,120
- p25
- $18,550
- p75
- $85,260
- p10
- $17,880
- p90
- $96,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Massachusetts
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $111,260
- p25
- $81,610
- p75
- $132,350
- p10
- $61,530
- p90
- $161,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.