State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $118,370. In Alabama, $48,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.2% — not 59.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-59.3%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-50.2%
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
New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $118,370
- p25
- $86,600
- p75
- $132,830
- p10
- $73,150
- p90
- $167,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.