State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Arkansas, $62,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.1% — not 44.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.2%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-32.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $62,070
- p25
- $47,580
- p75
- $99,280
- p10
- $33,500
- p90
- $129,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.