State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $118,370. In Arkansas, $62,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.3% — not 47.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.6%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-34.3%
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
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.