State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: California vs Massachusetts
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In California, $105,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.1% — not 4.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.9%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-9.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $105,810
- p25
- $76,770
- p75
- $129,970
- p10
- $53,350
- p90
- $172,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.