State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $118,370. In Colorado, $87,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.4%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-22.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $87,150
- p25
- $73,890
- p75
- $121,120
- p10
- $62,240
- p90
- $134,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.