State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Hawaii vs Massachusetts
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Hawaii, $77,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.2% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.5%
Hawaii vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-33.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $77,310
- p25
- $70,310
- p75
- $152,400
- p10
- $62,740
- p90
- $172,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.