State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Illinois, $104,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 6.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.4%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-0.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $104,180
- p25
- $79,380
- p75
- $116,890
- p10
- $63,150
- p90
- $144,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.