State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $118,370. In Illinois, $104,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 12%.
Nominal pay gap
-12%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-4.2%
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
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.