State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Iowa, $79,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.9%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $79,140
- p25
- $75,800
- p75
- $125,420
- p10
- $61,020
- p90
- $151,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.