State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Kansas, $82,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.6%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $82,750
- p25
- $77,940
- p75
- $100,410
- p10
- $60,560
- p90
- $128,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.