State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Kentucky, $73,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 33.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.9%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-22.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $73,550
- p25
- $53,140
- p75
- $79,200
- p10
- $39,220
- p90
- $97,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.