State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $118,370. In Kentucky, $73,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.1% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.9%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-25.1%
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
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.