State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $118,370. In Maine, $96,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 18.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.3%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $96,680
- p25
- $73,740
- p75
- $122,340
- p10
- $56,660
- p90
- $140,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.