State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Mississippi, $79,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.3% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.2%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+15.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Mississippi
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $79,360
- p25
- $68,850
- p75
- $96,630
- p10
- $45,060
- p90
- $120,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.