State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Missouri, $93,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.6%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+1.8%
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
Missouri
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $93,840
- p25
- $79,480
- p75
- $108,270
- p10
- $60,650
- p90
- $136,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.