State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs New Mexico
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In New Mexico, $83,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 32.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.8%
Massachusetts vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+15.7%
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
New Mexico
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $83,770
- p25
- $75,010
- p75
- $102,290
- p10
- $57,850
- p90
- $135,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.