State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Pennsylvania, $91,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.4% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.8%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+12.4%
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
Pennsylvania
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $91,320
- p25
- $70,780
- p75
- $122,580
- p10
- $56,400
- p90
- $164,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.