State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Rhode Island, $88,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.4%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+22.2%
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
Rhode Island
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $88,030
- p25
- $61,720
- p75
- $138,890
- p10
- $34,190
- p90
- $140,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.