State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Labor Relations Specialists in Massachusetts earn a median of $111,260. In Tennessee, $76,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.6% — not 44.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.6%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+25.6%
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
Tennessee
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $76,930
- p25
- $55,120
- p75
- $106,770
- p10
- $29,570
- p90
- $141,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.