State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Minnesota vs New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $118,370. In Minnesota, $100,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 14.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.9%
Minnesota vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $100,760
- p25
- $94,430
- p75
- $132,910
- p10
- $75,950
- p90
- $152,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $118,370
- p25
- $86,600
- p75
- $132,830
- p10
- $73,150
- p90
- $167,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.