State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Labor Relations Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $118,370. In Mississippi, $79,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 33%.
Nominal pay gap
-33%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-16.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Labor Relations Specialists
- Median
- $79,360
- p25
- $68,850
- p75
- $96,630
- p10
- $45,060
- p90
- $120,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.