State comparison · 2025
Labor Relations Specialists salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Labor Relations Specialists in New Jersey earn a median of $118,370. In Pennsylvania, $91,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.6%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+16.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.