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Labor Relations Specialists earn $95,420 a year at the midpoint

Pay in this work stretches a long way: the lowest tenth earn about $50,490, the highest tenth about $156,180, and the middle sits at $95,420.

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$95,420median a year · United States
$45.87an hour $98,720average 64,810people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$71,92025th $95,420median $123,42075th
$50,49010th percentile $156,18090th percentile
$71,920a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$118,370best-paying state · New Jersey
$48,120lowest-paying state · Alabama
+24%top state against the national median
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  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $118,370 in New Jersey and $48,120 in Alabama — a gap of $70,250 a year.

Labor relations specialist earnings, from starting pay to the best-paid 10%

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  • Negotiated collective bargaining agreements.
  • Investigated and evaluated union complaints or arguments to determine viability.
  • Proposed resolutions for collective bargaining or other labor or contract negotiations.

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Labor relations specialist pay rate, hourly and yearly

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$95,410a year

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Labor relations specialist wages, state by state

The 42 states where the most people do this work, of 51 with a published figure: their medians range by 2.46 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
New Jersey $118,370 $73,150 $73,150 — $167,350 3,700
Massachusetts $111,260 $61,530 $61,530 — $161,860 1,660
California $105,810 $53,350 $53,350 — $172,110 8,830
Illinois $104,180 $63,150 $63,150 — $144,200 3,670
Washington $104,100 $60,080 $60,080 — $185,530 2,760
Minnesota $100,760 $75,950 $75,950 — $152,530 1,710
New York $100,500 $59,160 $59,160 — $170,210 6,860
Virginia $98,730 $60,650 $60,650 — $146,280 990
Delaware $97,390 $70,810 $70,810 — $137,870 280
Arizona $97,070 $60,230 $60,230 — $126,420 790
Maine $96,680 $56,660 $56,660 — $140,350 210
Wisconsin $95,750 $48,440 $48,440 — $148,030 1,690
Maryland $94,030 $63,760 $63,760 — $145,430 890
Missouri $93,840 $60,650 $60,650 — $136,560 1,190
Idaho $93,110 $46,830 $46,830 — $118,570 190
Pennsylvania $91,320 $56,400 $56,400 — $164,880 3,470
Rhode Island $88,030 $34,190 $34,190 — $140,180 410
West Virginia $88,020 $65,500 $65,500 — $135,250 420
Colorado $87,150 $62,240 $62,240 — $134,520 470
North Carolina $86,270 $59,280 $59,280 — $123,590 690
Kansas $82,750 $60,560 $60,560 — $128,490 370
Nebraska $81,910 $55,140 $55,140 — $121,050 270
Florida $81,700 $50,200 $50,200 — $133,240 1,970
Georgia $81,480 $19,730 $19,730 — $129,560 920
Oregon $80,490 $51,360 $51,360 — $152,320 1,210
Ohio $80,150 $46,660 $46,660 — $127,010 4,100
Texas $79,640 $42,040 $42,040 — $135,340 2,590
Connecticut $79,620 $46,480 $46,480 — $177,150 1,240
Mississippi $79,360 $45,060 $45,060 — $120,610 200
Iowa $79,140 $61,020 $61,020 — $151,890 610
South Carolina $78,050 $18,990 $18,990 — $128,010 340
Alaska $77,870 $49,870 $49,870 — $130,200 380
Hawaii $77,310 $62,740 $62,740 — $172,590 510
Nevada $77,240 $59,910 $59,910 — $140,710 610
Indiana $77,190 $30,550 $30,550 — $106,450 2,600
Tennessee $76,930 $29,570 $29,570 — $141,290 560
Michigan $73,760 $36,200 $36,200 — $121,500 2,430
Kentucky $73,550 $39,220 $39,220 — $97,860 640
Oklahoma $62,400 $43,070 $43,070 — $116,230 250
Arkansas $62,070 $33,500 $33,500 — $129,800 180
Utah $61,190 $42,040 $42,040 — $128,120 250
Alabama $48,120 $17,880 $17,880 — $96,990 590

Neighbouring work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Labor Relations Specialists$95,420
Project Management Specialists$102,320+$6,900 Management Analysts$101,860+$6,440 Business Operations Specialists, All Other$83,050−$12,370 Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes$82,890−$12,530 Logisticians$82,320−$13,100 Compliance Officers$80,730−$14,690

Ranked 143 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 82% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 141 Audiologists $95,780
  2. 142 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists $95,480
  3. 143 Labor Relations Specialists $95,420
  4. 144 Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers $95,320
  5. 145 Education Administrators, All Other $95,200

Questions people ask most

What is a labor relations specialist’s yearly income?

A labor relations specialist makes a median of $95,420 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $71,920 and $123,420.

What is a labor relations specialist’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $45.87 an hour; the average is $98,720 a year.

What is the starting pay for a labor relations specialist?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $71,920 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $50,490.

Which state pays labor relations specialists the most?

New Jersey, with a median of $118,370 a year.

How many people work as labor relations specialists?

About 64,810 in the United States — number 143 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $440 of what labor relations specialists earn — $95,420 a year — but not always the same spread.

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