13 Series · SOC 13-1075

Labor Relations Specialists

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$93,500

per year

Median Hourly

$44.95/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$97,130

average

Employment

64,590

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$49,880$67,670$93,500$123,090$153,440
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$23.98$32.54$44.95$59.18$73.77
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$49,880

25th Percentile

$67,670

Median

$93,500

75th Percentile

$123,090

90th Percentile

$153,440

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 District of Columbia $124,930 +34% above national
2 Alaska $124,770 +33% above national
3 New Jersey $118,940 +27% above national
4 Washington $108,110 +16% above national
5 New Hampshire $106,070 +13% above national
6 North Dakota $105,590 +13% above national
7 California $105,320 +13% above national
8 Oregon $103,210 +10% above national
9 Hawaii $102,070 +9% above national
10 New Mexico $100,420 +7% above national
11 New York $98,200 +5% above national
12 Wyoming $97,620 +4% above national
13 Massachusetts $97,490 +4% above national
14 Connecticut $96,710 +3% above national
15 West Virginia $96,410 +3% above national
16 Maine $95,740 +2% above national
17 Minnesota $95,640 +2% above national
18 Maryland $95,450 +2% above national
19 Illinois $95,080 +2% above national
20 Missouri $93,910 same as national
21 Virginia $92,410 1% below national
22 Delaware $91,910 2% below national
23 Utah $91,730 2% below national
24 North Carolina $88,270 6% below national
25 Wisconsin $85,620 8% below national
26 Idaho $84,100 10% below national
27 Vermont $83,420 11% below national
28 Colorado $82,120 12% below national
29 Oklahoma $82,080 12% below national
30 Indiana $81,820 12% below national
31 Nebraska $81,360 13% below national
32 Pennsylvania $79,330 15% below national
33 Michigan $78,600 16% below national
34 Iowa $78,260 16% below national
35 South Dakota $78,180 16% below national
36 Texas $77,750 17% below national
37 Arizona $76,820 18% below national
38 Ohio $76,810 18% below national
39 Florida $76,490 18% below national
40 Georgia $75,910 19% below national
41 Nevada $75,730 19% below national
42 Louisiana $75,280 19% below national
43 Kansas $73,020 22% below national
44 Rhode Island $72,360 23% below national
45 Mississippi $71,550 23% below national
46 Tennessee $66,640 29% below national
47 Montana $64,360 31% below national
48 South Carolina $62,370 33% below national
49 Kentucky $61,800 34% below national
50 Puerto Rico $58,680 37% below national
51 Alabama $56,360 40% below national
52 Arkansas $53,450 43% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $145,360 +55% above national
2 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $126,460 +35% above national
3 Worcester, MA $123,430 +32% above national
4 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $118,970 +27% above national
5 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $118,620 +27% above national
6 Kennewick-Richland, WA $116,420 +25% above national
7 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $116,420 +25% above national
8 Anchorage, AK $115,830 +24% above national
9 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $115,370 +23% above national
10 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $112,630 +20% above national
11 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $109,920 +18% above national
12 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $106,180 +14% above national
13 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $105,830 +13% above national
14 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $105,710 +13% above national
15 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $105,180 +12% above national
16 Fresno, CA $105,170 +12% above national
17 Bellingham, WA $104,820 +12% above national
18 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $104,260 +12% above national
19 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $104,170 +11% above national
20 Williamsport, PA $103,630 +11% above national
21 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $103,380 +11% above national
22 Longview-Kelso, WA $103,200 +10% above national
23 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $103,090 +10% above national
24 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $102,470 +10% above national
25 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $102,320 +9% above national
26 Rockford, IL $102,290 +9% above national
27 Urban Honolulu, HI $102,070 +9% above national
28 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $102,040 +9% above national
29 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $101,710 +9% above national
30 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $101,440 +8% above national
31 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $101,240 +8% above national
32 Altoona, PA $101,120 +8% above national
33 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $100,970 +8% above national
34 Albuquerque, NM $100,770 +8% above national
35 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $100,730 +8% above national
36 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $100,610 +8% above national
37 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $100,600 +8% above national
38 Rochester, MN $100,170 +7% above national
39 Champaign-Urbana, IL $99,540 +6% above national
40 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $99,450 +6% above national
41 Salinas, CA $99,440 +6% above national
42 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $99,310 +6% above national
43 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $99,150 +6% above national
44 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $99,120 +6% above national
45 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $99,120 +6% above national
46 Modesto, CA $99,040 +6% above national
47 Syracuse, NY $99,040 +6% above national
48 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $98,490 +5% above national
49 Madison, WI $98,300 +5% above national
50 Terre Haute, IN $98,070 +5% above national
51 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $97,820 +5% above national
52 Ann Arbor, MI $97,620 +4% above national
53 Charleston, WV $97,570 +4% above national
54 Tulsa, OK $97,490 +4% above national
55 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $97,440 +4% above national
56 St. Louis, MO-IL $97,340 +4% above national
57 Binghamton, NY $97,210 +4% above national
58 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $97,200 +4% above national
59 Visalia, CA $96,220 +3% above national
60 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $95,790 +2% above national
61 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $95,750 +2% above national
62 Portland-South Portland, ME $95,730 +2% above national
63 New Haven, CT $95,420 +2% above national
64 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $94,700 +1% above national
65 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $94,390 +1% above national
66 Medford, OR $94,350 +1% above national
67 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $93,400 same as national
68 Decatur, IL $93,270 same as national
69 Salem, OR $93,020 1% below national
70 Richmond, VA $92,630 1% below national
71 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $92,230 1% below national
72 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $92,170 1% below national
73 Elmira, NY $91,790 2% below national
74 Yakima, WA $91,780 2% below national
75 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $91,720 2% below national
76 Eugene-Springfield, OR $91,610 2% below national
77 Peoria, IL $91,430 2% below national
78 Rochester, NY $90,220 4% below national
79 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $89,540 4% below national
80 Mansfield, OH $89,330 4% below national
81 St. Cloud, MN $89,050 5% below national
82 Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area $89,050 5% below national
83 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $88,760 5% below national
84 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $88,550 5% below national
85 Stockton-Lodi, CA $87,430 6% below national
86 Charlottesville, VA $86,850 7% below national
87 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $86,150 8% below national
88 Kansas City, MO-KS $86,090 8% below national
89 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $86,050 8% below national
90 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $85,900 8% below national
91 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $85,880 8% below national
92 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $85,660 8% below national
93 Utica-Rome, NY $85,540 9% below national
94 Wichita, KS $85,460 9% below national
95 Manchester-Nashua, NH $85,070 9% below national
96 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $84,440 10% below national
97 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $84,420 10% below national
98 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH $84,270 10% below national
99 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $83,950 10% below national
100 Wheeling, WV-OH $83,770 10% below national
101 Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area $83,310 11% below national
102 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $83,100 11% below national
103 Dover, DE $83,090 11% below national
104 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $82,950 11% below national
105 Springfield, MO $82,870 11% below national
106 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $82,680 12% below national
107 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $82,360 12% below national
108 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $82,290 12% below national
109 Greensboro-High Point, NC $82,280 12% below national
110 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $82,120 12% below national
111 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $81,980 12% below national
112 Duluth, MN-WI $81,920 12% below national
113 Raleigh-Cary, NC $81,800 13% below national
114 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $81,780 13% below national
115 Roanoke, VA $81,770 13% below national
116 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $81,760 13% below national
117 Omaha, NE-IA $81,570 13% below national
118 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $81,480 13% below national
119 Lincoln, NE $81,360 13% below national
120 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $81,130 13% below national
121 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $81,030 13% below national
122 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $81,020 13% below national
123 Boise City, ID $80,920 13% below national
124 Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $80,760 14% below national
125 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $80,670 14% below national
126 Fort Wayne, IN $80,670 14% below national
127 Billings, MT $80,500 14% below national
128 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $80,340 14% below national
129 Battle Creek, MI $80,110 14% below national
130 Evansville, IN $79,820 15% below national
131 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $79,730 15% below national
132 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $79,660 15% below national
133 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $79,540 15% below national
134 Midland, MI $79,500 15% below national
135 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $79,480 15% below national
136 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $79,340 15% below national
137 Cedar Rapids, IA $79,160 15% below national
138 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $79,090 15% below national
139 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $79,080 15% below national
140 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $79,010 15% below national
141 Columbus, OH $78,990 16% below national
142 Bismarck, ND $78,750 16% below national
143 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $78,730 16% below national
144 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $78,590 16% below national
145 Appleton, WI $78,580 16% below national
146 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $78,460 16% below national
147 Lima, OH $78,360 16% below national
148 Pittsburgh, PA $78,220 16% below national
149 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $78,220 16% below national
150 Columbus, IN $78,080 16% below national
151 Springfield, MA $77,800 17% below national
152 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $77,790 17% below national
153 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $77,750 17% below national
154 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA $77,750 17% below national
155 Springfield, IL $77,670 17% below national
156 Jacksonville, FL $77,620 17% below national
157 Reading, PA $77,600 17% below national
158 Oklahoma City, OK $77,500 17% below national
159 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $77,470 17% below national
160 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $77,360 17% below national
161 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $77,240 17% below national
162 Dubuque, IA $77,000 18% below national
163 Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area $77,000 18% below national
164 Flint, MI $76,840 18% below national
165 Kokomo, IN $76,700 18% below national
166 Canton-Massillon, OH $76,650 18% below national
167 Saginaw, MI $76,650 18% below national
168 Akron, OH $76,480 18% below national
169 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $76,400 18% below national
170 Youngstown-Warren, OH $76,280 18% below national
171 Cleveland, OH $76,170 19% below national
172 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $76,160 19% below national
173 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS $76,120 19% below national
174 Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area $76,080 19% below national
175 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $76,040 19% below national
176 Toledo, OH $75,870 19% below national
177 Reno, NV $75,860 19% below national
178 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $75,510 19% below national
179 Baton Rouge, LA $75,310 19% below national
180 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $75,280 19% below national
181 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $75,170 20% below national
182 York-Hanover, PA $75,100 20% below national
183 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $74,950 20% below national
184 West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area $74,600 20% below national
185 Erie, PA $74,290 21% below national
186 Asheville, NC $73,930 21% below national
187 Green Bay, WI $73,810 21% below national
188 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $73,630 21% below national
189 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $73,530 21% below national
190 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $72,560 22% below national
191 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $72,510 22% below national
192 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $72,320 23% below national
193 Jackson, MS $71,350 24% below national
194 Winston-Salem, NC $70,690 24% below national
195 Tucson, AZ $70,400 25% below national
196 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $69,780 25% below national
197 Chattanooga, TN-GA $69,170 26% below national
198 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $68,250 27% below national
199 Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $68,190 27% below national
200 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $66,960 28% below national
201 Topeka, KS $65,650 30% below national
202 Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $65,180 30% below national
203 Lexington-Fayette, KY $64,170 31% below national
204 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $63,830 32% below national
205 Helena, MT $63,010 33% below national
206 Lancaster, PA $62,790 33% below national
207 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $62,120 34% below national
208 Birmingham, AL $61,570 34% below national
209 Tallahassee, FL $61,280 34% below national
210 Montgomery, AL $60,770 35% below national
211 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $60,470 35% below national
212 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $60,280 36% below national
213 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $60,260 36% below national
214 El Paso, TX $59,400 36% below national
215 Eau Claire, WI $59,060 37% below national
216 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $59,060 37% below national
217 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $58,160 38% below national
218 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $57,920 38% below national
219 Knoxville, TN $56,650 39% below national
220 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $54,770 41% below national
221 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $53,740 43% below national
222 South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area $51,160 45% below national
223 Gainesville, FL $50,530 46% below national
224 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $49,470 47% below national
225 Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area $47,790 49% below national
226 Columbia, SC $47,510 49% below national
227 Mobile, AL $35,570 62% below national
228 Savannah, GA $32,880 65% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.