Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Labor Relations Specialists
Labor Relations Specialists resolve disputes between workers and managers, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, or coordinate grievance procedures to handle employee complaints.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Labor Relations Specialists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $19,520 to $46,440 per year or $9 to $22 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Labor Relations Specialists to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $62 | $128,600 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $48 | $99,940 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $35 | $73,240 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $22 | $46,440 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $9 | $19,520 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
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NJ | $54 | $112,150 |
DC | $47 | $97,200 |
OR | $45 | $92,820 |
HI | $44 | $92,080 |
CO | $44 | $91,140 |
NY | $43 | $89,030 |
SC | $42 | $87,200 |
MD | $42 | $86,760 |
WA | $41 | $86,300 |
RI | $41 | $85,740 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Labor Relations Specialist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NJ doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NJ might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Labor Relations Specialists are in the states of NJ, DC, OR, HI and CO.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing | $120110 | $57.75 |
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing | $105830 | $50.88 |
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities | $102100 | $49.09 |
Machinery Manufacturing | $99870 | $48.02 |
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution | $99050 | $47.62 |
Natural Gas Distribution | $98150 | $47.19 |
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing | $97250 | $46.75 |
Scientific Research and Development Services | $97070 | $46.67 |
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing | $95200 | $45.77 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $94830 | $45.59 |
Rail Transportation | $94710 | $45.53 |
Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing | $92630 | $44.54 |
Nondepository Credit Intermediation | $91380 | $43.93 |
Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing | $91280 | $43.89 |
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing | $91230 | $43.86 |
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities | $91130 | $43.81 |
Building Equipment Contractors | $90110 | $43.32 |
Business Support Services | $89800 | $43.17 |
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers | $88900 | $42.74 |
Junior Colleges | $88400 | $42.50 |
Building Material and Supplies Dealers | $88040 | $42.33 |
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services | $87920 | $42.27 |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services | $87300 | $41.97 |
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods | $86980 | $41.82 |
Legal Services | $86400 | $41.54 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools | $85920 | $41.31 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $84440 | $40.60 |
Postal Service (Federal Government) | $83480 | $40.13 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $82340 | $39.59 |
Warehousing and Storage | $81790 | $39.32 |