Labor Relations Specialists · SOC 13-1075

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Labor Relations Specialistss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for labor relations specialists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 192 metro areas

Labor Relations Specialists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$133,270	510	0.4
2	Vallejo, CA	$131,680	100	0.7
3	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$128,320	40	0.4
4	Bellingham, WA	$126,160	30	0.4
5	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$124,400	2,000	0.8
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$119,200	1,990	1.0
7	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$118,520	1,280	0.5
8	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$115,940	160	0.4
9	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$112,740	100	0.8
10	Worcester, MA	$112,230	140	0.4
11	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$108,760	60	0.3
12	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$107,470	6,930	0.7
13	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$106,530	380	1.6
14	Visalia, CA	$105,850	40	0.2
15	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$105,250	510	0.6
16	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$105,210	120	0.5
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$105,210	790	0.3
18	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$103,790	930	0.9
19	Decatur, IL	$103,780	70	1.5
20	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$103,570	3,090	0.7
21	Rochester, MN	$103,540	50	0.4
22	State College, PA	$103,460	30	0.5
23	Eau Claire, WI	$103,230	70	0.8
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$102,980	3,300	0.5
25	Peoria, IL	$102,910	100	0.6

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Labor Relations Specialists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.