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Labor Relations Specialists · SOC 13-1075

Labor Relations Specialists Salary in the Decatur Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Decatur, IL metro area

Figures describe the Decatur, IL metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Decatur city limits.

Median annual wage$103,780
Median hourly wage$49.89

Labor Relations Specialists in the Decatur, IL metro area earned a median of $103,780 per year ($49.89 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $59,080 at the 10th percentile to $126,880 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Labor Relations Specialists in the Decatur metro area earn more than $103,780 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $77,290 and $121,130.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$59,080$77,290$103,780$121,130$126,880
Hourly$28.40$37.16$49.89$58.24$61.00

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Decatur metro areathis metro area
    $103,780
  • Illinoisstate (IL)
    $104,180
  • United Statesnational
    $95,420

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is about the same vs Illinois overall and +9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$33,170$66,537$99,903$133,270Mobile, AL — $33,170Birmingham, AL — $34,300Columbus, IN — $38,920Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $56,900Midland, MI — $56,960San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $57,010Knoxville, TN — $57,320Tulsa, OK — $58,820Battle Creek, MI — $59,280Jefferson City, MO — $59,450Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $60,880Anchorage, AK — $61,940Flint, MI — $62,510Helena, MT — $62,680Boise City, ID — $63,600Modesto, CA — $63,640Montgomery, AL — $65,370Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $66,390Lubbock, TX — $68,210Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $68,650El Paso, TX — $69,830Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $70,770Urban Honolulu, HI — $71,190Billings, MT — $71,470Columbia, SC — $71,620Tucson, AZ — $72,230Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $72,660Asheville, NC — $73,280Evansville, IN — $73,300Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $73,760Paducah, KY-IL — $73,780Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $74,470Savannah, GA — $74,560Salem, OR — $75,460South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $75,810Manchester-Nashua, NH — $76,140Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $76,280Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $76,500Eugene-Springfield, OR — $76,520Oklahoma City, OK — $76,660Winston-Salem, NC — $76,680Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $76,710Youngstown-Warren, OH — $76,770Greensboro-High Point, NC — $76,780Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $76,980Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $77,020Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $77,120Williamsport, PA — $77,120Baton Rouge, LA — $77,300Utica-Rome, NY — $77,340Fort Wayne, IN — $77,380Lexington-Fayette, KY — $77,530Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $77,540Tallahassee, FL — $77,620Syracuse, NY — $77,720Canton-Massillon, OH — $77,810Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $77,990Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $78,050Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $78,110Raleigh-Cary, NC — $78,120Cleveland, OH — $78,160Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $78,270Saginaw, MI — $78,370Terre Haute, IN — $78,430Lima, OH — $78,530Green Bay, WI — $78,810Toledo, OH — $78,840Pittsburgh, PA — $78,900Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $78,920Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $79,050Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $79,060Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $79,110Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $79,130Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $79,240New Haven, CT — $79,320Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $79,350Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $79,360Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $79,550Reading, PA — $79,690Springfield, MO — $79,870Cedar Rapids, IA — $79,980Johnstown, PA — $79,990Wausau, WI — $80,070Jackson, MS — $80,100Mansfield, OH — $80,130Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $80,310Reno, NV — $80,310Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $80,530Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $80,630Akron, OH — $80,690York-Hanover, PA — $80,810Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $81,090Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $81,230Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $81,340San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $81,340North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $81,380Jacksonville, FL — $81,710Wichita, KS — $81,890Omaha, NE-IA — $81,910Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $81,960Medford, OR — $82,580Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $83,360Lincoln, NE — $83,520Albuquerque, NM — $83,570Janesville-Beloit, WI — $83,640Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $83,650New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $83,790Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $83,930Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $83,970Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $84,390Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $84,700Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $85,090Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $86,590Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $88,020Wheeling, WV-OH — $88,370Rochester, NY — $88,740Dubuque, IA — $89,150Lancaster, PA — $89,380Stockton-Lodi, CA — $89,940Roanoke, VA — $92,530Kansas City, MO-KS — $92,860Dover, DE — $93,090Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $93,140Springfield, MA — $93,550Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $93,590Topeka, KS — $94,140Yakima, WA — $94,210Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $94,650Ann Arbor, MI — $95,180Portland-South Portland, ME — $95,300Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $95,350St. Cloud, MN — $95,360Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $95,550Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $95,740Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $95,760Idaho Falls, ID — $95,910Columbus, OH — $96,100Chattanooga, TN-GA — $96,560Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $96,760Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $97,070Appleton, WI — $97,750Charleston, WV — $98,380Madison, WI — $98,430Bismarck, ND — $98,810Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $98,890Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $98,910Richmond, VA — $99,390Morgantown, WV — $99,600Fresno, CA — $99,630Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $99,830Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $99,840Champaign-Urbana, IL — $100,150Rockford, IL — $100,480Duluth, MN-WI — $100,520Salinas, CA — $100,810Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $101,050Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $101,250Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $101,270Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $101,660Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $101,750Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $101,970Springfield, IL — $101,980San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $102,000St. Louis, MO-IL — $102,010Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $102,070Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $102,230Erie, PA — $102,870Peoria, IL — $102,910Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $102,980Eau Claire, WI — $103,230State College, PA — $103,460Rochester, MN — $103,540Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $103,570Decatur, IL — $103,780Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $103,790Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $105,210Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $105,210Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $105,250Visalia, CA — $105,850Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $106,530New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $107,470Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $108,760Worcester, MA — $112,230Kennewick-Richland, WA — $112,740Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $115,940Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $118,520Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $119,200San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $124,400Bellingham, WA — $126,160Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $128,320Vallejo, CA — $131,680San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $133,270

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Decatur metro area has the 19th-highest published median for this occupation among the 192 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Illinois

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for labor relations specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Decatur metro areathis page
    $103,780
  • Chicago metro area
    $103,570
  • Peoria metro area
    $102,910
  • Springfield metro area
    $101,980
  • Rockford metro area
    $100,480
  • Champaign metro area
    $100,150

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Accountants and Auditors$76,720Training and Development Specialists$36,880Human Resources Specialists$63,700Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$68,080Business Operations Specialists, All Other$73,080Logisticians$81,760

Highest-paying metro areas for labor relations specialistss · Highest-paying occupations in Decatur Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.