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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
13-1075 Labor Relations Specialists
Resolve disputes between workers and managers, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, or coordinate grievance procedures to handle employee complaints. Excludes equal employment opportunity (EEO) officers who are included in "Compliance Officers" (13-1041).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 77,140 |
1.8 % |
$34.01 |
$70,730 |
1.4 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$9.26 |
$20.94 |
$32.59 |
$44.97 |
$59.30 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$19,270 |
$43,560 |
$67,790 |
$93,530 |
$123,340 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations |
64,000 |
14.74 |
$33.10 |
$68,850 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises |
1,840 |
0.08 |
$46.41 |
$96,530 |
| Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
990 |
0.02 |
$36.22 |
$75,330 |
| State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation) |
970 |
0.04 |
$34.14 |
$71,020 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
590 |
0.01 |
$37.00 |
$76,970 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations |
64,000 |
14.74 |
$33.10 |
$68,850 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises |
1,840 |
0.08 |
$46.41 |
$96,530 |
| Motor Vehicle Manufacturing |
200 |
0.08 |
$43.36 |
$90,200 |
| Natural Gas Distribution |
90 |
0.08 |
$44.62 |
$92,800 |
| Civic and Social Organizations |
280 |
0.07 |
$24.98 |
$51,970 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
7,920 |
0.47 |
0.87 |
$38.59 |
$80,270 |
| New York |
7,890 |
0.84 |
1.58 |
$41.28 |
$85,870 |
| Ohio |
5,580 |
1.03 |
1.93 |
$22.89 |
$47,600 |
| Illinois |
5,400 |
0.90 |
1.69 |
$28.18 |
$58,620 |
| Pennsylvania |
4,500 |
0.77 |
1.44 |
$37.66 |
$78,320 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Rhode Island |
580 |
1.21 |
2.27 |
$32.56 |
$67,720 |
| Wisconsin |
3,050 |
1.07 |
2.01 |
$20.50 |
$42,650 |
| Connecticut |
1,760 |
1.06 |
1.99 |
$30.40 |
$63,230 |
| Ohio |
5,580 |
1.03 |
1.93 |
$22.89 |
$47,600 |
| West Virginia |
690 |
0.99 |
1.85 |
$20.16 |
$41,930 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
8,140 |
0.86 |
1.61 |
$48.32 |
$100,500 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
4,160 |
0.90 |
1.68 |
$31.54 |
$65,600 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
3,540 |
0.58 |
1.09 |
$38.09 |
$79,220 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
2,280 |
0.80 |
1.50 |
$47.92 |
$99,670 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
2,020 |
1.03 |
1.94 |
$38.32 |
$79,700 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
2,000 |
0.73 |
1.36 |
$37.13 |
$77,230 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
1,950 |
0.99 |
1.86 |
$38.90 |
$80,920 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,620 |
0.67 |
1.26 |
$41.65 |
$86,630 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
1,620 |
0.82 |
1.53 |
$37.52 |
$78,040 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL |
1,500 |
1.10 |
2.06 |
$23.34 |
$48,550 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Kokomo, IN |
110 |
2.67 |
5.01 |
$28.00 |
$58,240 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
100 |
2.60 |
4.88 |
$11.25 |
$23,390 |
| Lima, OH |
120 |
2.45 |
4.59 |
$16.39 |
$34,100 |
| Springfield, IL |
240 |
2.36 |
4.43 |
$35.45 |
$73,730 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
200 |
2.19 |
4.11 |
$17.05 |
$35,470 |
| Danville, IL |
50 |
2.03 |
3.80 |
(8) |
(8) |
| Toledo, OH |
580 |
1.95 |
3.65 |
$23.78 |
$49,460 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
400 |
1.87 |
3.52 |
$25.03 |
$52,070 |
| Wausau, WI |
130 |
1.87 |
3.50 |
$17.31 |
$36,000 |
| New Haven, CT |
490 |
1.71 |
3.21 |
$27.57 |
$57,340 |
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United States Department of Labor
