Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
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 Labor Relations Specialists
Industry profile for Labor Relations Specialists
Geographic profile for Labor Relations Specialists
National estimates for Labor Relations Specialists:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Labor Relations Specialists:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 62,800 |
1.1 % |
$ 45.49 |
$ 94,620 |
0.9 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Labor Relations Specialists:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 23.25 |
$ 31.56 |
$ 43.26 |
$ 57.99 |
$ 67.08 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 48,360 |
$ 65,650 |
$ 89,980 |
$ 120,610 |
$ 139,520 |
Industry profile for Labor Relations Specialists:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Labor Relations Specialists are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Labor Relations Specialists, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Labor Relations Specialists:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations |
49,100 |
11.48 |
$ 45.24 |
$ 94,110 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises |
1,980 |
0.07 |
$ 53.90 |
$ 112,110 |
| State Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
1,130 |
0.05 |
$ 36.85 |
$ 76,650 |
| Insurance Carriers |
910 |
0.07 |
$ 34.73 |
$ 72,240 |
| Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only) |
900 |
0.04 |
$ 47.33 |
$ 98,440 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Labor Relations Specialists:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations |
49,100 |
11.48 |
$ 45.24 |
$ 94,110 |
| Business Schools and Computer and Management Training |
120 |
0.14 |
$ 32.83 |
$ 68,280 |
| Natural Gas Distribution |
90 |
0.08 |
$ 56.18 |
$ 116,860 |
| Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing |
110 |
0.07 |
$ 50.24 |
$ 104,500 |
| Insurance Carriers |
910 |
0.07 |
$ 34.73 |
$ 72,240 |
Top paying industries for Labor Relations Specialists:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services |
40 |
0.01 |
$ 65.00 |
$ 135,200 |
| Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services |
70 |
(7) |
$ 61.58 |
$ 128,080 |
| Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution |
120 |
0.03 |
$ 61.11 |
$ 127,110 |
| Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing |
120 |
0.02 |
$ 57.89 |
$ 120,410 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) |
30 |
(7) |
$ 56.82 |
$ 118,190 |
Geographic profile for Labor Relations Specialists:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Labor Relations Specialists are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Labor Relations Specialists, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Labor Relations Specialists:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
8,060 |
0.45 |
1.09 |
$ 53.34 |
$ 110,950 |
| New York |
7,580 |
0.81 |
1.95 |
$ 51.81 |
$ 107,770 |
| Ohio |
4,010 |
0.73 |
1.77 |
$ 39.34 |
$ 81,830 |
| Pennsylvania |
3,460 |
0.58 |
1.41 |
$ 47.06 |
$ 97,880 |
| New Jersey |
3,130 |
0.75 |
1.80 |
$ 51.61 |
$ 107,340 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Labor Relations Specialists:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Rhode Island |
700 |
1.44 |
3.49 |
$ 43.79 |
$ 91,090 |
| Wisconsin |
2,530 |
0.87 |
2.12 |
$ 36.22 |
$ 75,330 |
| Indiana |
2,730 |
0.87 |
2.09 |
$ 40.23 |
$ 83,680 |
| New York |
7,580 |
0.81 |
1.95 |
$ 51.81 |
$ 107,770 |
| Washington |
2,710 |
0.77 |
1.87 |
$ 52.51 |
$ 109,220 |
Top paying states for Labor Relations Specialists:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Nevada |
540 |
0.36 |
0.88 |
$ 60.44 |
$ 125,720 |
| District of Columbia |
390 |
0.55 |
1.33 |
$ 57.92 |
$ 120,460 |
| North Dakota |
110 |
0.26 |
0.63 |
$ 53.40 |
$ 111,080 |
| California |
8,060 |
0.45 |
1.09 |
$ 53.34 |
$ 110,950 |
| Alaska |
130 |
0.42 |
1.01 |
$ 52.89 |
$ 110,010 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Labor Relations Specialists:
| 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 |
7,310 |
0.77 |
1.86 |
$ 53.26 |
$ 110,770 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
3,150 |
0.51 |
1.23 |
$ 51.67 |
$ 107,470 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
2,570 |
0.57 |
1.38 |
$ 48.51 |
$ 100,900 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
2,000 |
0.96 |
2.32 |
$ 53.61 |
$ 111,510 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,800 |
0.74 |
1.80 |
$ 59.83 |
$ 124,450 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,660 |
0.59 |
1.42 |
$ 48.26 |
$ 100,380 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,460 |
0.53 |
1.28 |
$ 43.43 |
$ 90,330 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1,460 |
0.76 |
1.84 |
$ 46.27 |
$ 96,230 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
1,170 |
0.61 |
1.49 |
$ 37.27 |
$ 77,510 |
| Pittsburgh, PA |
960 |
0.90 |
2.17 |
$ 47.10 |
$ 97,960 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Labor Relations Specialists:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Kokomo, IN |
290 |
8.27 |
19.99 |
$ 38.26 |
$ 79,580 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
210 |
2.24 |
5.41 |
$ 30.08 |
$ 62,560 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
60 |
1.65 |
4.00 |
$ 39.20 |
$ 81,530 |
| Duluth, MN-WI |
200 |
1.62 |
3.92 |
$ 39.19 |
$ 81,520 |
| Appleton, WI |
200 |
1.59 |
3.84 |
$ 36.99 |
$ 76,950 |
| Evansville, IN-KY |
230 |
1.50 |
3.64 |
$ 34.62 |
$ 72,010 |
| Lima, OH |
70 |
1.50 |
3.63 |
$ 37.82 |
$ 78,660 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
660 |
1.49 |
3.61 |
$ 50.44 |
$ 104,910 |
| Dover, DE |
90 |
1.38 |
3.34 |
$ 42.81 |
$ 89,050 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
270 |
1.32 |
3.20 |
$ 38.16 |
$ 79,370 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Labor Relations Specialists:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Reno, NV |
80 |
0.30 |
0.73 |
$ 75.67 |
$ 157,400 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,800 |
0.74 |
1.80 |
$ 59.83 |
$ 124,450 |
| Kingston, NY |
30 |
0.55 |
1.33 |
$ 58.24 |
$ 121,140 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
440 |
0.41 |
0.99 |
$ 57.23 |
$ 119,040 |
| Santa Rosa, CA |
40 |
0.18 |
0.44 |
$ 56.59 |
$ 117,720 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
460 |
0.40 |
0.98 |
$ 56.54 |
$ 117,600 |
| Modesto, CA |
50 |
0.26 |
0.64 |
$ 56.11 |
$ 116,700 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
850 |
0.28 |
0.67 |
$ 55.89 |
$ 116,250 |
| Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
120 |
0.99 |
2.39 |
$ 55.35 |
$ 115,130 |
| Bismarck, ND |
30 |
0.45 |
1.08 |
$ 55.20 |
$ 114,820 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Labor Relations Specialists:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Labor Relations Specialists:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Labor Relations Specialists:
About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
United States Department of Labor
