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Labor Relations Specialists pay in Connecticut and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Labor Relations Specialists is $79,620 per year in Connecticut. It is $118,370 per year in New Jersey. Connecticut is 32.7% below New Jersey on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-1075 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 1,240 wage and salary jobs in Connecticut and 3,700 in New Jersey. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings