Labor Relations Specialists Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $83K, rent takes 20.5% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,066/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new labor relations specialists typically earn — is $61K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $3,634/month. At HUD’s $1,066/month FMR, rent would take 29% of that take-home — manageable on an entry-level income.

Local pay runs 13% below the national median — $83K here vs. $95K nationally. Cost of living is 10% below the national average, which narrows that gap in real purchasing power.

Kansas pays $83K median vs. the U.S. average of $95K — that’s -13%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 89.54), the purchasing-power equivalent is $92K — below the national median.

The median is $82,750 a year, that works out to about $40 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $60,560, and experienced labor relations specialists can clear $128,490. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,212/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,066/month, which eats 20.5% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Kansas has a Regional Price Parity of 89.54 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median labor relations specialists salary is worth about $92,417 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.