Business & Financial

Labor Relations Specialists

SOC 13-1075

Interpret collective bargaining agreements and resolve labor-management disputes.

The job

Median pay

$95k

$72k to $123k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing

+2.1% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

5/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

58th pct

More exposed than 58% of occupations · modeled estimate · 19th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

50/100

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Key skills

Active Listening
Speaking
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Critical Thinking
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	8,830	0.5	1.2×	$106k
New York	6,860	0.7	1.7×	$101k
Ohio	4,100	0.7	1.8×	$80k
New Jersey	3,700	0.9	2.1×	$118k
Illinois	3,670	0.6	1.4×	$104k
Pennsylvania	3,470	0.6	1.4×	$91k
Washington	2,760	0.8	1.9×	$104k
Indiana	2,600	0.8	1.9×	$77k
Texas	2,590	0.2	0.4×	$80k
Michigan	2,430	0.6	1.3×	$74k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Florida	1,970	0.2	0.5×	$82k
Minnesota	1,710	0.6	1.4×	$101k
Wisconsin	1,690	0.6	1.4×	$96k
Massachusetts	1,660	0.5	1.1×	$111k
Connecticut	1,240	0.7	1.8×	$80k
Oregon	1,210	0.6	1.5×	$80k
Missouri	1,190	0.4	1.0×	$94k
Virginia	990	0.2	0.6×	$99k
Georgia	920	0.2	0.5×	$81k
Maryland	890	0.3	0.8×	$94k
Arizona	790	0.2	0.6×	$97k
North Carolina	690	0.1	0.3×	$86k
Kentucky	640	0.3	0.8×	$74k
Iowa	610	0.4	0.9×	$79k
Nevada	610	0.4	0.9×	$77k
Alabama	590	0.3	0.7×	$48k
Tennessee	560	0.2	0.4×	$77k
Hawaii	510	0.8	1.9×	$77k
Colorado	470	0.2	0.4×	$87k
West Virginia	420	0.6	1.4×	$88k
Rhode Island	410	0.8	2.0×	$88k
Alaska	380	1.2	2.8×	$78k
Kansas	370	0.3	0.6×	$83k
South Carolina	340	0.1	0.3×	$78k
Delaware	280	0.6	1.4×	$97k
Nebraska	270	0.3	0.6×	$82k
Oklahoma	250	0.1	0.3×	$62k
Utah	250	0.1	0.3×	$61k
Maine	210	0.3	0.8×	$97k
Mississippi	200	0.2	0.4×	$79k
Idaho	190	0.2	0.5×	$93k
Arkansas	180	0.1	0.3×	$62k
Louisiana	170	0.1	0.2×	$78k
Washington DC	160	0.2	0.6×	$116k
Montana	160	0.3	0.8×	$70k
New Hampshire	150	0.2	0.5×	$85k
New Mexico	120	0.1	0.3×	$84k
Vermont	120	0.4	0.9×	$86k
South Dakota	100	0.2	0.5×	$58k
North Dakota	90	0.2	0.5×	$101k
Wyoming	60	0.2	0.5×	$87k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ6,930 jobs · $107k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,300 jobs · $103k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN3,090 jobs · $104k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,000 jobs · $124k median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,990 jobs · $119k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,730 jobs · $100k median
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI1,300 jobs · $101k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,280 jobs · $119k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.