Labor Relations Specialists in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,064
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$22,036
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,592
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$104,100
Kept after tax
$82,064
Worth in national money
$75,592
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Washington pays labor relations specialists a middle wage of $104,100, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 9.1% above the national middle.
- Within Washington this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, labor relations specialists ranks 97 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Washington is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $104,100 the take-home is $82,064; in national-average money that behaves like $75,592. The average comes to $113,530, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Washington's median for labor relations specialists is $104,100, about 9.1% above the national figure and 6 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Washington publishes a median for, labor relations specialists sits 97 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for labor relations specialists in Washington, on $104,100, is $82,064; deflated by the state's price level, $75,592. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $113,530 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Labor Relations Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $185,530 |
| This salary | $104,100 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Washington | $82,064 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,064 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,858 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $104,100 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,236 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $104,100 as a midpoint for Washington, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $60,080 and the ninetieth is $185,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $82,064 take-home in Washington comes from $104,100. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 97 of 493.
- Two cautions on $75,592, the adjusted value of that $104,100 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Washington. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 97 of 493 locally.
- The Washington median of $104,100 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $60,080 to $185,530. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $82,064, from $104,100, assumes a single Washington filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 97 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- This $75,592 adjusted figure, worked from $104,100, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 97 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 97 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $113,530, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $60,080 at the bottom tenth to $185,530 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Washington costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $75,592 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $82,064 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Washington is $113,530. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,080) and the ninetieth ($185,530) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $75,592 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $82,064 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.