Business & Finance
Labor Relations Specialists
Resolve disputes between workers and managers, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, or coordinate grievance procedures to handle employee complaints.
Median salary (BLS)
$95,420
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$50k – $156k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $112,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Labor Relations Specialists
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Labor Relations Specialists Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Labor Relations Specialists
Entry / Junior
$50,490
~2 yrs to advance
Labor Relations Specialists
Established
$95,420
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Labor Relations Specialists
Senior
$125,800
Internships are a common on-ramp here — they speed up landing that first role and improve your odds, which is why the Safe and High-ceiling plans build one in.
Key skills
A typical day
- •Negotiate collective bargaining agreements.
- •Investigate and evaluate union complaints or arguments to determine viability.
- •Propose resolutions for collective bargaining or other labor or contract negotiations.
- •Draft contract proposals or counter-proposals for collective bargaining or other labor negotiations.
- •Interpret contractual agreements for employers and employees engaged in collective bargaining or other labor relations processes.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.