Labor Relations Specialists Salary — Charleston, West Virginia

The average Labor Relations Specialists in Charleston, West Virginia earns $96,810 a year.

$96,810 / year, mean
↓ 3.5% below national average 100th percentile in West Virginia

Charleston sits at the very top of the range for this role in West Virginia — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for labor relations specialists — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within West Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
140
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.9%
Cost of living 89 #171 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1318 #1 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $148,817 #184 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $58,089 #175 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Charleston ranks #171 for cost of living and #184 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Vallejo $165,310 Bellingham $136,810 San Jose $132,160 Santa Cruz $126,580 San Francisco $125,990 Fresno $120,240 Seattle $118,910 New York $117,330 Kennewick $114,010 Olympia $112,300 Santa Maria $110,990 Trenton $110,570 Allentown $110,240 Bakersfield $109,000 Albany $108,620 Santa Rosa $108,370 San Diego $106,780 Atlantic City $106,760 Rockford $106,520 Philadelphia $106,100 State College $105,810 Los Angeles $105,570 Sacramento $105,150 Salinas $104,220 Riverside $103,170 Peoria $102,700 Champaign $101,740 Scranton $101,540 Decatur $101,360 Tampa $100,930 Visalia $100,000 Chicago $99,990 York $99,860 Portland $99,530 Springfield $99,050 Erie $98,750 Buffalo $97,860 Virginia Beach $97,550 Richmond $97,490 Charleston $96,810 Dover $96,380 Palm Bay $96,130 Kiryas Joel $95,940 Morgantown $95,670 Pittsburgh $95,610 Rochester $95,400 Stockton $95,260 Lancaster $95,100 Williamsport $94,390 Dallas $93,980 Wheeling $93,080 Yakima $93,030 Baltimore $92,430 Oxnard $92,230 Medford $91,780 Syracuse $91,380 Mount Vernon $91,360 Weirton $90,700 Harrisburg $90,120 Miami $89,970 Houston $89,130 Utica $89,110 Reading $88,900 Pensacola $88,650 Roanoke $88,220 Ann Arbor $87,610 Johnstown $87,060 Jacksonville $86,940 Huntington $86,280 Salem $85,120 Eugene $85,110 San Antonio $82,810 Sarasota $81,880 Terre Haute $81,680 Modesto $79,560 Detroit $78,700 Spokane $78,480 Tallahassee $78,130 Austin $77,040 Orlando $76,590 Lakeland $76,560 Fort Wayne $75,170 Lafayette $74,730 South Bend $74,430 Kalamazoo $74,060 Grand Rapids $73,680 Indianapolis $73,570 Louisville $73,380 Saginaw $72,640 El Paso $72,020 Lubbock $71,280 Lansing $70,420 Paducah $70,300 Lexington $69,540 Battle Creek $67,190 Evansville $66,840 Midland $65,100 Flint $64,420 Columbus $55,650
CityMean salaryvs. Charleston
Albany, New York$108,620+12.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$110,240+13.9%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$87,610-9.5%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$106,760+10.3%
Austin, Texas$77,040-20.4%
Bakersfield, California$109,000+12.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$92,430-4.5%
Battle Creek, Michigan$67,190-30.6%
Bellingham, Washington$136,810+41.3%
Buffalo, New York$97,860+1.1%
Champaign, Illinois$101,740+5.1%
Chicago, Illinois$99,990+3.3%
Columbus, Indiana$55,650-42.5%
Dallas, Texas$93,980-2.9%
Decatur, Illinois$101,360+4.7%
Detroit, Michigan$78,700-18.7%
Dover, Delaware$96,380-0.4%
El Paso, Texas$72,020-25.6%
Erie, Pennsylvania$98,750+2.0%
Eugene, Oregon$85,110-12.1%
Evansville, Indiana$66,840-31.0%
Flint, Michigan$64,420-33.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$75,170-22.4%
Fresno, California$120,240+24.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$73,680-23.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$90,120-6.9%
Houston, Texas$89,130-7.9%
Huntington, West Virginia$86,280-10.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$73,570-24.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$86,940-10.2%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$87,060-10.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$74,060-23.5%
Kennewick, Washington$114,010+17.8%
Kiryas Joel, New York$95,940-0.9%
Lafayette, Indiana$74,730-22.8%
Lakeland, Florida$76,560-20.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$95,100-1.8%
Lansing, Michigan$70,420-27.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$69,540-28.2%
Los Angeles, California$105,570+9.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$73,380-24.2%
Lubbock, Texas$71,280-26.4%
Medford, Oregon$91,780-5.2%
Miami, Florida$89,970-7.1%
Midland, Michigan$65,100-32.8%
Modesto, California$79,560-17.8%
Morgantown, West Virginia$95,670-1.2%
Mount Vernon, Washington$91,360-5.6%
New York, New York$117,330+21.2%
Sarasota, Florida$81,880-15.4%
Olympia, Washington$112,300+16.0%
Orlando, Florida$76,590-20.9%
Oxnard, California$92,230-4.7%
Paducah, Kentucky$70,300-27.4%
Palm Bay, Florida$96,130-0.7%
Pensacola, Florida$88,650-8.4%
Peoria, Illinois$102,700+6.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$106,100+9.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$95,610-1.2%
Portland, Oregon$99,530+2.8%
Reading, Pennsylvania$88,900-8.2%
Richmond, Virginia$97,490+0.7%
Riverside, California$103,170+6.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$88,220-8.9%
Rochester, New York$95,400-1.5%
Rockford, Illinois$106,520+10.0%
Sacramento, California$105,150+8.6%
Saginaw, Michigan$72,640-25.0%
Salem, Oregon$85,120-12.1%
Salinas, California$104,220+7.7%
San Antonio, Texas$82,810-14.5%
San Diego, California$106,780+10.3%
San Francisco, California$125,990+30.1%
San Jose, California$132,160+36.5%
Santa Cruz, California$126,580+30.8%
Santa Maria, California$110,990+14.6%
Santa Rosa, California$108,370+11.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$101,540+4.9%
Seattle, Washington$118,910+22.8%
South Bend, Indiana$74,430-23.1%
Spokane, Washington$78,480-18.9%
Springfield, Illinois$99,050+2.3%
State College, Pennsylvania$105,810+9.3%
Stockton, California$95,260-1.6%
Syracuse, New York$91,380-5.6%
Tallahassee, Florida$78,130-19.3%
Tampa, Florida$100,930+4.3%
Terre Haute, Indiana$81,680-15.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$110,570+14.2%
Utica, New York$89,110-8.0%
Vallejo, California$165,310+70.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$97,550+0.8%
Visalia, California$100,000+3.3%
Weirton, West Virginia$90,700-6.3%
Wheeling, West Virginia$93,080-3.9%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$94,390-2.5%
Yakima, Washington$93,030-3.9%
York, Pennsylvania$99,860+3.2%
Gross salary
96,810/yr
Estimated take-home
73,391/yr
Est. total withheld
24.2%

Single filer, federal + West Virginia state tax + FICA, 2026 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 13-1075 SOC code
Official area Charleston, WV BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16620 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wv_tax_division_verificado 2026
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
207,456