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Labor Relations Specialists

Business and Financial Operations · SOC 13-1075

0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$95,420
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
7,000
Proj. Annual Openings
64,810
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-2.5%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 13-1075 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
0.0%
Low · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
45/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$95,420
H-1B offered wage $78,670; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
7,000
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -0.1%.
Observed/proxy demand
2
FY2025 certified LCAs; 9,696 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Active ListeningSpeakingNegotiationReading ComprehensionWriting

Transition context

  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure29.0%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

50%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI54.7%
AI ability · AIOE95.4%

AI could do ~54.7% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Active Listening
2.Speaking
3.Negotiation
4.Reading Comprehension
5.Writing

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

71
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
2
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$78,670
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#342 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Resolve disputes between workers and managers, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, or coordinate grievance procedures to handle employee complaints.

Common titles: Business Agent, Business Representative, Grievance Manager, Labor Relations Specialist, Labor Specialist

Representative Tasks

  • 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.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Arrange collective bargaining agreements.
  • Evaluate personnel practices to ensure adherence to regulations.
  • Negotiate agreements to resolve disputes.
  • Collect evidence for legal proceedings.
  • Assess risks to business operations.

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Excel · hotMicrosoft PowerPoint · hotServiceNow · hotWorkday software · hotMicrosoft Access · hotOracle PeopleSoft · hotOracle HRISInternet Grievance System IGSLaborSoft LaborForce Reporting/Dashboard Manager moduleMicropact entellitrak Labor Relations Edition

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
26.0%
Avg AI Exposure
9
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 13-1075: 2019 — employment: 75,580, median wage: $69,020; 2020 — employment: 70,050, median wage: $73,240; 2021 — employment: 63,810, median wage: $77,010; 2022 — employment: 62,200, median wage: $82,010; 2023 — employment: 62,800, median wage: $89,980; 2025 — employment: 64,810, median wage: $95,420.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure0.0%29.0%
OutlookAverage48% Bright
Median Salary$95,420N/A
AI Resiliency100/100N/A