Public Relations Specialists Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Public Relations Specialists positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$69,780

National average

Salary Range

$40,750 – $129,480

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Public Relations Specialists Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Lexington Park, MD$102,500$47,500$181,210
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$101,200$40,450$206,990
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$98,460$58,240$167,340
District of Columbia$97,800$60,990$186,360
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$95,370$58,910$174,730
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$93,220$43,640$107,080
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$92,060$61,220$143,540
Boulder, CO$90,000$49,870$146,450
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$89,940$57,180$135,080
Kennewick-Richland, WA$86,960$56,160$134,850
New Haven, CT$86,220$49,640$141,400
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$85,690$50,810$154,890
Washington$85,500$58,360$137,530
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$85,360$55,980$137,500
Bloomington, IL$84,480$42,850$132,690
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$84,080$49,030$159,940
Connecticut$83,620$48,890$151,470
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$83,040$41,540$167,240
California$81,490$48,060$146,040
Vallejo, CA$80,660$49,110$163,030
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$79,990$51,080$153,010
Warner Robins, GA$79,790$47,280$110,140
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$79,110$48,510$130,180
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$78,940$44,420$138,120
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$78,940$43,450$111,520
Dalton, GA$78,770$45,000$117,330
New York$78,510$49,350$149,880
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$78,420$48,250$134,840
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$78,250$41,090$140,640
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$78,110$58,480$100,200
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$77,880$49,900$122,340
Virginia$77,800$43,960$137,170
Yuba City, CA$77,790$50,210$121,460
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$77,530$48,110$132,050
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$77,380$47,920$129,020
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$77,290$47,720$129,060
Colorado$77,120$47,150$128,710
Rochester, MN$77,030$40,270$116,200
Carson City, NV$77,020$57,800$110,850
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$76,940$40,660$129,860
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$76,930$43,760$163,270
Salem, OR$76,770$32,900$123,010
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$76,680$44,860$144,500
St. George, UT$76,510$36,740$99,990
Winchester, VA-WV$76,460$36,900$131,330
Salinas, CA$76,320$51,900$133,880
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$76,320$46,710$118,790
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$76,070$44,410$124,600
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$75,840$46,600$128,260
Utah$75,700$39,470$107,080
New Jersey$75,640$48,710$138,150
Delaware$75,540$45,200$128,250
Massachusetts$75,230$44,230$135,730
Charlottesville, VA$75,030$44,260$129,440
Huntsville, AL$74,120$43,700$129,590
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$73,830$46,160$122,300
Worcester, MA$73,820$44,230$126,040
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$73,740$43,610$126,230
Napa, CA$73,510$50,230$113,010
Columbus, GA-AL$73,460$35,990$115,130
Madison, WI$73,130$50,560$102,950
Columbus, OH$73,090$42,580$131,030
El Centro, CA$73,060$41,310$119,350
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$72,800$42,240$102,020
Georgia$72,800$39,000$124,390
Casper, WY$72,800$47,120$114,710
Bismarck, ND$72,790$52,550$99,540
Rhode Island$72,770$47,610$123,780
Maryland$72,690$39,990$137,290
Cheyenne, WY$72,550$56,420$113,500
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$72,550$35,830$122,180
Jackson, MI$72,520$40,070$104,150
Anchorage, AK$72,240$44,450$109,480
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$72,220$43,410$107,030
Richmond, VA$72,070$44,060$122,670
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$71,970$37,940$120,640
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$71,960$41,600$115,650
Elizabethtown, KY$71,920$39,560$104,330
Redding, CA$71,850$40,540$106,850
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$71,840$46,880$122,920
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$71,830$36,560$122,180
Stockton-Lodi, CA$71,810$43,410$122,040
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$71,380$51,130$116,330
Elmira, NY$70,830$41,580$158,940
Bellingham, WA$70,810$43,180$107,450
New Hampshire$70,570$45,930$141,010
Manchester-Nashua, NH$70,490$43,010$115,690
Yakima, WA$70,100$48,770$97,050
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$70,060$43,800$131,580
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$69,780$39,480$123,850
Greeley, CO$69,730$45,070$129,750
Albuquerque, NM$69,680$48,070$107,740
Wyoming$69,670$47,120$112,120
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$69,640$42,980$126,330
Colorado Springs, CO$69,640$36,540$121,250
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$69,580$42,180$118,170
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$69,460$39,950$111,840
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$69,410$38,850$111,520
Rapid City, SD$68,910$47,770$92,750
Alaska$68,910$43,530$106,070
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$68,670$45,500$105,100
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$68,600$44,440$101,440
Modesto, CA$68,560$41,250$111,210
Visalia, CA$68,530$39,380$124,310
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$68,360$42,680$105,860
Lebanon, PA$68,120$37,670$92,000
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$67,980$39,670$158,240
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$67,590$50,850$108,170
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$67,510$32,900$120,640
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$67,500$41,600$105,510
Naples-Marco Island, FL$67,300$39,490$105,340
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$67,290$43,260$110,060
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$67,230$43,920$111,370
Fayetteville, NC$66,990$37,950$108,890
Reno, NV$66,970$45,070$112,260
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$66,910$39,990$123,560
Kenosha, WI$66,860$47,600$97,350
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$66,860$41,790$101,790
Akron, OH$66,780$42,230$137,540
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$66,750$50,960$93,050
Walla Walla, WA$66,730$46,780$107,240
North Dakota$66,660$49,810$100,570
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$66,630$44,920$138,300
Barnstable Town, MA$66,410$46,060$111,070
Iowa City, IA$66,410$40,000$85,470
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$66,300$35,090$100,310
Springfield, MA$66,260$42,490$113,000
Kansas City, MO-KS$66,110$42,900$108,970
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$66,000$44,100$107,420
Fairbanks-College, AK$65,980$45,810$101,500
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$65,860$46,750$109,240
Spartanburg, SC$65,830$39,230$125,990
New Mexico$65,770$43,250$107,740
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$65,600$44,390$87,400
Fargo, ND-MN$65,560$44,260$98,470
Chico, CA$65,510$40,880$94,820
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$65,430$45,030$115,520
Merced, CA$65,420$43,490$110,310
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$65,350$41,870$129,860
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$65,350$35,090$103,430
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$65,320$42,170$103,820
Nevada$65,280$41,910$108,390
Fresno, CA$65,280$38,820$114,670
Rochester, NY$65,010$41,480$105,180
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$65,000$38,520$93,180
South Dakota$65,000$47,530$91,640
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$64,860$41,590$113,730
Raleigh-Cary, NC$64,810$38,160$118,860
Arizona$64,800$41,600$121,230
Glens Falls, NY$64,780$45,960$101,410
Oregon$64,580$42,960$122,290
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$64,580$50,320$102,570
Arkansas$64,520$37,500$128,070
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$64,380$37,960$111,580
Wisconsin$64,380$42,920$100,480
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$64,380$34,710$104,510
Urban Honolulu, HI$64,150$38,930$100,270
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$64,140$45,410$104,760
Pueblo, CO$64,130$40,560$98,680
Minnesota$64,110$40,180$107,020
St. Louis, MO-IL$64,060$41,810$109,080
Cleveland, OH$64,010$33,920$108,490
Santa Fe, NM$63,940$45,070$104,950
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$63,910$40,440$119,270
Champaign-Urbana, IL$63,900$46,410$85,760
Ithaca, NY$63,860$45,550$102,380
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$63,820$44,560$100,370
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$63,800$40,390$105,170
Syracuse, NY$63,760$42,740$107,830
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$63,750$40,180$88,020
Utica-Rome, NY$63,710$45,060$123,020
Sheboygan, WI$63,690$45,140$96,570
Lexington-Fayette, KY$63,630$32,550$102,690
Ann Arbor, MI$63,610$44,050$106,970
Illinois$63,590$38,730$111,050
Green Bay, WI$63,570$44,470$94,140
Hawaii$63,510$38,980$100,200
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$63,510$39,310$100,060
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$63,490$40,030$108,810
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$63,450$38,160$138,640
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$63,450$37,700$98,140
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$63,450$41,450$102,160
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$63,350$39,640$100,440
Niles, MI$63,340$39,420$136,590
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$63,340$35,700$122,950
Fond du Lac, WI$63,300$40,830$89,290
North Carolina$63,280$36,400$104,000
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$63,150$37,680$109,980
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$63,150$43,860$110,580
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$63,100$47,980$98,420
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$63,080$39,950$90,320
Chattanooga, TN-GA$63,020$36,540$96,410
Topeka, KS$62,990$42,490$98,890
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$62,990$49,000$92,440
Grand Junction, CO$62,940$43,310$107,110
Pittsfield, MA$62,900$42,840$105,010
Boise City, ID$62,850$34,300$103,310
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$62,850$35,710$122,450
Greenville, NC$62,850$35,570$83,610
Fort Wayne, IN$62,830$39,990$100,380
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$62,820$32,640$85,730
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$62,790$41,790$103,440
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$62,780$49,560$84,080
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$62,660$39,770$105,930
Coeur d'Alene, ID$62,640$34,510$89,650
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$62,610$37,850$98,860
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$62,580$36,980$109,620
Ohio$62,560$37,740$120,950
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$62,500$45,750$97,970
Springfield, IL$62,480$42,230$101,120
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$62,400$38,960$97,400
Grand Forks, ND-MN$62,360$44,390$95,790
Savannah, GA$62,330$41,300$111,840
Flagstaff, AZ$62,320$46,380$101,400
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$62,270$36,410$102,900
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$62,250$37,330$108,610
Wausau, WI$62,230$46,730$93,060
Missouri$62,230$37,440$105,540
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$62,130$32,380$104,470
Birmingham, AL$62,110$35,850$110,120
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$62,100$36,010$117,960
Midland, MI$62,050$38,930$125,770
Hattiesburg, MS$61,990$42,440$97,910
Athens-Clarke County, GA$61,980$32,900$95,020
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$61,940$41,510$86,940
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$61,920$34,710$101,250
Kansas$61,910$39,140$96,160
Wichita, KS$61,900$38,720$99,920
Midland, TX$61,850$36,240$122,640
Albany, GA$61,840$31,620$118,870
Lafayette, LA$61,830$39,480$84,100
Kingston, NY$61,820$40,750$101,920
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$61,800$39,350$97,630
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$61,740$37,440$84,840
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$61,720$42,920$88,860
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$61,690$38,930$102,990
Bozeman, MT$61,650$41,540$129,390
Helena, MT$61,640$37,680$95,460
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$61,630$39,700$104,690
Ogden, UT$61,590$38,060$106,850
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$61,570$34,960$102,090
Portland-South Portland, ME$61,520$44,630$95,200
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$61,420$34,600$96,960
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$61,350$50,620$146,820
Pocatello, ID$61,280$34,630$74,990
Toledo, OH$61,250$38,850$94,330
Bend, OR$61,230$41,710$103,400
Oklahoma City, OK$61,160$37,590$108,480
Alabama$61,160$35,850$112,870
Montgomery, AL$61,160$38,900$108,390
Louisiana$61,150$39,380$98,550
Indiana$61,110$37,740$104,170
Texas$61,100$32,910$103,920
Yuma, AZ$61,080$38,570$104,290
Michigan$61,060$37,170$108,520
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$61,050$37,850$107,240
Lake Charles, LA$61,040$40,470$84,700
Peoria, IL$61,000$38,390$101,680
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$60,920$35,090$90,440
Lawrence, KS$60,870$41,110$90,740
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$60,720$40,190$135,580
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$60,620$38,220$105,050
York-Hanover, PA$60,560$36,570$99,200
South Carolina$60,550$36,990$129,670
Binghamton, NY$60,550$40,780$114,420
Columbia, SC$60,550$37,840$132,910
Eau Claire, WI$60,510$40,390$94,830
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$60,440$36,510$103,270
Tulsa, OK$60,430$35,520$111,470
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$60,410$38,100$105,280
Auburn-Opelika, AL$60,400$29,450$79,790
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$60,260$35,430$97,130
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$60,260$47,640$95,470
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$60,250$36,880$94,140
Florida$60,210$36,410$110,950
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$60,140$39,150$96,240
Omaha, NE-IA$60,120$38,520$96,880
Tallahassee, FL$60,110$36,000$119,890
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$60,070$39,900$88,880
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$60,000$35,260$94,870
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$60,000$32,440$90,500
Oklahoma$59,990$36,760$104,120
Virgin Islands$59,990$35,560$82,220
Salisbury, MD$59,980$38,900$100,250
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$59,960$40,470$83,450
Appleton, WI$59,940$36,330$91,070
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$59,900$37,420$108,930
Lawton, OK$59,830$32,010$108,180
Gainesville, GA$59,780$30,050$105,880
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$59,680$36,830$101,520
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$59,640$31,670$99,930
Port St. Lucie, FL$59,580$33,930$86,500
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$59,510$37,410$113,000
Iowa$59,490$35,360$98,090
Ames, IA$59,490$47,940$97,010
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$59,480$38,220$134,280
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$59,440$34,180$95,530
Morgantown, WV$59,370$51,470$77,940
Lynchburg, VA$59,360$36,930$98,340
Janesville-Beloit, WI$59,300$42,090$99,810
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$59,300$37,310$82,730
Cedar Rapids, IA$59,270$36,210$103,620
Pennsylvania$59,260$34,720$99,110
Jacksonville, FL$59,250$36,200$117,660
Saginaw, MI$59,230$30,420$90,370
Dubuque, IA$59,160$37,620$98,500
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$59,140$45,720$95,220
Battle Creek, MI$59,040$35,500$103,400
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$58,990$30,320$98,940
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$58,960$37,440$78,140
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$58,940$38,600$94,200
Dover, DE$58,860$31,570$113,780
Rocky Mount, NC$58,820$28,770$92,770
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$58,820$34,220$117,800
Tucson, AZ$58,690$38,320$97,720
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$58,660$40,780$81,520
Montana$58,630$37,280$104,140
Grants Pass, OR$58,620$43,130$92,590
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$58,610$35,980$109,840
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$58,600$41,600$101,210
Baton Rouge, LA$58,520$36,860$87,870
Terre Haute, IN$58,500$36,760$98,940
Duluth, MN-WI$58,490$36,400$88,720
Columbus, IN$58,480$34,460$98,770
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$58,390$31,340$95,630
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$58,230$31,160$84,550
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$58,220$35,150$101,510
Missoula, MT$58,220$38,190$129,740
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$58,180$37,250$98,550
Kentucky$58,150$32,190$102,050
Logan, UT-ID$58,060$41,430$80,290
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$58,060$36,640$116,370
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$58,020$37,930$103,910
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$58,020$32,190$105,120
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$57,980$34,450$99,750
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$57,970$40,480$96,620
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$57,840$35,590$95,680
Dothan, AL$57,790$28,490$77,990
Eugene-Springfield, OR$57,720$38,380$110,450
Maine$57,700$42,350$89,980
Idaho$57,690$32,440$95,470
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$57,670$35,760$90,200
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$57,660$36,910$89,700
St. Cloud, MN$57,580$32,900$94,640
Youngstown-Warren, OH$57,570$34,390$90,810
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$57,550$41,640$102,280
Flint, MI$57,350$35,680$126,990
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$57,340$40,140$91,460
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$57,330$41,020$102,470
Mankato, MN$57,300$35,880$91,540
Decatur, AL$57,260$33,480$107,520
Monroe, MI$57,200$36,400$110,200
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$57,190$34,250$113,800
Jefferson City, MO$57,180$39,740$83,090
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$57,180$32,590$96,870
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$57,090$40,550$98,370
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$57,080$37,730$91,310
Burlington, NC$57,070$33,490$93,640
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$56,960$37,280$94,220
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$56,860$43,790$86,910
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$56,810$37,610$82,420
Pittsburgh, PA$56,800$34,310$94,880
Jacksonville, NC$56,780$31,340$87,050
Vermont$56,770$42,470$83,450
Wichita Falls, TX$56,720$36,810$89,370
Macon-Bibb County, GA$56,660$38,980$98,740
Kankakee, IL$56,600$37,450$90,860
Nebraska$56,430$35,440$90,520
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$56,420$41,590$102,280
Springfield, MO$56,230$33,800$90,000
Billings, MT$56,230$37,610$96,710
Tennessee$56,200$31,860$93,990
Albany, OR$56,160$40,280$98,250
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$56,160$35,200$88,060
Manhattan, KS$56,060$38,370$89,860
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$56,000$34,150$99,660
Longview, TX$55,990$32,740$87,120
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$55,810$33,360$76,400
Monroe, LA$55,810$21,840$84,950
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$55,760$30,730$100,300
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$55,710$32,620$113,730
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$55,700$36,980$94,840
Canton-Massillon, OH$55,620$35,790$105,420
Corvallis, OR$55,600$43,040$80,220
Jackson, MS$55,460$36,120$96,570
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$55,400$32,900$91,830
Tuscaloosa, AL$55,380$38,920$119,620
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$55,330$39,800$98,800
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$55,270$31,960$105,510
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$55,270$36,340$81,970
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$55,260$30,040$89,670
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$55,240$34,550$97,180
Lincoln, NE$55,180$36,450$84,120
Amarillo, TX$55,070$36,050$94,160
St. Joseph, MO-KS$55,000$41,100$90,880
Bloomington, IN$54,930$32,900$102,460
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$54,920$31,190$97,930
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$54,890$37,500$90,750
Sherman-Denison, TX$54,880$25,090$81,960
Columbia, MO$54,830$39,250$83,350
Mississippi$54,790$30,580$100,310
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$54,690$40,380$90,910
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$54,590$37,240$102,170
Greensboro-High Point, NC$54,590$34,850$87,160
Paducah, KY-IL$54,470$29,120$128,800
Gainesville, FL$54,350$29,400$98,930
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$54,280$32,130$79,800
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$54,280$31,620$100,920
Vineland, NJ$54,240$37,420$94,490
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$54,220$33,480$78,780
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$54,190$35,890$79,800
Traverse City, MI$54,060$37,850$82,710
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$53,960$40,320$92,070
Owensboro, KY$53,860$38,100$126,130
Alexandria, LA$53,630$34,040$91,890
Muncie, IN$53,630$38,580$88,270
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$53,570$34,550$78,740
Corpus Christi, TX$53,480$27,670$85,250
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$53,440$40,050$84,120
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$53,260$33,590$80,490
Altoona, PA$53,200$35,500$103,440
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$53,190$35,370$80,150
Mobile, AL$53,180$31,170$103,950
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$53,010$34,620$99,540
Harrisonburg, VA$52,940$36,350$130,300
Knoxville, TN$52,790$31,580$93,820
Wilmington, NC$52,700$27,440$89,610
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$52,620$36,580$84,120
Asheville, NC$52,610$35,420$89,980
Punta Gorda, FL$52,460$30,560$92,440
College Station-Bryan, TX$52,350$36,290$83,220
Ocala, FL$52,330$28,260$91,010
Laredo, TX$52,260$28,470$82,850
Fort Smith, AR-OK$52,240$32,830$95,070
Odessa, TX$52,220$28,830$82,930
State College, PA$52,160$45,550$65,770
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$52,150$38,640$91,360
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$52,140$35,880$92,260
West Virginia$52,080$38,310$97,100
Lima, OH$52,030$29,370$80,090
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$52,000$32,800$102,480
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$52,000$31,340$86,360
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$52,000$32,550$79,360
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$52,000$38,650$76,820
Erie, PA$51,970$32,480$84,960
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$51,970$33,730$90,750
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$51,930$34,410$77,840
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$51,800$31,200$110,050
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$51,730$36,830$78,450
Tyler, TX$51,720$31,040$88,240
Sandusky, OH$51,710$29,860$90,610
Valdosta, GA$51,710$33,710$85,960
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$51,620$35,360$85,800
Texarkana, TX-AR$51,510$26,030$84,690
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$51,500$27,760$85,800
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$51,470$34,930$87,770
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$51,460$34,620$113,030
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$51,360$26,540$85,250
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$51,290$34,480$83,030
Winston-Salem, NC$51,230$31,340$85,750
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$51,230$30,830$86,290
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$51,210$37,280$79,160
El Paso, TX$51,200$27,670$83,450
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$51,170$36,930$102,680
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$51,120$40,180$79,990
Waco, TX$51,100$25,610$87,680
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$51,040$35,780$86,390
Bangor, ME$51,030$42,350$85,180
Las Cruces, NM$50,960$39,460$100,140
Reading, PA$50,910$36,400$87,980
Rockford, IL$50,760$38,750$82,640
Lancaster, PA$50,560$31,990$79,800
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$50,520$27,900$96,030
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$50,510$31,620$80,760
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$50,470$35,090$94,310
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$50,440$35,090$84,980
Roanoke, VA$50,330$34,570$93,620
Kokomo, IN$50,330$37,700$99,130
Abilene, TX$50,250$25,950$93,690
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$50,240$37,390$96,450
Killeen-Temple, TX$50,220$19,640$89,810
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$50,220$35,460$99,630
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$50,220$31,200$101,830
Victoria, TX$50,190$31,600$83,140
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$50,140$36,560$74,400
San Angelo, TX$50,010$26,340$98,550
Jackson, TN$49,990$39,540$70,040
Medford, OR$49,990$38,380$86,870
Grand Island, NE$49,970$34,880$74,760
Evansville, IN$49,920$36,490$90,590
Williamsport, PA$49,900$29,660$79,170
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$49,890$32,080$79,930
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$49,830$31,170$93,560
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$49,810$36,860$86,940
Clarksville, TN-KY$49,710$22,390$80,020
Joplin, MO-KS$49,660$29,240$89,140
Sebring, FL$49,590$28,530$79,010
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$49,580$31,550$93,550
Lubbock, TX$49,520$31,200$86,100
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$49,430$27,860$81,560
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$49,270$30,040$72,370
Great Falls, MT$49,240$34,700$92,750
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$49,230$27,860$82,670
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$49,040$32,900$96,450
Charleston, WV$49,000$39,230$79,000
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,860$20,890$104,990
Goldsboro, NC$48,720$26,430$102,840
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$48,590$23,990$81,110
Gettysburg, PA$48,560$37,060$91,910
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$48,280$33,280$78,630
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$48,280$34,300$74,160
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$48,280$31,100$89,020
Idaho Falls, ID$48,240$32,440$84,270
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$48,150$32,200$90,820
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$48,060$31,720$80,600
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$48,050$37,610$109,640
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$48,000$25,600$83,350
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$48,000$32,760$85,140
Anniston-Oxford, AL$47,880$32,290$168,380
Homosassa Springs, FL$47,720$35,720$78,600
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$47,620$23,680$79,990
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,600$30,130$91,520
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,440$26,250$92,810
Mansfield, OH$47,050$34,600$104,240
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$47,040$22,800$74,250
Johnstown, PA$46,760$30,020$69,260
Bowling Green, KY$46,720$27,160$100,740
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,310$27,590$95,720
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,260$23,990$72,370
Johnson City, TN$46,140$24,470$68,260
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$46,040$35,100$107,240
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$46,010$27,470$94,440
Puerto Rico$45,900$23,070$79,990
Florence, SC$45,750$28,760$79,350
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$45,060$27,740$73,580
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,910$30,040$75,500
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$43,840$32,900$73,770
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$43,050$39,750$80,720
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$42,920$24,870$72,820
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$41,590$23,080$75,280
Chambersburg, PA$40,140$32,900$79,370
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$39,520$27,250$71,760

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Public Relations Specialists make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Public Relations Specialists is $69,780, with a typical range of $40,750 – $129,480 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level Public Relations Specialists positions typically start around $40,750 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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