Public Relations Specialists
United States. Estimated employment 283,380, with pages for 13 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 27-3031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$74,750 · 50th
$44,11010th
$56,26025th
$74,75050th
$100,37075th
$135,15090th
That is the median — half of public relations specialists in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Public Relations Specialists page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $117,620 | 2,200 |
| San Francisco, CA | $102,520 | 6,290 |
| Washington, DC | $101,680 | 22,810 |
| Sacramento, CA | $89,640 | 2,620 |
| New York, NY | $84,130 | 24,820 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $83,180 | 180 |
| San Diego, CA | $81,240 | 2,730 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $79,860 | 11,910 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $72,390 | 480 |
| Rochester, NY | $71,740 | 880 |
| Buffalo, NY | $69,380 | 820 |
| Albany, NY | $68,240 | 1,580 |
| Ithaca, NY | $67,260 | 170 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 283,380 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 27-3031, Public Relations Specialists. Mapped to our taxonomy as public-relations-specialists.
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