Public Relations Specialists
Ithaca, NY metropolitan area. Estimated employment 170.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of public relations specialists in Ithaca earn more.
$67,260 in Ithaca buys what $65,100 buys across the country as a whole.
Ithaca's regional price parity is 103.3 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in New York
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Ithaca |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $84,130 | $74,700 | 112.6 | +14.8% |
| Watertown | $74,390 | $84,800 | 87.7 | +30.3% |
| Elmira | $72,630 | $76,900 | 94.4 | +18.2% |
| Kiryas Joel | $72,390 | $66,200 | 109.4 | +1.6% |
| Rochester | $71,740 | $73,900 | 97.0 | +13.6% |
| Buffalo | $69,380 | $72,400 | 95.8 | +11.2% |
| Albany | $68,240 | $68,500 | 99.6 | +5.3% |
| Ithaca This page | $67,260 | $65,100 | 103.3 | — |
Price parity and difference against Ithaca are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 170 employed in this occupation in the metro (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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