Public Relations Specialists: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Public Relations Specialists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Public Relations Specialists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Public Relations Specialists are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Public Relations Specialists are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Anniston	40	$42,560	0.5
Alabama	Auburn	120	$42,700	1.6
Alabama	Birmingham	1,170	$46,850	1.2
Alabama	Decatur	30	$39,070	0.3
Alabama	Dothan	70	$40,630	0.7
Alabama	Florence	50	$36,980	0.6
Alabama	Gadsden	40	$36,820	0.7
Alabama	Huntsville	450	$44,260	1.2
Alabama	Mobile	380	$41,300	1.1
Alabama	Montgomery	480	$40,320	1.5
Alaska	Anchorage	130	$63,630	0.4
Alaska	Fairbanks	60	$54,420	1.1
Arizona	Flagstaff	70	$49,320	0.7
Arizona	Kingman	50	$49,150	0.6
Arizona	Phoenix	2,450	$49,900	0.7
Arizona	Prescott	30	$32,220	0.3
Arizona	Tucson	470	$53,290	0.7
Arkansas	Fayetteville	220	$43,870	0.6
Arkansas	Fort Smith	70	$39,300	0.3
Arkansas	Jonesboro	30	$38,810	0.4
Arkansas	Little Rock	570	$53,760	0.9
Arkansas	Pine Bluff	40	$41,970	0.7
California	Bakersfield	200	$44,510	0.4
California	Chico	70	$29,720	0.6
California	Fresno	300	$46,970	0.5
California	Merced	40	$48,780	0.4
California	Modesto	110	$48,720	0.4
California	Napa	90	$50,040	0.8
California	Oakland	1,830	$65,660	0.9
California	Oxnard	380	$93,170	0.7
California	Redding	90	$43,750	0.8
California	Riverside	840	$52,530	0.3
California	Sacramento	2,210	$71,400	1.3
California	Salinas	220	$65,600	0.8
California	San Diego	2,520	$57,260	1
California	San Francisco	4,930	$71,170	2.5
California	San Jose	2,030	$89,210	1.1
California	San Luis Obispo	100	$56,320	0.6
California	Santa Ana	2,550	$60,340	0.9
California	Santa Barbara	220	$58,520	0.7
California	Santa Cruz	250	$43,150	1.6
California	Santa Rosa	220	$53,830	0.6
California	Stockton	180	$50,750	0.4
California	Vallejo	120	$57,410	0.5
California	Visalia	70	$43,670	0.3
Colorado	Boulder	700	$72,500	2.3
Colorado	Colorado Springs	880	$53,650	1.8
Colorado	Denver	5,850	$64,170	2.4
Colorado	Fort Collins	390	$52,580	1.8
Colorado	Grand Junction	110	$43,220	1.1
Colorado	Pueblo	90	$42,960	1
Connecticut	Bridgeport	680	$54,330	0.8
Connecticut	Danbury	40	$67,270	0.3
Connecticut	Hartford	1,390	$64,490	1.2
Connecticut	New Haven	370	$51,610	0.7
Connecticut	Norwich	100	$50,840	0.4
Connecticut	Waterbury	50	$52,890	0.4
Delaware	Dover	90	$52,920	1
Delaware	Wilmington	580	$61,330	0.9
District of Columbia	Washington	15,530	$90,970	3.4
Florida	Cape Coral	320	$52,970	0.8
Florida	Deltona	210	$49,410	0.7
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	1,470	$57,780	1
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	80	$54,090	0.6
Florida	Gainesville	290	$49,590	1.4
Florida	Jacksonville	970	$57,030	0.8
Florida	Lakeland	230	$51,570	0.6
Florida	Miami	2,530	$55,670	1.3
Florida	Naples	120	$45,240	0.5
Florida	Ocala	110	$42,830	0.7
Florida	Orlando	2,230	$52,340	1.1
Florida	Palm Bay	280	$55,990	0.8
Florida	Panama City	60	$47,250	0.5
Florida	Pensacola	320	$71,970	1.2
Florida	Port St Lucie	170	$45,770	0.7
Florida	Punta Gorda	40	$44,960	0.6
Florida	Sarasota	510	$52,840	1
Florida	Sebastian	40	$46,240	0.5
Florida	Tallahassee	820	$52,250	2.7
Florida	Tampa	2,780	$58,930	1.2
Florida	West Palm Beach	1,060	$55,350	1
Georgia	Athens	70	$43,150	0.5
Georgia	Atlanta	3,520	$50,550	0.8
Georgia	Augusta	170	$53,380	0.4
Georgia	Brunswick	40	$40,670	0.6
Georgia	Columbus	60	$41,030	0.3
Georgia	Gainesville	50	$46,500	0.4
Georgia	Macon	70	$43,420	0.4
Georgia	Savannah	130	$45,000	0.5
Georgia	Warner Robins	40	$54,200	0.5
Hawaii	Honolulu	1,280	$54,850	1.5
Idaho	Boise	280	$62,340	0.5
Idaho	Idaho Falls	60	$54,530	0.8
Illinois	Champaign	80	$57,000	0.5
Illinois	Chicago	5,180	$57,360	0.7
Illinois	Kankakee	30	$48,890	0.5
Illinois	Peoria	100	$55,430	0.3
Illinois	Rockford	50	$44,920	0.2
Illinois	Springfield	170	$51,420	0.9
Indiana	Anderson	40	$31,190	0.6
Indiana	Bloomington	250	$46,750	2.1
Indiana	Columbus	80	$31,960	1.1
Indiana	Elkhart	110	$45,560	0.5
Indiana	Evansville	330	$43,200	1
Indiana	Fort Wayne	310	$43,390	0.8
Indiana	Gary	240	$39,840	0.5
Indiana	Indianapolis	1,910	$54,060	1.1
Indiana	Kokomo	60	$41,630	1
Indiana	Lafayette	170	$50,130	1.3
Indiana	Michigan City	30	$41,040	0.4
Indiana	Muncie	120	$42,740	1.6
Indiana	South Bend	150	$47,880	0.6
Indiana	Terre Haute	120	$35,960	1
Iowa	Ames	140	$47,790	2.2
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	250	$44,300	1
Iowa	Davenport	200	$49,120	0.6
Iowa	Des Moines	520	$52,920	0.8
Iowa	Dubuque	30	$50,890	0.3
Iowa	Iowa City	100	$53,860	0.8
Iowa	Sioux City	70	$44,510	0.6
Iowa	Waterloo	80	$41,480	0.5
Kansas	Lawrence	90	$66,170	1.2
Kansas	Topeka	310	$56,530	1.6
Kansas	Wichita	440	$42,300	0.8
Kentucky	Bowling Green	110	$35,090	1.1
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	80	$53,600	1.1
Kentucky	Lexington	500	$42,820	1.1
Kentucky	Louisville	940	$44,150	0.8
Kentucky	Owensboro	40	$38,740	0.5
Louisiana	Alexandria	50	$48,830	0.5
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	850	$44,680	1.2
Louisiana	Lafayette	50	$42,430	0.2
Louisiana	Lake Charles	60	$47,630	0.4
Louisiana	New Orleans	420	$55,750	0.4
Louisiana	Shreveport	200	$32,180	0.6
Maine	Bangor	110	$41,370	1
Maine	Lewiston	60	$59,470	0.7
Maine	Portland	390	$50,990	1
Maryland	Baltimore	1,550	$55,230	0.6
Maryland	Bethesda	880	$72,150	0.8
Maryland	Hagerstown	70	$37,600	0.4
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	290	$63,550	1.6
Massachusetts	Boston	6,420	$63,320	1.9
Massachusetts	Brockton	60	$69,720	0.4
Massachusetts	Framingham	390	$69,100	1.3
Massachusetts	Haverhill	100	$70,960	0.7
Massachusetts	Lawrence	40	$49,970	0.4
Massachusetts	Lowell	130	$69,790	0.6
Massachusetts	New Bedford	90	$52,560	0.8
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	80	$47,810	1.5
Massachusetts	Springfield	450	$47,770	0.8
Massachusetts	Taunton	60	$58,970	0.8
Massachusetts	Worcester	440	$55,070	0.9
Michigan	Ann Arbor	470	$59,410	1.5
Michigan	Battle Creek	60	$54,980	0.7
Michigan	Bay City	60	$54,130	1.1
Michigan	Detroit	1,310	$59,150	1
Michigan	Flint	170	$50,670	0.7
Michigan	Grand Rapids	480	$56,880	0.7
Michigan	Holland	110	$47,640	0.6
Michigan	Jackson	40	$41,630	0.5
Michigan	Kalamazoo	290	$46,150	1.2
Michigan	Lansing	780	$59,060	2.2
Michigan	Muskegon	30	$49,360	0.3
Michigan	Niles	180	$44,880	1.7
Michigan	Saginaw	130	$59,770	1
Michigan	Warren	1,920	$57,860	0.9
Minnesota	Duluth	110	$56,010	0.5
Minnesota	Minneapolis	2,500	$58,340	0.7
Minnesota	Rochester	60	$66,290	0.4
Minnesota	St Cloud	60	$59,130	0.3
Mississippi	Gulfport	230	$42,750	1.2
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	50	$33,440	0.5
Mississippi	Jackson	850	$38,980	1.8
Mississippi	Pascagoula	40	$45,510	0.5
Missouri	Columbia	340	$42,950	2.3
Missouri	Jefferson City	360	$51,180	3
Missouri	Joplin	110	$39,790	0.8
Missouri	Kansas City	2,510	$54,080	1.3
Missouri	Springfield	370	$39,260	1
Missouri	St Joseph	90	$43,590	1.1
Missouri	St Louis	3,070	$57,670	1.2
Montana	Billings	160	$47,090	1.1
Montana	Great Falls	40	$37,080	0.7
Montana	Missoula	100	$48,820	1.1
Nebraska	Lincoln	720	$55,260	2.4
Nebraska	Omaha	860	$40,670	1
Nevada	Carson City	60	$54,180	1.4
Nevada	Las Vegas	640	$69,560	0.4
Nevada	Reno	160	$77,860	0.4
New Hampshire	Manchester	170	$48,700	0.9
New Hampshire	Nashua	80	$58,120	0.3
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	70	$59,740	0.7
New Hampshire	Rochester	90	$47,330	0.9
New Jersey	Atlantic City	100	$50,670	0.4
New Jersey	Camden	370	$51,360	0.4
New Jersey	Edison	1,090	$64,070	0.5
New Jersey	Newark	1,490	$57,990	0.8
New Jersey	Trenton	740	$63,030	1.8
New Mexico	Albuquerque	430	$55,170	0.6
New Mexico	Santa Fe	120	$59,200	1.1
New York	Albany	1,290	$56,940	1.5
New York	Binghamton	120	$46,330	0.6
New York	Buffalo	650	$47,210	0.6
New York	Glens Falls	30	$42,710	0.3
New York	Ithaca	40	$45,930	0.6
New York	Kingston	120	$38,350	1.2
New York	Nassau	1,580	$66,800	0.6
New York	New York	18,620	$67,020	1.9
New York	Poughkeepsie	270	$56,070	0.6
New York	Rochester	740	$47,070	0.8
New York	Syracuse	370	$48,050	0.6
New York	Utica	150	$54,080	0.6
North Carolina	Asheville	180	$39,870	0.5
North Carolina	Burlington	40	$44,130	0.4
North Carolina	Charlotte	1,320	$50,050	0.8
North Carolina	Durham	640	$58,770	1.2
North Carolina	Fayetteville	40	$52,000	0.2
North Carolina	Greensboro	210	$48,140	0.3
North Carolina	Greenville	90	$38,380	0.7
North Carolina	Hickory	90	$42,260	0.3
North Carolina	Raleigh	790	$51,870	0.8
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	40	$46,950	0.4
North Carolina	Wilmington	140	$49,250	0.5
North Carolina	Winston Salem	220	$57,260	0.5
North Dakota	Bismarck	90	$49,260	0.9
North Dakota	Fargo	220	$46,780	1
North Dakota	Grand Forks	70	$44,270	0.9
Ohio	Akron	420	$47,810	0.7
Ohio	Canton	250	$54,380	0.8
Ohio	Cincinnati	1,350	$53,200	0.7
Ohio	Cleveland	1,030	$53,960	0.5
Ohio	Columbus	1,760	$59,050	1
Ohio	Dayton	450	$52,780	0.6
Ohio	Lima	30	$43,300	0.3
Ohio	Sandusky	40	$52,420	0.7
Ohio	Springfield	40	$46,020	0.5
Ohio	Toledo	250	$45,790	0.4
Ohio	Youngstown	160	$41,460	0.4
Oklahoma	Lawton	40	$49,730	0.7
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	600	$45,260	0.5
Oklahoma	Tulsa	420	$50,100	0.5
Oregon	Eugene	140	$49,150	0.5
Oregon	Medford	60	$41,590	0.4
Oregon	Portland	1,590	$56,210	0.8
Oregon	Salem	190	$61,830	0.7
Pennsylvania	Allentown	410	$51,920	0.6
Pennsylvania	Altoona	70	$39,950	0.7
Pennsylvania	Erie	190	$45,960	0.8
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	900	$51,930	1.5
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	50	$47,120	0.5
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	310	$52,700	0.7
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	30	$52,070	0.4
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	3,620	$67,280	1
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	2,170	$66,350	1
Pennsylvania	Reading	200	$47,810	0.7
Pennsylvania	Scranton	250	$42,380	0.5
Pennsylvania	State College	120	$49,250	1.3
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	30	$45,000	0.4
Pennsylvania	York	280	$43,980	0.8
Rhode Island	Providence	1,210	$54,020	1.1
South Carolina	Anderson	50	$45,370	0.5
South Carolina	Charleston	410	$44,070	0.7
South Carolina	Columbia	590	$42,800	0.9
South Carolina	Florence	80	$44,480	0.5
South Carolina	Greenville	590	$59,790	1
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	170	$36,830	0.8
South Carolina	Spartanburg	110	$47,440	0.5
South Dakota	Rapid City	150	$43,010	1.4
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	380	$42,220	1.5
Tennessee	Chattanooga	180	$43,030	0.4
Tennessee	Clarksville	60	$42,640	0.5
Tennessee	Jackson	50	$42,100	0.5
Tennessee	Kingsport	80	$43,560	0.4
Tennessee	Knoxville	400	$47,440	0.6
Tennessee	Memphis	490	$45,230	0.4
Tennessee	Nashville	750	$44,870	0.5
Texas	Abilene	110	$38,730	1
Texas	Amarillo	190	$46,140	1.1
Texas	Austin	2,760	$60,420	1.9
Texas	Beaumont	180	$51,840	0.6
Texas	Brownsville	140	$36,140	0.6
Texas	College Station	220	$63,130	1.6
Texas	Corpus Christi	230	$44,590	0.7
Texas	Dallas	5,670	$58,730	1.4
Texas	El Paso	310	$45,090	0.6
Texas	Fort Worth	1,290	$57,700	0.8
Texas	Houston	4,210	$61,380	0.8
Texas	Killeen	140	$45,000	0.6
Texas	Laredo	150	$44,330	1
Texas	Lubbock	240	$45,440	1.1
Texas	Mcallen	250	$52,610	0.6
Texas	Midland	80	$44,130	0.7
Texas	Odessa	70	$41,430	0.7
Texas	San Angelo	50	$46,120	0.7
Texas	San Antonio	1,550	$55,080	0.9
Texas	Sherman	60	$51,270	0.9
Texas	Texarkana	50	$67,410	0.5
Texas	Tyler	170	$47,280	1.1
Texas	Waco	250	$46,360	1.4
Texas	Wichita Falls	30	$50,880	0.3
Utah	Logan	70	$43,710	0.9
Utah	Ogden	260	$46,550	0.7
Utah	Provo	300	$43,670	1
Utah	Salt Lake City	1,440	$51,050	1.2
Utah	St George	60	$51,450	0.7
Vermont	Burlington	560	$52,130	2.8
Virginia	Blacksburg	210	$40,120	2
Virginia	Charlottesville	300	$46,280	1.8
Virginia	Harrisonburg	80	$48,130	0.9
Virginia	Lynchburg	160	$45,990	0.9
Virginia	Richmond	1,500	$49,380	1.3
Virginia	Roanoke	290	$38,230	1
Virginia	Virginia Beach	1,120	$54,170	0.8
Virginia	Winchester	70	$54,000	0.8
Washington	Bellingham	80	$58,140	0.6
Washington	Bremerton	80	$57,970	0.5
Washington	Kennewick	100	$63,090	0.6
Washington	Mount Vernon	60	$58,630	0.8
Washington	Olympia	520	$66,340	3.1
Washington	Seattle	3,270	$63,820	1.2
Washington	Spokane	210	$48,970	0.5
Washington	Tacoma	280	$56,690	0.5
Washington	Wenatchee	50	$60,840	0.8
Washington	Yakima	80	$52,300	0.6
West Virginia	Charleston	290	$42,660	1.1
West Virginia	Huntington	110	$48,510	0.5
West Virginia	Morgantown	80	$40,580	1
West Virginia	Parkersburg	50	$55,470	0.4
West Virginia	Weirton	50	$33,330	0.7
West Virginia	Wheeling	100	$28,040	0.9
Wisconsin	Appleton	150	$41,570	0.7
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	90	$40,300	0.7
Wisconsin	Fond	80	$45,080	1.1
Wisconsin	Green Bay	220	$44,010	0.7
Wisconsin	Janesville	70	$46,420	0.6
Wisconsin	La Crosse	80	$41,630	0.7
Wisconsin	Madison	1,260	$49,030	2
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1,580	$55,810	1
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	90	$59,230	0.6
Wisconsin	Racine	50	$45,440	0.4
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	90	$46,100	0.9
Wisconsin	Wausau	80	$53,370	0.7
Wyoming	Casper	60	$39,540	1
Wyoming	Cheyenne	70	$45,150	1

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