State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Alabama vs Washington
Public Relations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $87,470. In Alabama, $61,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.5%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $61,710
- p25
- $48,130
- p75
- $82,360
- p10
- $39,320
- p90
- $111,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Washington
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $87,470
- p25
- $71,140
- p75
- $111,890
- p10
- $60,760
- p90
- $136,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.