State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Alaska vs California
Public Relations Specialists in California earn a median of $85,030. In Alaska, $70,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-10.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $70,050
- p25
- $61,680
- p75
- $91,920
- p10
- $45,140
- p90
- $117,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $85,030
- p25
- $64,460
- p75
- $121,180
- p10
- $49,550
- p90
- $160,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -58%
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.