State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Arizona vs California
Public Relations Specialists in California earn a median of $85,030. In Arizona, $66,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.5%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-13.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $66,710
- p25
- $52,580
- p75
- $85,950
- p10
- $45,080
- p90
- $111,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.