State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Arizona vs Washington
Public Relations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $87,470. In Arizona, $66,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.7%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-19%
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%
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.