State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Arkansas vs California
Public Relations Specialists in California earn a median of $85,030. In Arkansas, $65,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.6% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-2.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $65,000
- p25
- $49,980
- p75
- $96,060
- p10
- $39,170
- p90
- $137,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.