State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Public Relations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $87,470. In Arkansas, $65,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 25.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.7%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
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
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.