State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: California vs Colorado
Public Relations Specialists in California earn a median of $85,030. In Colorado, $80,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 5.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.4%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
-1.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $80,680
- p25
- $64,090
- p75
- $105,190
- p10
- $51,710
- p90
- $139,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.