State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: California vs New Hampshire
Public Relations Specialists in California earn a median of $85,030. In New Hampshire, $73,280. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.2% — not 16%.
Nominal pay gap
+16%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+9.2%
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%
New Hampshire
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $73,280
- p25
- $59,000
- p75
- $96,100
- p10
- $50,430
- p90
- $122,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.