State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: California vs Ohio
Public Relations Specialists in California earn a median of $85,030. In Ohio, $64,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.1%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+9.9%
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%
Ohio
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $64,840
- p25
- $50,040
- p75
- $85,890
- p10
- $41,540
- p90
- $121,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.