State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: California vs Oklahoma
Public Relations Specialists in California earn a median of $85,030. In Oklahoma, $64,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.9% — not 31%.
Nominal pay gap
+31%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+3.9%
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%
Oklahoma
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $64,920
- p25
- $49,730
- p75
- $88,610
- p10
- $39,380
- p90
- $113,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- 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.