State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Public Relations Specialists in California earn a median of $85,030. In Pennsylvania, $57,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.5% — not 48%.
Nominal pay gap
+48%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+30.5%
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%
Pennsylvania
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $57,460
- p25
- $45,930
- p75
- $77,480
- p10
- $32,810
- p90
- $102,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.