State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Colorado vs Washington
Public Relations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $87,470. In Colorado, $80,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.3% — not 7.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.8%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Washington
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $87,470
- p25
- $71,140
- p75
- $111,890
- p10
- $60,760
- p90
- $136,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.