State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Public Relations Specialists in District of Columbia earn a median of $102,740. In Delaware, $76,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.9%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $76,120
- p25
- $59,870
- p75
- $94,320
- p10
- $43,720
- p90
- $126,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
District of Columbia
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $102,740
- p25
- $78,200
- p75
- $149,120
- p10
- $64,260
- p90
- $202,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.