State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Delaware vs Washington
Public Relations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $87,470. In Delaware, $76,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
-13%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.7%
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
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.