State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Georgia vs Washington
Public Relations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $87,470. In Georgia, $73,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.3%
Georgia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $73,200
- p25
- $56,150
- p75
- $98,060
- p10
- $43,590
- p90
- $128,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.