State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Public Relations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $87,470. In Kentucky, $60,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.2%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $60,150
- p25
- $47,920
- p75
- $77,670
- p10
- $37,190
- p90
- $103,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.