State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Missouri vs Washington
Public Relations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $87,470. In Missouri, $61,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.1%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $61,130
- p25
- $47,700
- p75
- $78,220
- p10
- $38,490
- p90
- $102,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.