State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Public Relations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $87,470. In Pennsylvania, $57,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 34.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.3%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $57,460
- p25
- $45,930
- p75
- $77,480
- p10
- $32,810
- p90
- $102,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.