Occupational employment / Public relations specialists

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Public relations specialists" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 16,410 $43.25 $89,960
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 22,790 $31.86 $66,280
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 18,620 $32.22 $67,020
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 15,530 $43.74 $90,970
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 11,320 $31.20 $64,890
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 8,760 $31.83 $66,210
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 7,400 $30.55 $63,550
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 6,960 $28.14 $58,540
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 6,760 $33.50 $69,680
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 6,420 $30.44 $63,320
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 6,020 $27.12 $56,410
Denver-Aurora, CO 5,850 $30.85 $64,170
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 5,670 $28.23 $58,730
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 5,180 $27.58 $57,360
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 5,060 $27.03 $56,220
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 4,930 $34.21 $71,170
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,570 $31.37 $65,250
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 4,210 $29.51 $61,380
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,620 $32.35 $67,280
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 3,550 $30.41 $63,250
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 3,520 $24.30 $50,550
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 3,270 $30.68 $63,820
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 3,230 $28.07 $58,380
St. Louis, MO-IL 3,070 $27.73 $57,670
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,780 $28.33 $58,930
Austin-Round Rock, TX 2,760 $29.05 $60,420
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,550 $29.01 $60,340
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 2,530 $26.77 $55,670
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,520 $27.53 $57,260
Kansas City, MO-KS 2,510 $26.00 $54,080
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,500 $28.05 $58,340
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,450 $23.99 $49,900
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 2,230 $25.16 $52,340
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 2,210 $34.33 $71,400
Pittsburgh, PA 2,170 $31.90 $66,350
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,030 $42.89 $89,210
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,920 $27.82 $57,860
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,910 $25.99 $54,060
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,830 $31.57 $65,660
Columbus, OH 1,760 $28.39 $59,050
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,590 $27.02 $56,210
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,580 $26.83 $55,810
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,580 $32.11 $66,800
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,550 $26.55 $55,230
San Antonio, TX 1,550 $26.48 $55,080
Richmond, VA 1,500 $23.74 $49,380
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,490 $27.88 $57,990
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,470 $27.78 $57,780
Salt Lake City, UT 1,440 $24.54 $51,050
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,390 $31.00 $64,490
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,350 $25.58 $53,200
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,320 $24.06 $50,050
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,310 $28.44 $59,150
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1,290 $27.37 $56,940
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,290 $27.74 $57,700
Honolulu, HI 1,280 $26.37 $54,850
Madison, WI 1,260 $23.57 $49,030
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,210 $25.97 $54,020
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,170 $22.52 $46,850
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 1,170 $13.70 $28,490
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,120 $26.04 $54,170
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,090 $30.80 $64,070
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,060 $26.61 $55,350
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,030 $25.94 $53,960
Jacksonville, FL 970 $27.42 $57,030
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 940 $21.23 $44,150
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 900 $24.97 $51,930
Colorado Springs, CO 880 $25.80 $53,650
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 880 $34.69 $72,150
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 860 $19.55 $40,670
Jackson, MS 850 $18.74 $38,980
Baton Rouge, LA 850 $21.48 $44,680
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 840 $25.25 $52,530
Tallahassee, FL 820 $25.12 $52,250
Raleigh-Cary, NC 790 $24.94 $51,870
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 780 $28.40 $59,060
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 750 $21.57 $44,870
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 740 $30.30 $63,030
Rochester, NY 740 $22.63 $47,070
Lincoln, NE 720 $26.57 $55,260
Boulder, CO 700 $34.86 $72,500
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 680 $26.12 $54,330
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 650 $22.70 $47,210
Durham, NC 640 $28.26 $58,770
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 640 $33.44 $69,560
Oklahoma City, OK 600 $21.76 $45,260
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 600 $26.32 $54,740
Columbia, SC 590 $20.58 $42,800
Greenville, SC 590 $28.74 $59,790
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 580 $29.49 $61,330
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 570 $25.84 $53,760
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 560 $25.06 $52,130
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 520 $25.44 $52,920
Olympia, WA 520 $31.89 $66,340
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 510 $25.40 $52,840
Lexington-Fayette, KY 500 $20.58 $42,820
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 490 $21.74 $45,230
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 480 $27.35 $56,880
Montgomery, AL 480 $19.38 $40,320
Tucson, AZ 470 $25.62 $53,290
Ann Arbor, MI 470 $28.56 $59,410
Dayton, OH 450 $25.38 $52,780
Huntsville, AL 450 $21.28 $44,260
Springfield, MA-CT 450 $22.97 $47,770
Wichita, KS 440 $20.34 $42,300
Worcester, MA-CT 440 $26.48 $55,070
Albuquerque, NM 430 $26.52 $55,170
Tulsa, OK 420 $24.09 $50,100
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 420 $26.80 $55,750
Akron, OH 420 $22.99 $47,810
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 410 $21.19 $44,070
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 410 $24.96 $51,920
Knoxville, TN 400 $22.81 $47,440
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 390 $25.28 $52,580
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 390 $24.51 $50,990
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 390 $33.22 $69,100
Sioux Falls, SD 380 $20.30 $42,220
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 380 $44.79 $93,170
Mobile, AL 380 $19.85 $41,300
Syracuse, NY 370 $23.10 $48,050
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 370 $24.69 $51,360
Springfield, MO 370 $18.88 $39,260
New Haven, CT 370 $24.81 $51,610
Jefferson City, MO 360 $24.61 $51,180
Columbia, MO 340 $20.65 $42,950
Evansville, IN-KY 330 $20.77 $43,200
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 320 $34.60 $71,970
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 320 $25.46 $52,970
Lancaster, PA 310 $25.34 $52,700
El Paso, TX 310 $21.68 $45,090
Fort Wayne, IN 310 $20.86 $43,390
Topeka, KS 310 $27.18 $56,530
Provo-Orem, UT 300 $20.99 $43,670
Charlottesville, VA 300 $22.25 $46,280
Fresno, CA 300 $22.58 $46,970
Gainesville, FL 290 $23.84 $49,590
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 290 $22.19 $46,150
Barnstable Town, MA 290 $30.55 $63,550
Roanoke, VA 290 $18.38 $38,230
Charleston, WV 290 $20.51 $42,660
York-Hanover, PA 280 $21.15 $43,980
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 280 $26.92 $55,990
Boise City-Nampa, ID 280 $29.97 $62,340
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 280 $27.25 $56,690
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 270 $26.96 $56,070
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 260 $22.38 $46,550
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 250 $20.75 $43,150
Waco, TX 250 $22.29 $46,360
Bloomington, IN 250 $22.47 $46,750
Canton-Massillon, OH 250 $26.14 $54,380
Cedar Rapids, IA 250 $21.30 $44,300
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 250 $20.38 $42,380
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 250 $25.29 $52,610
Toledo, OH 250 $22.01 $45,790
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 240 $19.15 $39,840
Lubbock, TX 240 $21.85 $45,440
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 230 $20.55 $42,750
Corpus Christi, TX 230 $21.44 $44,590
Lakeland, FL 230 $24.79 $51,570
Green Bay, WI 220 $21.16 $44,010
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 220 $21.09 $43,870
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 220 $28.14 $58,520
Fargo, ND-MN 220 $22.49 $46,780
College Station-Bryan, TX 220 $30.35 $63,130
Salinas, CA 220 $31.54 $65,600
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 220 $25.88 $53,830
Winston-Salem, NC 220 $27.53 $57,260
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 210 $23.75 $49,410
Greensboro-High Point, NC 210 $23.15 $48,140
Spokane, WA 210 $23.55 $48,970
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 210 $19.29 $40,120
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 200 $15.47 $32,180
Bakersfield, CA 200 $21.40 $44,510
Reading, PA 200 $22.99 $47,810
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 200 $23.61 $49,120
Salem, OR 190 $29.73 $61,830
Erie, PA 190 $22.09 $45,960
Amarillo, TX 190 $22.19 $46,140
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 180 $21.58 $44,880
Asheville, NC 180 $19.17 $39,870
Stockton, CA 180 $24.40 $50,750
Chattanooga, TN-GA 180 $20.69 $43,030
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 180 $24.92 $51,840
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 170 $25.67 $53,380
Flint, MI 170 $24.36 $50,670
Lafayette, IN 170 $24.10 $50,130
Springfield, IL 170 $24.72 $51,420
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 170 $17.71 $36,830
Tyler, TX 170 $22.73 $47,280
Manchester, NH 170 $23.41 $48,700
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 170 $22.01 $45,770
Lynchburg, VA 160 $22.11 $45,990
Billings, MT 160 $22.64 $47,090
Reno-Sparks, NV 160 $37.43 $77,860
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 160 $19.93 $41,460
Rapid City, SD 150 $20.68 $43,010
Appleton, WI 150 $19.99 $41,570
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 150 $23.02 $47,880
Laredo, TX 150 $21.31 $44,330
Utica-Rome, NY 150 $26.00 $54,080
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 140 $21.63 $45,000
Ames, IA 140 $22.98 $47,790
Eugene-Springfield, OR 140 $23.63 $49,150
Wilmington, NC 140 $23.68 $49,250
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 140 $17.37 $36,140
Anchorage, AK 130 $30.59 $63,630
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 130 $33.55 $69,790
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 130 $28.73 $59,770
Savannah, GA 130 $21.63 $45,000
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 120 $27.60 $57,410
Naples-Marco Island, FL 120 $21.75 $45,240
Binghamton, NY 120 $22.27 $46,330
State College, PA 120 $23.68 $49,250
Muncie, IN 120 $20.55 $42,740
Kingston, NY 120 $18.44 $38,350
Auburn-Opelika, AL 120 $20.53 $42,700
Terre Haute, IN 120 $17.29 $35,960
Santa Fe, NM 120 $28.46 $59,200
Bowling Green, KY 110 $16.87 $35,090
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 110 $24.58 $51,130
Spartanburg, SC 110 $22.81 $47,440
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 110 $22.90 $47,640
Abilene, TX 110 $18.62 $38,730
Bangor, ME 110 $19.89 $41,370
Joplin, MO 110 $19.13 $39,790
Grand Junction, CO 110 $20.78 $43,220
Duluth, MN-WI 110 $26.93 $56,010
Modesto, CA 110 $23.42 $48,720
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 110 $23.32 $48,510
Ocala, FL 110 $20.59 $42,830
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 110 $21.91 $45,560
Missoula, MT 100 $23.47 $48,820
Iowa City, IA 100 $25.90 $53,860
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 100 $27.08 $56,320
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 100 $34.11 $70,960
Atlantic City, NJ 100 $24.36 $50,670
Wheeling, WV-OH 100 $13.48 $28,040
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 100 $30.33 $63,090
Peoria, IL 100 $26.65 $55,430
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 100 $24.44 $50,840
St. Joseph, MO-KS 90 $20.96 $43,590
Sheboygan, WI 90 $22.16 $46,100
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 90 $22.76 $47,330
Eau Claire, WI 90 $19.37 $40,300
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 90 $28.48 $59,230
Redding, CA 90 $21.03 $43,750
Dover, DE 90 $25.44 $52,920
Pueblo, CO 90 $20.65 $42,960
Greenville, NC 90 $18.45 $38,380
Napa, CA 90 $24.06 $50,040
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 90 $20.32 $42,260
Lawrence, KS 90 $31.81 $66,170
Bismarck, ND 90 $23.68 $49,260
New Bedford, MA 90 $25.27 $52,560
Yakima, WA 80 $25.14 $52,300
Fond du Lac, WI 80 $21.68 $45,080
La Crosse, WI-MN 80 $20.02 $41,630
Wausau, WI 80 $25.66 $53,370
Morgantown, WV 80 $19.51 $40,580
Florence, SC 80 $21.38 $44,480
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 80 $20.94 $43,560
Midland, TX 80 $21.22 $44,130
Harrisonburg, VA 80 $23.14 $48,130
Bellingham, WA 80 $27.95 $58,140
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 80 $27.87 $57,970
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 80 $27.94 $58,120
Elizabethtown, KY 80 $25.77 $53,600
Pittsfield, MA 80 $22.98 $47,810
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 80 $26.00 $54,090
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 80 $19.94 $41,480
Champaign-Urbana, IL 80 $27.40 $57,000
Columbus, IN 80 $15.37 $31,960
Dothan, AL 70 $19.54 $40,630
Athens-Clarke County, GA 70 $20.75 $43,150
Portsmouth, NH-ME 70 $28.72 $59,740
Chico, CA 70 $14.29 $29,720
Flagstaff, AZ 70 $23.71 $49,320
Fort Smith, AR-OK 70 $18.89 $39,300
Altoona, PA 70 $19.21 $39,950
Mayaguez, PR 70 $12.98 $27,000
Visalia-Porterville, CA 70 $21.00 $43,670
Janesville, WI 70 $22.32 $46,420
Macon, GA 70 $20.88 $43,420
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 70 $21.40 $44,510
Odessa, TX 70 $19.92 $41,430
Logan, UT-ID 70 $21.02 $43,710
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 70 $18.08 $37,600
Winchester, VA-WV 70 $25.96 $54,000
Cheyenne, WY 70 $21.71 $45,150
Grand Forks, ND-MN 70 $21.28 $44,270
Sherman-Denison, TX 60 $24.65 $51,270
Kokomo, IN 60 $20.01 $41,630
Columbus, GA-AL 60 $19.72 $41,030
St. Cloud, MN 60 $28.43 $59,130
Rochester, MN 60 $31.87 $66,290
Carson City, NV 60 $26.05 $54,180
Fairbanks, AK 60 $26.16 $54,420
Medford, OR 60 $19.99 $41,590
St. George, UT 60 $24.74 $51,450
Idaho Falls, ID 60 $26.22 $54,530
Bay City, MI 60 $26.02 $54,130
Battle Creek, MI 60 $26.43 $54,980
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 60 $28.59 $59,470
Clarksville, TN-KY 60 $20.50 $42,640
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 60 $28.19 $58,630
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 60 $28.35 $58,970
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 60 $22.72 $47,250
Casper, WY 60 $19.01 $39,540
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 60 $33.52 $69,720
Lake Charles, LA 60 $22.90 $47,630
Jackson, TN 50 $20.24 $42,100
Racine, WI 50 $21.85 $45,440
Gainesville, GA 50 $22.35 $46,500
Rockford, IL 50 $21.59 $44,920
Waterbury, CT 50 $25.43 $52,890
Hattiesburg, MS 50 $16.08 $33,440
Lafayette, LA 50 $20.40 $42,430
Alexandria, LA 50 $23.47 $48,830
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 50 $17.78 $36,980
Johnstown, PA 50 $22.66 $47,120
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 50 $23.63 $49,150
Wenatchee, WA 50 $29.25 $60,840
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 50 $32.41 $67,410
San Angelo, TX 50 $22.18 $46,120
Anderson, SC 50 $21.81 $45,370
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 50 $16.02 $33,330
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 50 $26.67 $55,470
Sandusky, OH 40 $25.20 $52,420
Jackson, MI 40 $20.02 $41,630
Pascagoula, MS 40 $21.88 $45,510
Danbury, CT 40 $32.34 $67,270
Great Falls, MT 40 $17.83 $37,080
Burlington, NC 40 $21.21 $44,130
Punta Gorda, FL 40 $21.61 $44,960
Anderson, IN 40 $15.00 $31,190
Warner Robins, GA 40 $26.06 $54,200
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 40 $22.23 $46,240
Pine Bluff, AR 40 $20.18 $41,970
Brunswick, GA 40 $19.55 $40,670
Springfield, OH 40 $22.13 $46,020
Ithaca, NY 40 $22.08 $45,930
Merced, CA 40 $23.45 $48,780
Owensboro, KY 40 $18.62 $38,740
Gadsden, AL 40 $17.70 $36,820
Rocky Mount, NC 40 $22.57 $46,950
Fayetteville, NC 40 $25.00 $52,000
Anniston-Oxford, AL 40 $20.46 $42,560
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 40 $24.02 $49,970
Lawton, OK 40 $23.91 $49,730
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 30 $19.73 $41,040
Lima, OH 30 $20.82 $43,300
Williamsport, PA 30 $21.63 $45,000
Lebanon, PA 30 $25.03 $52,070
Glens Falls, NY 30 $20.53 $42,710
Prescott, AZ 30 $15.49 $32,220
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 30 $23.73 $49,360
Decatur, AL 30 $18.78 $39,070
Wichita Falls, TX 30 $24.46 $50,880
Dubuque, IA 30 $24.47 $50,890
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 30 $23.51 $48,890
Jonesboro, AR 30 $18.66 $38,810
Greeley, CO Not available $26.35 $54,800
Bend, OR Not available $22.83 $47,490
Tuscaloosa, AL Not available $18.70 $38,890
Longview, TX Not available $25.93 $53,940
Salisbury, MD Not available $21.94 $45,620
Johnson City, TN Not available $18.22 $37,910
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