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Public Relations Specialist Salary in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts

The annual salary statistics of public relations specialists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is shown in Table 1. The wage data of public relations specialists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Public Relations Specialists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$42,350
25th Percentile Wage
$53,680
50th Percentile Wage
$66,900
75th Percentile Wage
$87,230
90th Percentile Wage
$107,860

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for public relations specialists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $107,860. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $66,900. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $42,350.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of public relations specialists from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$66,900
1.64% 10.70%
2016
$65,800
8.59% -
2015
$60,150
3.26% -
2014
$58,190
-1.13% -
2013
$58,850
-1.51% -
2012
$59,740
- -

Table 2. Compare Public Relations Specialist Salary in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy with Other Massachusetts Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $66,900 in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is in the middle of salary range for public relations specialists in state of Massachusetts. In comparison, the annual salary of public relations specialists in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy is 15.6 percent (15.6%) lower than that in the highest paying Boston-Cambridge-Quincy and 53.4 percent (53.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
$79,250
Framingham
$70,760
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$70,230
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy
$66,900
Worcester
$66,510
Springfield
$65,930
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton
$65,120
New Bedford
$65,080
Barnstable Town
$63,200
Pittsfield
$60,800
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner
$57,750
Peabody
$57,590
Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area
$55,870
Taunton-Norton-Raynham
$55,650
Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$54,790
Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$37,400
North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area
$31,170