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Public Relations Specialist Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of public relations specialists in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of public relations specialists in Nassau-Suffolk 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 Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$35,280
25th Percentile Wage
$49,380
50th Percentile Wage
$65,290
75th Percentile Wage
$80,700
90th Percentile Wage
$104,920

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for public relations specialists in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $104,920. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $65,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,280.

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
$65,290
-3.11% 11.20%
2016
$67,320
1.62% -
2015
$66,230
4.39% -
2014
$63,320
5.69% -
2013
$59,720
2.91% -
2012
$57,980
- -

Table 2. Compare Public Relations Specialist Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $65,290 in Nassau-Suffolk is in the middle of salary range for public relations specialists in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of public relations specialists in Nassau-Suffolk is 17.4 percent (17.4%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 35.8 percent (35.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$79,090
Ithaca
$78,440
Syracuse
$69,080
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$68,230
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$67,420
Rochester
$65,800
Nassau-Suffolk
$65,290
Elmira
$64,470
Kingston
$64,420
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$63,610
Utica-Rome
$63,580
Watertown-Fort Drum
$63,430
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$62,850
Binghamton
$62,590
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$61,090
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$57,780
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$56,170
Glens Falls
$54,960
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$46,080
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$41,920