Public Relations Specialist Salary in Syracuse, New York

The annual salary statistics of public relations specialists in Syracuse, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of public relations specialists in Syracuse 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 Syracuse, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$40,450
25th Percentile Wage
$51,830
50th Percentile Wage
$69,080
75th Percentile Wage
$88,760
90th Percentile Wage
$106,010

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for public relations specialists in Syracuse, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $106,010. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $69,080. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,450.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of public relations specialists from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$69,080
10.29% 33.35%
2021
$61,970
14.78% -
2020
$52,810
-7.84% -
2019
$56,950
8.71% -
2018
$51,990
-4.58% -
2017
$54,370
13.65% -
2016
$46,950
-2.19% -
2015
$47,980
3.77% -
2014
$46,170
4.83% -
2013
$43,940
-4.78% -
2012
$46,040
- -

Table 2. Compare Public Relations Specialist Salary in Syracuse with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $69,080 in Syracuse 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 Syracuse is 12.7 percent (12.7%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 39.3 percent (39.3%) 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

See also: Top paying jobs in Syracuse, New York.