The annual salary statistics of public relations specialists in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of public relations specialists in Watertown-Fort Drum is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $32,500 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $44,390 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $63,430 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $79,350 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $91,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for public relations specialists in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $91,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,430. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,500.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of public relations specialists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $63,430 | 1.45% | 26.64% |
| 2021 | $62,510 | 39.85% | - |
| 2018 | $37,600 | -25.05% | - |
| 2017 | $47,020 | 1.04% | - |
| 2016 | $46,530 | -7.22% | - |
| 2015 | $49,890 | 6.73% | - |
| 2012 | $46,530 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $63,430 in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 Watertown-Fort Drum is 19.8 percent (19.8%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 33.9 percent (33.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.