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Public Relations Specialist Salary in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The annual salary statistics of public relations specialists in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of public relations specialists in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$30,870
25th Percentile Wage
$47,520
50th Percentile Wage
$63,740
75th Percentile Wage
$80,000
90th Percentile Wage
$104,130

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for public relations specialists in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $104,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,870.

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
$63,740
4.31% 8.22%
2021
$60,990
4.08% -
2020
$58,500
3.71% -
2019
$56,330
1.53% -
2018
$55,470
-6.31% -
2017
$58,970
-1.02% -
2016
$59,570
-0.37% -
2015
$59,790
5.74% -
2014
$56,360
0.32% -
2013
$56,180
-4.13% -
2012
$58,500
- -

Table 2. Compare Public Relations Specialist Salary in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $63,740 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for public relations specialists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of public relations specialists in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 2.3 percent (2.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 25.4 percent (25.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Texarkana-Texarkana.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$65,210
Midland
$64,980
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$63,740
Waco
$62,710
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$60,100
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$60,100
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$59,290
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$59,000
Fort Worth-Arlington
$58,080
Tyler
$57,460
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$56,070
College Station-Bryan
$55,870
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$55,390
Abilene
$55,070
Sherman-Denison
$55,000
Wichita Falls
$54,720
Lubbock
$54,290
Corpus Christi
$53,750
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$53,710
San Angelo
$53,700
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$53,050
Amarillo
$53,050
Longview
$52,890
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$52,770
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$52,060
El Paso
$52,000
Victoria
$51,270
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$50,320
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$50,070
Odessa
$49,120
Brownsville-Harlingen
$48,610
Laredo
$48,490
Texarkana-Texarkana
$47,550

See also: Top paying jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas.