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Public Relations Specialist Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas

The annual salary statistics of public relations specialists in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of public relations specialists in Dallas-Plano-Irving 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-Plano-Irving, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$31,390
25th Percentile Wage
$43,810
50th Percentile Wage
$59,290
75th Percentile Wage
$82,880
90th Percentile Wage
$115,820

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for public relations specialists in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $115,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,390.

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
$59,290
-1.67% -2.82%
2016
$60,280
-0.66% -
2015
$60,680
5.21% -
2014
$57,520
0.90% -
2013
$57,000
-6.95% -
2012
$60,960
- -

Table 2. Compare Public Relations Specialist Salary in Dallas-Plano-Irving with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $59,290 in Dallas-Plano-Irving 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-Plano-Irving is 9.1 percent (9.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 19.8 percent (19.8%) 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