U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) / Federal Reserve System / Public Affairs
Job-title file
Public Affairs
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
9 employees hold this title in Federal Reserve System. Median total compensation for the role is $201,485, above the department median of $185,831.
- Employees
- 9
- Total payroll
- $1.8M
- Role median
- $201,485
- Agency median
- $185,831
- Comparison
- Above
What the records show
Role pay distribution
Pay distribution for this role
How total compensation varies among the 9 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Public Affairs pay vs. the United States
Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Public Relations Specialists — about 283,380 people — is $74,750. Federal Reserve System pays a median base salary of $201,485 for this role, 170% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Federal Reserve System sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Public Relations Specialists across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Federal Reserve System’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
Median total compensation for this role at Federal Reserve System is $201,485, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)
Public Affairs is held in 72 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Federal Reserve System, the median of $201,485 ranks #4 of 72.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Public Affairs role in other U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)departments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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