Public Relations Specialist

Coordinate and deliver a specific program area, supporting planning, outreach, and daily operations.

44 people hold the Public Relations Specialist role across 13 departments in City of Los Angeles, with a median total compensation of $85,221. Among 4 jurisdictions where this role is reported, City of Los Angeles ranks #1 by median pay.

Employees: 44
Median pay: $85,221
Departments: 13
Cross-jurisdiction: #1 of 4

Compared with the local labor market

Public Relations Specialist pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Public Relations Specialists — about 11,910 people — is $79,860. City of Los Angeles pays a median base salary of $68,397 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 32nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where City of Los Angeles sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,090

$63,550

$79,860

$105,980

$136,870

City of Los Angeles median · $68,397

The bar is the range of annual wages for Public Relations Specialists across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Los Angeles’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Public Relations Specialists — about 283,380 people — is $74,750. City of Los Angeles’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 41st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$44,110

$56,260

$74,750

$100,370

$135,150

City of Los Angeles median · $68,397

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 38 of 44 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at City of Los Angeles is $85,221, 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 jurisdictions

Public Relations Specialist pay in other jurisdictions

Where Public Relations Specialists are paid most

Florida

$73,542 · 9

Missouri

$35,859 · 51

City of Philadelphia

$17,645 · 27

Median total compensation for comparable Public Relations Specialist roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.

Within City of Los Angeles