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Public Relations Managers · SOC 11-2032

Public Relations Managers Salary in the Bellingham Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Bellingham, WA metro area

Figures describe the Bellingham, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Bellingham city limits.

Median annual wage$128,370
Median hourly wage$61.71

Public Relations Managers in the Bellingham, WA metro area earned a median of $128,370 per year ($61.71 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $95,360 at the 10th percentile to $195,530 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Public Relations Managers in the Bellingham metro area earn more than $128,370 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $108,870 and $150,440.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$95,360$108,870$128,370$150,440$195,530
Hourly$45.85$52.34$61.71$72.33$94.00

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Bellingham metro areathis metro area
    $128,370
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $159,440
  • United Statesnational
    $146,910

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −19% vs Washington overall and −13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$70,430$118,123$165,817$213,510Mobile, AL — $70,430San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $72,910Baton Rouge, LA — $78,370Oklahoma City, OK — $81,000Lubbock, TX — $88,350Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $90,330Spartanburg, SC — $90,500Columbia, SC — $91,550Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $91,900Jefferson City, MO — $92,550Montgomery, AL — $92,870Abilene, TX — $93,710Jackson, MS — $94,680Toledo, OH — $96,830Florence, SC — $97,940McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $98,160Birmingham, AL — $98,210Akron, OH — $98,500Waco, TX — $98,850Boise City, ID — $98,860Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $99,650Billings, MT — $99,990Tucson, AZ — $100,530Tyler, TX — $101,510Corvallis, OR — $101,710Killeen-Temple, TX — $101,950Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $103,000Bozeman, MT — $103,050Asheville, NC — $103,440El Paso, TX — $103,530Lincoln, NE — $103,570Amarillo, TX — $103,880Santa Fe, NM — $103,990Reno, NV — $104,360College Station-Bryan, TX — $104,520Pittsburgh, PA — $104,640Tallahassee, FL — $104,790Wichita, KS — $105,000Bend, OR — $105,020Anchorage, AK — $105,160Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $105,160Urban Honolulu, HI — $105,210Lancaster, PA — $105,770Duluth, MN-WI — $106,230Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $106,350Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $106,880Corpus Christi, TX — $106,990Savannah, GA — $107,250Tulsa, OK — $108,080Champaign-Urbana, IL — $108,130Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $108,390Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $109,210Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $110,060Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $110,770Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $110,840Green Bay, WI — $110,960Cleveland, OH — $111,100Albuquerque, NM — $111,250Lexington-Fayette, KY — $112,420New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $113,110Omaha, NE-IA — $113,110Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $113,290Chattanooga, TN-GA — $113,840Bismarck, ND — $114,110Medford, OR — $114,920Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $115,000Bloomington, IL — $115,970Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $116,190Gainesville, FL — $116,200North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $117,030Madison, WI — $117,120Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $117,290Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $117,480Reading, PA — $117,980Ogden, UT — $118,080Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $118,590Springfield, IL — $119,110Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $119,290Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $119,340Peoria, IL — $119,550San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $119,580Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $120,420Cedar Rapids, IA — $121,320Fargo, ND-MN — $121,370Fort Wayne, IN — $121,780Topeka, KS — $121,880Eugene-Springfield, OR — $122,300Columbus, OH — $123,970Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $124,250Wilmington, NC — $124,280Fresno, CA — $125,230Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $125,250Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $125,650Stockton-Lodi, CA — $126,360Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $126,520Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $126,820Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $127,060Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $127,080Iowa City, IA — $127,760Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $128,280Bellingham, WA — $128,370Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $128,380Ithaca, NY — $128,400Springfield, MA — $128,850Jacksonville, FL — $129,280Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $129,280Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $129,710Portland-South Portland, ME — $129,800Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $129,830St. Louis, MO-IL — $130,280Salinas, CA — $130,440Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $130,530Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $130,770Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $130,950Raleigh-Cary, NC — $131,150Kansas City, MO-KS — $131,190Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $131,280Manchester-Nashua, NH — $131,450Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $132,340Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $132,600Salem, OR — $132,600Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $132,990Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $133,210Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $133,210Roanoke, VA — $134,320Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $134,390Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $134,430Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $134,990Naples-Marco Island, FL — $135,630Colorado Springs, CO — $135,850Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $136,490Greensboro-High Point, NC — $136,490Ann Arbor, MI — $137,190Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $137,200Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $137,240Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $137,870Huntsville, AL — $138,130Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $138,650San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $138,900Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $138,900Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $140,110Charlottesville, VA — $140,170Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $140,250Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $140,290Knoxville, TN — $140,660Winston-Salem, NC — $140,680Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $140,800Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $141,230Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $141,340Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $141,360Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $141,710Syracuse, NY — $143,980Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $146,370Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $146,880Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $146,970Rochester, NY — $147,740Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $148,090Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $149,990Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $152,990Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $153,010Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $153,140Boulder, CO — $153,370New Haven, CT — $154,210Worcester, MA — $156,850San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $157,630Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $158,270Greeley, CO — $159,900Richmond, VA — $160,540Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $161,320Midland, TX — $163,180Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $163,830Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $166,590Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $174,260Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $174,990Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $176,390Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $177,370Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $179,330New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $192,360San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $192,720Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $195,190San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $213,510

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Bellingham metro area has the 81st-highest published median for this occupation among the 181 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for public relations managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Bellingham metro areathis page
    $128,370
  • Seattle metro area
    $166,590
  • Olympia metro area
    $148,090
  • Spokane metro area
    $137,240

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

General and Operations Managers$125,840Managers, All Other$140,910Financial Managers$158,960Sales Managers$133,220Construction Managers$156,580Computer and Information Systems Managers$169,640

Highest-paying metro areas for public relations managerss · Highest-paying occupations in Bellingham Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.