Public Relations Specialists · SOC 27-3031

Public Relations Specialists Salary in the El Paso Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025El Paso, TX metro area

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

Median annual wage$57,810
Median hourly wage$27.79

Public Relations Specialists in the El Paso, TX metro area earned a median of $57,810 per year ($27.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,170 at the 10th percentile to $94,670 at the 90th. BLS estimates 420 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Public Relations Specialists in the El Paso metro area earn more than $57,810 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,010 and $73,920.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$33,170$44,010$57,810$73,920$94,670
Hourly$15.95$21.16$27.79$35.54$45.52

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

  • El Paso metro areathis metro area
    $57,810 median for El Paso metro area; middle half earns $44,010 to $73,920
  • Texasstate (TX)
    $65,160 median for Texas; middle half earns $50,480 to $85,370
  • $74,750 median for United States; middle half earns $56,260 to $100,370

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

The median here is −11% vs Texas overall and −23% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$42,770$67,720$92,670$117,620Mobile, AL — $42,770Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $45,140San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $46,030St. George, UT — $47,020Columbia, MO — $47,700Anniston-Oxford, AL — $48,500Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $48,520San Angelo, TX — $48,860McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $48,980Chambersburg, PA — $49,020Gettysburg, PA — $49,240Johnstown, PA — $49,350Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $49,360Florence, SC — $49,820Great Falls, MT — $50,190Paducah, KY-IL — $50,500Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $51,080Laredo, TX — $51,100Reading, PA — $51,180Lancaster, PA — $51,230Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $51,730Johnson City, TN — $51,890Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $52,000Joplin, MO-KS — $52,090Idaho Falls, ID — $52,110Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $52,500Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $52,530Texarkana, TX-AR — $52,570Bowling Green, KY — $52,580Jackson, TN — $52,580Lubbock, TX — $52,740Springfield, MO — $52,990Erie, PA — $53,060Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $53,330Las Cruces, NM — $53,540Bangor, ME — $53,610Twin Falls, ID — $54,130Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $54,210Youngstown-Warren, OH — $54,300Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $54,450Corpus Christi, TX — $54,570Victoria, TX — $54,690Morgantown, WV — $54,710Charleston, WV — $54,790Altoona, PA — $54,860Fort Smith, AR-OK — $54,880Springfield, OH — $54,930Punta Gorda, FL — $55,290Minot, ND — $55,330Coeur d'Alene, ID — $55,440Lewiston, ID-WA — $55,590Williamsport, PA — $55,660York-Hanover, PA — $55,660Monroe, LA — $55,750Pittsburgh, PA — $55,910Monroe, MI — $56,030Sandusky, OH — $56,030Duluth, MN-WI — $56,110Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $56,200Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $56,320Waco, TX — $56,440Appleton, WI — $56,480St. Joseph, MO-KS — $56,480Abilene, TX — $56,830Vineland, NJ — $56,870Clarksville, TN-KY — $56,890Lafayette, LA — $57,060Muncie, IN — $57,340Knoxville, TN — $57,360Athens-Clarke County, GA — $57,600Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $57,720El Paso, TX — $57,810Medford, OR — $57,870Wichita Falls, TX — $57,910Amarillo, TX — $57,920Lima, OH — $57,970Rome, GA — $57,980Lawrence, KS — $58,040Lake Charles, LA — $58,150Port St. Lucie, FL — $58,220Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $58,270Longview, TX — $58,290Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $58,460Pocatello, ID — $58,610Asheville, NC — $58,970Burlington, NC — $59,150Manhattan, KS — $59,170Dothan, AL — $59,290Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $59,450Canton-Massillon, OH — $59,500Tyler, TX — $59,500Billings, MT — $59,510Jefferson City, MO — $59,570Harrisonburg, VA — $59,580Tallahassee, FL — $59,590Tuscaloosa, AL — $59,700St. Cloud, MN — $59,750Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $59,770Grand Island, NE — $59,780Decatur, IL — $59,840Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $59,900Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $59,960Baton Rouge, LA — $59,990College Station-Bryan, TX — $59,990Gainesville, GA — $59,990Toledo, OH — $60,220Goldsboro, NC — $60,270Jackson, MS — $60,310Odessa, TX — $60,350Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $60,600Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,820North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,870Hammond, LA — $60,930Lynchburg, VA — $60,990Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $61,000Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $61,020Rocky Mount, NC — $61,030Jacksonville, NC — $61,050Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $61,050Eugene-Springfield, OR — $61,100Ogden, UT — $61,110Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $61,220Columbus, GA-AL — $61,380Eau Claire, WI — $61,500Lincoln, NE — $61,550Macon-Bibb County, GA — $61,560Winston-Salem, NC — $61,580Corvallis, OR — $61,590Columbia, SC — $61,610Flint, MI — $61,610Missoula, MT — $61,620Tucson, AZ — $61,630Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,640Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $61,660Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $61,710Ocala, FL — $61,740Sherman-Denison, TX — $61,760Traverse City, MI — $61,760Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $61,810Yuma, AZ — $61,810Akron, OH — $61,830South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $61,830Bloomington, IN — $61,870Gainesville, FL — $62,050Kenosha, WI — $62,110Roanoke, VA — $62,130Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $62,200Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $62,220Montgomery, AL — $62,360Lexington-Fayette, KY — $62,380Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,400Topeka, KS — $62,410Rockford, IL — $62,500Wausau, WI — $62,510Greensboro-High Point, NC — $62,580Bay City, MI — $62,610Niles, MI — $62,630Lebanon, PA — $62,720Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $62,740Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $62,750Columbus, IN — $62,770Janesville-Beloit, WI — $62,790Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,870Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $62,880Ames, IA — $62,970Grand Forks, ND-MN — $63,040Boise City, ID — $63,130Flagstaff, AZ — $63,130Evansville, IN — $63,170Helena, MT — $63,230Alexandria, LA — $63,280Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $63,310Terre Haute, IN — $63,320Fond du Lac, WI — $63,360Wichita, KS — $63,430Albany, GA — $63,560State College, PA — $63,580Battle Creek, MI — $63,590Jacksonville, FL — $63,620Wilmington, NC — $63,620Albany, OR — $63,650Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $63,650Omaha, NE-IA — $63,700Bozeman, MT — $63,720Grand Junction, CO — $63,740Mankato, MN — $63,740Tulsa, OK — $63,760Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $63,780Decatur, AL — $63,780Urban Honolulu, HI — $63,780Logan, UT-ID — $63,800Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $63,900Auburn-Opelika, AL — $63,920Binghamton, NY — $63,930Saginaw, MI — $63,940Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,040Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $64,080Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $64,090Syracuse, NY — $64,110La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $64,130Iowa City, IA — $64,170Dubuque, IA — $64,180Sheboygan, WI — $64,290Utica-Rome, NY — $64,330Midland, TX — $64,400Fairbanks-College, AK — $64,480Savannah, GA — $64,520Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $64,550Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $64,600Cedar Rapids, IA — $64,620San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $64,690Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $64,690Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $64,770Birmingham, AL — $64,880Hattiesburg, MS — $65,120Pueblo, CO — $65,160Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $65,170Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $65,170Killeen-Temple, TX — $65,170St. Louis, MO-IL — $65,170Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,440Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $65,520Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $65,580Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $65,630Spartanburg, SC — $65,870Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $66,100Chattanooga, TN-GA — $66,370Oklahoma City, OK — $66,410Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $66,450Cleveland, OH — $66,610Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $67,080Champaign-Urbana, IL — $67,130Elizabethtown, KY — $67,200Glens Falls, NY — $67,230Kingston, NY — $67,230Ithaca, NY — $67,260Winchester, VA-WV — $67,300Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $67,370Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $67,380Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $67,470Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $67,550Casper, WY — $67,640Naples-Marco Island, FL — $67,780Kansas City, MO-KS — $68,050Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $68,240Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $68,260Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $68,320Portland-South Portland, ME — $68,330New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $68,600Raleigh-Cary, NC — $68,790Ann Arbor, MI — $68,890Fargo, ND-MN — $68,950Greenville, NC — $68,960Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $69,280Owensboro, KY — $69,350Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $69,380Santa Fe, NM — $69,410Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $69,470Springfield, MA — $69,790Cheyenne, WY — $69,990Greeley, CO — $70,230Fort Wayne, IN — $70,410Midland, MI — $70,440Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $70,490Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $70,510Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $70,660Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $71,060Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $71,060Springfield, IL — $71,110San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $71,190Salisbury, MD — $71,490Anchorage, AK — $71,510Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $71,550Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $71,560Rochester, NY — $71,740Bend, OR — $72,000Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $72,390Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $72,610Elmira, NY — $72,630Fresno, CA — $72,870Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $73,050Green Bay, WI — $73,090Columbus, OH — $73,280Madison, WI — $73,510Albuquerque, NM — $73,640Pittsfield, MA — $73,720Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $73,780Huntsville, AL — $73,810Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $73,840Chico, CA — $73,890Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $73,890Lawton, OK — $73,920Redding, CA — $73,920Warner Robins, GA — $73,920Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $74,390Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $74,610Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $74,660Visalia, CA — $74,780Rochester, MN — $74,830Manchester-Nashua, NH — $75,090Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $75,190Dalton, GA — $75,500Colorado Springs, CO — $75,550Worcester, MA — $75,610Richmond, VA — $75,730Bismarck, ND — $75,770Reno, NV — $75,840Peoria, IL — $76,150Walla Walla, WA — $76,360Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $76,580Charlottesville, VA — $76,580Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $76,600Modesto, CA — $76,610Barnstable Town, MA — $76,690Dover, DE — $76,740Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $76,970Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $77,010Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $77,010Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $77,050Yakima, WA — $77,150Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $77,210Bellingham, WA — $77,320Merced, CA — $77,380Fayetteville, NC — $77,500Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $77,570Stockton-Lodi, CA — $77,710Jackson, MI — $77,860Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $78,110Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $78,380Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $78,450Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $78,920Salinas, CA — $78,960Vallejo, CA — $79,590Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $79,860Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $80,610Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $80,700Carson City, NV — $81,000Boulder, CO — $81,180San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $81,240Rapid City, SD — $81,330Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $81,440Yuba City, CA — $81,650Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $82,930Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $83,180Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $83,390New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $84,130Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $84,470Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $84,990Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $84,990Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $85,650Salem, OR — $87,740Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $87,830Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $89,640New Haven, CT — $91,530Bloomington, IL — $91,630El Centro, CA — $93,100Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $96,000Napa, CA — $98,190Lexington Park, MD — $99,960Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $101,680San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $102,520Kennewick-Richland, WA — $103,030San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $117,620

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 El Paso metro area has the 292nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 363 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 Texas

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

  • El Paso metro areathis page
    $57,810 median for El Paso metro area; middle half earns $44,010 to $73,920
  • $69,470 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $53,790 to $86,090
  • $69,280 median for Dallas metro area; middle half earns $54,530 to $87,840
  • $68,320 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $52,580 to $89,990
  • $65,170 median for Killeen metro area; middle half earns $48,850 to $86,920
  • $64,690 median for San Antonio metro area; middle half earns $48,710 to $83,280
  • $64,400 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $46,080 to $81,690

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

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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.