Pay distribution $45,500 10th $54,700 25th $107,640 75th $130,910 90th
Half of Public Relations Specialists in the Modesto metro area earn more than $76,610 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $54,700 and $107,640.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $45,500 $54,700 $76,610 $107,640 $130,910 Hourly $21.88 $26.30 $36.83 $51.75 $62.94
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.
How this area compares Modesto metro areathis metro area
$76,610 median for Modesto metro area; middle half earns $54,700 to $107,640
$85,030 median for California; middle half earns $64,460 to $121,180
$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 −10% vs California overall and +2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $42,770 $67,720 $92,670 $117,620 Mobile, AL — $42,770 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $45,140 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $46,030 St. George, UT — $47,020 Columbia, MO — $47,700 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $48,500 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $48,520 San Angelo, TX — $48,860 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $48,980 Chambersburg, PA — $49,020 Gettysburg, PA — $49,240 Johnstown, PA — $49,350 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $49,360 Florence, SC — $49,820 Great Falls, MT — $50,190 Paducah, KY-IL — $50,500 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $51,080 Laredo, TX — $51,100 Reading, PA — $51,180 Lancaster, PA — $51,230 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $51,730 Johnson City, TN — $51,890 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $52,000 Joplin, MO-KS — $52,090 Idaho Falls, ID — $52,110 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $52,500 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $52,530 Texarkana, TX-AR — $52,570 Bowling Green, KY — $52,580 Jackson, TN — $52,580 Lubbock, TX — $52,740 Springfield, MO — $52,990 Erie, PA — $53,060 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $53,330 Las Cruces, NM — $53,540 Bangor, ME — $53,610 Twin Falls, ID — $54,130 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $54,210 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $54,300 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $54,450 Corpus Christi, TX — $54,570 Victoria, TX — $54,690 Morgantown, WV — $54,710 Charleston, WV — $54,790 Altoona, PA — $54,860 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $54,880 Springfield, OH — $54,930 Punta Gorda, FL — $55,290 Minot, ND — $55,330 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $55,440 Lewiston, ID-WA — $55,590 Williamsport, PA — $55,660 York-Hanover, PA — $55,660 Monroe, LA — $55,750 Pittsburgh, PA — $55,910 Monroe, MI — $56,030 Sandusky, OH — $56,030 Duluth, MN-WI — $56,110 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $56,200 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $56,320 Waco, TX — $56,440 Appleton, WI — $56,480 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $56,480 Abilene, TX — $56,830 Vineland, NJ — $56,870 Clarksville, TN-KY — $56,890 Lafayette, LA — $57,060 Muncie, IN — $57,340 Knoxville, TN — $57,360 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $57,600 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $57,720 El Paso, TX — $57,810 Medford, OR — $57,870 Wichita Falls, TX — $57,910 Amarillo, TX — $57,920 Lima, OH — $57,970 Rome, GA — $57,980 Lawrence, KS — $58,040 Lake Charles, LA — $58,150 Port St. Lucie, FL — $58,220 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $58,270 Longview, TX — $58,290 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $58,460 Pocatello, ID — $58,610 Asheville, NC — $58,970 Burlington, NC — $59,150 Manhattan, KS — $59,170 Dothan, AL — $59,290 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $59,450 Canton-Massillon, OH — $59,500 Tyler, TX — $59,500 Billings, MT — $59,510 Jefferson City, MO — $59,570 Harrisonburg, VA — $59,580 Tallahassee, FL — $59,590 Tuscaloosa, AL — $59,700 St. Cloud, MN — $59,750 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $59,770 Grand Island, NE — $59,780 Decatur, IL — $59,840 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $59,900 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $59,960 Baton Rouge, LA — $59,990 College Station-Bryan, TX — $59,990 Gainesville, GA — $59,990 Toledo, OH — $60,220 Goldsboro, NC — $60,270 Jackson, MS — $60,310 Odessa, TX — $60,350 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $60,600 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,820 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,870 Hammond, LA — $60,930 Lynchburg, VA — $60,990 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $61,000 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $61,020 Rocky Mount, NC — $61,030 Jacksonville, NC — $61,050 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $61,050 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $61,100 Ogden, UT — $61,110 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $61,220 Columbus, GA-AL — $61,380 Eau Claire, WI — $61,500 Lincoln, NE — $61,550 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $61,560 Winston-Salem, NC — $61,580 Corvallis, OR — $61,590 Columbia, SC — $61,610 Flint, MI — $61,610 Missoula, MT — $61,620 Tucson, AZ — $61,630 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $61,640 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $61,660 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $61,710 Ocala, FL — $61,740 Sherman-Denison, TX — $61,760 Traverse City, MI — $61,760 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $61,810 Yuma, AZ — $61,810 Akron, OH — $61,830 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $61,830 Bloomington, IN — $61,870 Gainesville, FL — $62,050 Kenosha, WI — $62,110 Roanoke, VA — $62,130 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $62,200 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $62,220 Montgomery, AL — $62,360 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $62,380 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $62,400 Topeka, KS — $62,410 Rockford, IL — $62,500 Wausau, WI — $62,510 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $62,580 Bay City, MI — $62,610 Niles, MI — $62,630 Lebanon, PA — $62,720 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $62,740 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $62,750 Columbus, IN — $62,770 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $62,790 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,870 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $62,880 Ames, IA — $62,970 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $63,040 Boise City, ID — $63,130 Flagstaff, AZ — $63,130 Evansville, IN — $63,170 Helena, MT — $63,230 Alexandria, LA — $63,280 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $63,310 Terre Haute, IN — $63,320 Fond du Lac, WI — $63,360 Wichita, KS — $63,430 Albany, GA — $63,560 State College, PA — $63,580 Battle Creek, MI — $63,590 Jacksonville, FL — $63,620 Wilmington, NC — $63,620 Albany, OR — $63,650 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $63,650 Omaha, NE-IA — $63,700 Bozeman, MT — $63,720 Grand Junction, CO — $63,740 Mankato, MN — $63,740 Tulsa, OK — $63,760 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $63,780 Decatur, AL — $63,780 Urban Honolulu, HI — $63,780 Logan, UT-ID — $63,800 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $63,900 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $63,920 Binghamton, NY — $63,930 Saginaw, MI — $63,940 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,040 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $64,080 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $64,090 Syracuse, NY — $64,110 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $64,130 Iowa City, IA — $64,170 Dubuque, IA — $64,180 Sheboygan, WI — $64,290 Utica-Rome, NY — $64,330 Midland, TX — $64,400 Fairbanks-College, AK — $64,480 Savannah, GA — $64,520 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $64,550 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $64,600 Cedar Rapids, IA — $64,620 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $64,690 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $64,690 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $64,770 Birmingham, AL — $64,880 Hattiesburg, MS — $65,120 Pueblo, CO — $65,160 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $65,170 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $65,170 Killeen-Temple, TX — $65,170 St. Louis, MO-IL — $65,170 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,440 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $65,520 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $65,580 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $65,630 Spartanburg, SC — $65,870 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $66,100 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $66,370 Oklahoma City, OK — $66,410 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $66,450 Cleveland, OH — $66,610 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $67,080 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $67,130 Elizabethtown, KY — $67,200 Glens Falls, NY — $67,230 Kingston, NY — $67,230 Ithaca, NY — $67,260 Winchester, VA-WV — $67,300 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $67,370 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $67,380 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $67,470 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $67,550 Casper, WY — $67,640 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $67,780 Kansas City, MO-KS — $68,050 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $68,240 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $68,260 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $68,320 Portland-South Portland, ME — $68,330 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $68,600 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $68,790 Ann Arbor, MI — $68,890 Fargo, ND-MN — $68,950 Greenville, NC — $68,960 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $69,280 Owensboro, KY — $69,350 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $69,380 Santa Fe, NM — $69,410 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $69,470 Springfield, MA — $69,790 Cheyenne, WY — $69,990 Greeley, CO — $70,230 Fort Wayne, IN — $70,410 Midland, MI — $70,440 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $70,490 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $70,510 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $70,660 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $71,060 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $71,060 Springfield, IL — $71,110 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $71,190 Salisbury, MD — $71,490 Anchorage, AK — $71,510 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $71,550 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $71,560 Rochester, NY — $71,740 Bend, OR — $72,000 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $72,390 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $72,610 Elmira, NY — $72,630 Fresno, CA — $72,870 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $73,050 Green Bay, WI — $73,090 Columbus, OH — $73,280 Madison, WI — $73,510 Albuquerque, NM — $73,640 Pittsfield, MA — $73,720 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $73,780 Huntsville, AL — $73,810 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $73,840 Chico, CA — $73,890 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $73,890 Lawton, OK — $73,920 Redding, CA — $73,920 Warner Robins, GA — $73,920 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $74,390 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $74,610 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $74,660 Visalia, CA — $74,780 Rochester, MN — $74,830 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $75,090 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $75,190 Dalton, GA — $75,500 Colorado Springs, CO — $75,550 Worcester, MA — $75,610 Richmond, VA — $75,730 Bismarck, ND — $75,770 Reno, NV — $75,840 Peoria, IL — $76,150 Walla Walla, WA — $76,360 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $76,580 Charlottesville, VA — $76,580 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $76,600 Modesto, CA — $76,610 Barnstable Town, MA — $76,690 Dover, DE — $76,740 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $76,970 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $77,010 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $77,010 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $77,050 Yakima, WA — $77,150 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $77,210 Bellingham, WA — $77,320 Merced, CA — $77,380 Fayetteville, NC — $77,500 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $77,570 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $77,710 Jackson, MI — $77,860 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $78,110 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $78,380 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $78,450 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $78,920 Salinas, CA — $78,960 Vallejo, CA — $79,590 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $79,860 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $80,610 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $80,700 Carson City, NV — $81,000 Boulder, CO — $81,180 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $81,240 Rapid City, SD — $81,330 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $81,440 Yuba City, CA — $81,650 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $82,930 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $83,180 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $83,390 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $84,130 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $84,470 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $84,990 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $84,990 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $85,650 Salem, OR — $87,740 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $87,830 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $89,640 New Haven, CT — $91,530 Bloomington, IL — $91,630 El Centro, CA — $93,100 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $96,000 Napa, CA — $98,190 Lexington Park, MD — $99,960 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $101,680 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $102,520 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $103,030 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $117,620 Modesto metro area 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 Modesto metro area has the 51st-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 California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for public relations specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Modesto metro areathis page
$76,610 median for Modesto metro area; middle half earns $54,700 to $107,640
$117,620 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $80,010 to $169,140
$102,520 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $75,750 to $147,230
$98,190 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $69,170 to $133,380
$93,100 median for El Centro metro area; middle half earns $72,850 to $111,500
$89,640 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $72,910 to $111,320
$83,180 median for Santa Cruz metro area; middle half earns $64,080 to $104,620
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .