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Public Relations Managers

SOC 11-2032

Shape how an organization is seen and steer its response when the news turns bad.

The job
Median pay
$147k
$107k to $205k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+5.7% projected
Openings a year
6k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
11/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
67th pct
More exposed than 67% of occupations · modeled estimate · 74th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
59/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California9,4000.51.1×$168k
Texas8,1900.61.2×$127k
New York7,7100.81.6×$181k
Washington DC7,41010.621.9×$198k
Florida2,9900.30.6×$128k
Illinois2,7700.50.9×$132k
Virginia2,6100.61.3×$176k
New Jersey2,4200.61.2×$175k
Pennsylvania2,2100.40.8×$118k
Massachusetts2,1700.61.2×$172k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Michigan1,7200.40.8×$118k
Washington1,6100.50.9×$159k
Georgia1,5400.30.7×$135k
Maryland1,5300.61.1×$149k
North Carolina1,5100.30.6×$132k
Oregon1,4100.71.5×$131k
Ohio1,4000.30.5×$119k
Minnesota1,2300.40.9×$139k
Arizona1,1700.40.8×$114k
Colorado1,0610.40.8×$163k~
Wisconsin1,0100.30.7×$114k
Connecticut8900.51.1×$154k
Missouri7600.30.5×$115k
Tennessee7000.20.4×$127k
South Carolina6500.30.6×$105k
Iowa6300.40.8×$121k
Indiana6000.20.4×$115k
Utah5800.30.7×$133k
Alabama5400.30.5×$98k
Kentucky5100.30.5×$112k
Oklahoma4900.30.6×$96k
Nevada4500.30.6×$114k
Idaho3930.50.9×$98k~
Hawaii3900.61.3×$105k
Alaska3801.22.4×$121k
Arkansas3400.30.5×$104k
Nebraska3300.30.7×$104k
New Hampshire3300.51.0×$133k
Louisiana3200.20.3×$94k
Maine3020.51.0×$167k~
Kansas3000.20.4×$130k
Vermont2800.91.9×$125k~
New Mexico2500.30.6×$115k
Rhode Island2100.40.9×$156k
Montana1800.40.7×$100k
Delaware1700.40.7×$153k
Mississippi1700.10.3×$97k
North Dakota1300.30.6×$114k
South Dakota1180.30.5×$128k~
Wyoming1140.40.8×$117k~
West Virginia700.10.2×$82k

Top metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV9,470 jobs · $195k median
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ7,940 jobs · $192k median
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,610 jobs · $164k median
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,850 jobs · $131k median
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,190 jobs · $133k median
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,880 jobs · $193k median
  7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,810 jobs · $176k median
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,790 jobs · $131k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.