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Public Relations Specialists salary in Utah

SOC 27-3031 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$62,670
per year in Utah
Middle half
$49,920–$89,190
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
1,800
in Utah
Concentration
0.57×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

Utah
$62,670
published median
United States
$74,750
16.2% below the national median
Rank among states and DC
40th
51 with a published estimate

After local prices: the $62,670 median has purchasing power comparable to about $63,390 nationally. Utah's BEA regional price parity is 98.9 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for Utah.

$41,410$119,270

Getting in

Typical education to enter
Bachelor's degree
Related work experience
None
On-the-job training
None

Narrow to a metro in Utah

Every linked area below has a published estimate for public relations specialists. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$65,440100.91,0000.66×
2Logan, UT-ID$63,80095.9500.44×
3Ogden, UT$61,110100.32000.41×
4Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$60,60098.23200.57×
5St. George, UT$47,02097.3700.42×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where public relations specialists wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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