Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication: earnings by state

What Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication graduates typically earn 4 years out, in each state.

Graduates with a bachelor's in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication typically earn most 4 years out in California ($84,458) and least in Arkansas ($55,246). Pay usually follows local wages and living costs, so a high figure isn't a reason on its own to study there.

Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
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Median of school medians, earnings 4 years after graduating, today's dollars. Blank: fewer than 3 schools report. Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars.
StateMedian earnings
Alabama—
Alaska—
Arizona$60k
Arkansas$55k
California$84k
Colorado—
Connecticut—
Delaware—
District of Columbia$84k
Florida$68k
Georgia$70k
Hawaii—
Idaho—
Illinois$68k
Indiana$71k
Iowa$67k
Kansas—
Kentucky$56k
Louisiana$57k
Maine—
Maryland—
Massachusetts$76k
Michigan$64k
Minnesota—
Mississippi—
Missouri$61k
Montana—
Nebraska—
Nevada—
New Hampshire—
New Jersey$68k
New Mexico—
New York$72k
North Carolina$60k
North Dakota—
Ohio$65k
Oklahoma$60k
Oregon—
Pennsylvania$69k
Rhode Island$83k
South Carolina$70k
South Dakota—
Tennessee$65k
Texas$69k
Utah—
Vermont—
Virginia—
Washington$71k
West Virginia—
Wisconsin$70k
Wyoming—

Every state, highest first

StateMedian, 4 years outSchools
California$84,4588
District of Columbia$84,2223
Rhode Island$82,7343
Massachusetts$76,0534
New York$72,22614
Washington$71,4705
Indiana$71,0836
South Carolina$70,0843
Wisconsin$69,7943
Georgia$69,7473
Pennsylvania$69,32213
Texas$69,1208
Illinois$68,40610
New Jersey$68,3273
Florida$68,06511
Iowa$67,1616
Tennessee$65,2804
Ohio$64,90914
Michigan$63,9349
Missouri$60,7336
Oklahoma$60,4933
Arizona$60,0043
North Carolina$59,7975
Louisiana$57,1863
Kentucky$55,7626
Arkansas$55,2463

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