Public Relations Specialists Salary in Bend, OR

Public Relations Specialists pay range in Bend

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $48,150 a year or less, while the top 10% make $114,640 or more. The middle half of public relations specialists in Bend earn between $54,670 and $94,330.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Public Relations Specialists salary after taxes in Bend

On the average salary of $76,280, a single filer in Bend takes home about $57,072 a year, or $4,756 a month and $2,195 every two weeks. Taxes take 25% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Portland-area Metro and Multnomah County taxes and the 0.1% statewide transit tax are not included.

Is Bend a good place for public relations specialists? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Bend area are 4% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.6), so the average $76,280 buys what about $73,624 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Bend ($54,570). A typical home costs $672,286, or 8.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Public Relations Specialists salary in other Oregon cities

Bend ranks 3rd of 7 Oregon metro areas for this job; Salem pays the most ($85,760).

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Highest-paying cities for public relations specialists

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($126,870).

Public Relations Specialists salary by city

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