Public Relations Specialists Salary in Lubbock, TX

Public Relations Specialists pay range in Lubbock

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,400 a year or less, while the top 10% make $91,560 or more. The middle half of public relations specialists in Lubbock earn between $38,140 and $70,150.

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

Public Relations Specialists salary after taxes in Lubbock

On the average salary of $58,690, a single filer in Lubbock takes home about $49,337 a year, or $4,111 a month and $1,898 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Lubbock area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.3), so the average $58,690 buys what about $64,271 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Lubbock ($42,130). A typical home costs $213,766, or 3.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Public Relations Specialists salary in other Texas cities

Lubbock ranks 19th of 25 Texas metro areas for this job; Austin pays the most ($75,960).

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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).

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