Public Relations Specialists Salary in Roanoke, VA

Public Relations Specialists pay range in Roanoke

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $40,600 a year or less, while the top 10% make $116,810 or more. The middle half of public relations specialists in Roanoke earn between $48,480 and $82,790.

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

Public Relations Specialists salary after taxes in Roanoke

On the average salary of $72,080, a single filer in Roanoke takes home about $56,208 a year, or $4,684 a month and $2,162 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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

Prices in the Roanoke area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.6), so the average $72,080 buys what about $76,994 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Roanoke ($47,140). A typical home costs $301,139, or 4.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Public Relations Specialists salary in other Virginia cities

Roanoke ranks 5th of 9 Virginia metro areas for this job; Charlottesville pays the most ($83,880).

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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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