In Might 2021, once we surveyed over 3,700 international PR and communications professionals about their media relations practices, we additionally requested the taboo query: “How a lot do you make?”

And we didn’t cease there—we additionally requested survey respondents about their satisfaction ranges of their present roles.

Our major goal was to be taught how wage and satisfaction ranges differ amongst PR and communications professionals within the US primarily based on work scenario and job seniority.

Work scenario was categorized into company, in-house, and solo practitioner; seniority was categorized into interns and entry stage, associates and specialists, managers and administrators, vice presidents and C-Suite.

PR execs are general very happy

It doesn’t matter what stage they’re at, or the place they work, PR execs are happy with their present roles. Over half of PR professionals within the U.S. fee their satisfaction stage at an 8 out of 10 or increased.

Senior PR execs (supervisor stage and above) are extra possible than junior roles to fee their satisfaction at an 8 or increased. Alternatively, solo PR practitioners are much less possible than their counterparts in company and in-house departments to fee their satisfaction at an 8 or increased.

Most PR execs make underneath $81,000 USD a yr

The most typical wage ranges are $30-45,999 per yr at greater than 1 / 4 of respondents, adopted by $46-60,999 at 17%.

Unsurprisingly, the upper your job seniority within the PR trade, the more cash you make. Nonetheless, there’s a substantial distinction in earnings between managers and administrators and VPs and C-suite. Lower than 30% of VPs and C-suite earn underneath $81,000 per yr, whereas amongst supervisor and administrators 64% of respondents earn lower than $81,000 per yr.

Solo PR execs usually tend to earn extra

Whereas the wage findings among the many three work scenario classes are comparable, professionals working as solo practitioners have a slight benefit over company and in-house, with 5.4% extra solo respondents incomes $81,000 or extra. As nicely, solo practitioners have the bottom share (7.3%) of respondents incomes lower than $30,000 and the very best share (12.2%) incomes over $151,000.

Wage doesn’t purchase satisfaction—largely

Breaking down satisfaction stage into three classes: low 1-4, medium 5-7, and excessive 8-10, we discovered that whereas wage doesn’t essentially appear to purchase satisfaction, neither does it appear to harm. With every rise in satisfaction stage, the share of respondents incomes over $30,000 per yr will increase by 11%.

Obtain the free report, How a lot do you make? The wage and satisfaction ranges of execs within the PR trade, for the remainder of our findings and extra about these highlights.