Public Relations Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities designed to create or maintain a favorable public image or raise issue awareness for their organization or client.
- Median pay
- $146,910
- Doing it now
- 80,800
- By 2035
- Up 5.7%
- Usually needs
- Bachelor's degree
a year
across the country
6,100 openings a year
to get in
What to study
The fields of study the Department of Education links to this occupation, most widely taught first.
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationSee 470 colleges that teach it
- Communication and Media StudiesSee 1,139 colleges that teach it
- Business/Corporate CommunicationsSee 64 colleges that teach it
Who it suits
O*NET scores every occupation on six interest dimensions. This one leans hardest on these three.
Leading and persuading
Organised and precise
Helping and teaching
Careers like this one
Where this comes from: the description and the task list are O*NET, which the Department of Labor maintains. Pay, workforce size, outlook and the education normally needed are the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections programme, 2025 wages and 2025 to 2035 projections. Half of them earn more than $146,910 a year, which means half earn less, and what you would earn depends on where you work and how long you have been doing it. The fields of study come from the National Center for Education Statistics crosswalk.