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Corporate Communications/Public Relations/Investor Relations (Corporate Salary Averages by Title, Company Size and Industry) |
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| Large Cos.1 | Medium Cos.2 | Small Cos.3 | |
| Senior Vice President | |||
| Consumer Products | $237,850 | $167,600 | $130,000 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing | $178,500 | $146,000 | $103,750 |
| Healthcare | $302,000 | $207,000 | $153,500 |
| Financial Services | $255,000 | $174,500 | $146,500 |
| Investor Relations | $226,750 | $166,250 | $122,500 |
| High Tech | $325,300 | $219,000 | $161,000 |
| Vice President | |||
| Consumer Products | $206,500 | $146,000 | $119,500 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing | $156,800 | $130,000 | $103,000 |
| Healthcare | $265,000 | $208,750 | $158,800 |
| Financial Services | $206,000 | $162,500 | $125,700 |
| Investor Relations | $200,000 | $165,700 | $127,500 |
| High Tech | $297,500 | $205,200 | $140,500 |
| Director | |||
| Consumer Products | $135,700 | $108,500 | $ 92,500 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing | $125,000 | $98,000 | $ 85,700 |
| Healthcare | $182,200 | $168,500 | $122,300 |
| Financial Services | $141,200 | $126,000 | $109,000 |
| Investor Relations | $144,200 | $110,700 | $94,700 |
| High Tech | $188,200 | $163,800 | $126,300 |
| Manager | |||
| Consumer Products | $84,900 | $66,100 | $59,700 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing | $67,200 | $60,000 | $52,100 |
| Healthcare | $102,500 | $98,700 | $82,900 |
| Financial Services | $87,000 | $74,100 | $57,000 |
| Investor Relations | $83,000 | $74,000 | $61,600 |
| High Tech | $101,000 | $93,100 | $71,500 |
| Specialist | |||
| Consumer Products | $66,000 | $54,200 | $41,500 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing | $57,700 | $50,950 | $39,200 |
| Healthcare | $79,500 | $70,700 | $61,500 |
| Financial Services | $72,000 | $58,200 | $45,000 |
| Investor Relations | $72,100 | $61,000 | $52,700 |
| High Tech | $80,900 | $68,700 | $62,000 |
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PR Agency Salary Averages (Salary Ranges by Title, Location and Client Industries) |
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| POSITION | N.Y.C | LA / SF | Lg City | Sm City |
| President/CEO | ||||
| Consumer Products | $216,500 | $189,500 | $179,000 | $119,200 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing | $157,500 | $141,000 | $136,000 | $101,000 |
| Healthcare | $265,000 | $245,000 | $248,500 | $146,100 |
| Financial Services | $228,500 | $211,500 | $190,000 | $142,000 |
| Investor Relations | $254,000 | $210,000 | $199,100 | $139,700 |
| High Tech | $315,000 | $265,000 | $255,200 | $180,500 |
| Exec.VP/ Sr.V.P. | ||||
| Consumer Products | $157,000 | $137,500 | $124,500 | $100,000 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing | $141,500 | $119,000 | $97,700 | $86,000 |
| Healthcare | $198,300 | $168,000 | $149,200 | $112,000 |
| Financial Services | $181,000 | $158,000 | $143,000 | $122,000 |
| Investor Relations | $179,500 | $163,000 | $144,000 | $106,200 |
| High Tech | $196,500 | $162,250 | $149,700 | $134,700 |
| V.P./Group Director | ||||
| Consumer Products | $97,400 | $105,000 | $99,800 | $83,500 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing | $86,750 | $82,000 | $76,000 | $63,000 |
| Healthcare | $121,700 | $118,000 | $115,750 | $96,000 |
| Financial Services | $103,000 | $102,700 | $ 98,000 | $87,000 |
| Investor Relations | $102,000 | $ 88,900 | $ 83,000 | $70,000 |
| High Tech | $138,200 | $127,000 | $118,500 | $99,750 |
| Acct..Superv./Acct. Mgr. | ||||
| Consumer Products | $78,100 | $67,000 | $65,000 | $56,750 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing | $73,600 | $62,000 | $58,900 | $52,200 |
| Healthcare | $97,500 | $90,500 | $84,200 | $69,500 |
| Financial Services | $82,800 | $74,100 | $71,900 | $60,500 |
| Investor Relations | $85,900 | $80,000 | $72,000 | $61,700 |
| High Tech | $99,900 | $89,500 | $86,800 | $69,900 |
| Sr. Account Executive | ||||
| Consumer Products | $51,900 | $48,750 | $46,500 | $40,000 |
| Industrial/Manufacturing | $43,500 | $40,750 | $40,200 | $34,000 |
| Healthcare | $68,300 | $61,750 | $59,600 | $52,000 |
| Financial Services | $59,700 | $54,100 | $49,000 | $41,000 |
| Investor Relations | $61,000 | $50,500 | $51,000 | $42,600 |
| High Tech | $69,500 | $56,300 | $53,200 | $49,500 |
| Account Executive. | ||||
| Consumer Products | $42,200 | $31,200 | $29,200 | $24,900 |
| Industrial/ Manufacturing | $40,500 | $36,800 | $31,500 | $26,000 |
| Healthcare | $53,200 | $46,000 | $42,200 | $39,500 |
| Financial Services | $44,500 | $38,100 | $37,500 | $32,900 |
| Investor Relations | $47,000 | $40,500 | $40,100 | $32,300 |
| High Tech | $56,000 | $49,700 | $47,300 | $39,000 |
| Your Key To This Survey |
| Large PR agency: Net fee incomes > $5 million |
| Mid-size PR agency: Net fee income $1 million - $5 million |
| Small PR agency: Net fee income < $1 million |
| Large corporation: sales > 1 billion |
| Mid-sized corporation: sales $400 million - $1 billion |
| Small corporation: sales < $400 million |
| Large city: population > 1 million |
| Small city: population < 1 million |
Editor's Note: Survey data reflect base salaries only, and do not include averages for the nonprofit sector.