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Public Relations Specialists in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 27-3031 · CBSA 47900

Occupation
Public Relations Specialists (SOC 27-3031)
Metropolitan area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Applications FY2020–FY2026
297
Median offered wage
$73,342
Certified (last three years)
92.8%
Median wage$73,342certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Public Relations Specialists with a worksite in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Public Relations Specialists in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: applications by fiscal year

2856FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2856FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202033
FY202147
FY202251
FY202356
FY202442
FY202545
FY2026*23
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*212
FY2025414
FY2024357
FY2023506
FY2022483
FY20213710
FY2020276
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. United Nations Foundation17
  2. The Nature Conservancy13
  3. World Wildlife Fund US13
  4. Pew Research Center11
  5. The Henry L. Stimson Center10
  6. National Foundation for Cancer Research9
  7. Refugees International8
  8. Education Association for China Tomorrow, Inc.8
  9. National Geographic Partners, LLC8
  10. Fleishman-hillard, Inc.7
  11. Results Educational Fund, Inc.7
  12. Ashoka7
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2023–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $73,342; middle half $62,795 to $100,000 · median prevailing wage $62,795 (marker) · 137 applications.

$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I69
  2. Level II31
  3. Level III21
  4. Level IV15
Job titles
  1. Public Relations Specialist17
  2. Communications Associate11
  3. School Based Public Relations Specialist4
  4. Communications Coordinator4
  5. Communications Specialist4
  6. Public Relations Officer4
  7. President of Hunt Alternatives & Deputy To AMB. Swanee Hunt4
  8. Social Media Manager3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Public Relations Specialists appears on 5,324 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 2,910 employers in 198 metropolitan areas; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV accounts for 5.58% of them, and its median offered wage is 5.3% above the national median of $69,680.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
5,324
Metropolitan areas with filings
198
Employers nationwide
2,910
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$69,680
Share in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
5.58%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Public Relations Specialists
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,021
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA813
  3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV297
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA266
  5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL216
  6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH167
  7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA134
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN125
  9. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA93
  10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA91
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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