Public Relations Specialist salary in San Jose, CA

Based on 34 certified H-1B filings in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Santa Clara, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Milpitas, Sunnyvale.

Also listed as: Public Relations Specialists

Median salary$84,672
Middle 50%$79.9k–$126k
vs. national median+21%comparison median $70,000
Filings34FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $57,150 and $206,880.
PercentileSalary
10th$62,962
25th$79,863
50th (median)$84,672
75th$126,000
90th$158,665

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2020: median $75,000 (15 filings) FY2021: median $92,500 (12 filings) FY2022: median $82,000 (13 filings) FY2023: median $91,708 (14 filings) FY2024: median $67,000 (12 filings) FY2025: median $83,200 (13 filings) FY2026: median $85,000 (21 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 15 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 13 filings FY22 FY2023: 14 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 21 filings FY26 21
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$75,000$64,230$84,50015
FY2021$92,500$74,927$102,34612
FY2022$82,000$70,000$157,59013
FY2023$91,708$84,406$127,29414
FY2024$67,000$62,005$76,25012
FY2025$83,200$62,962$89,44013
FY2026$85,000$84,344$147,29921

Cost of living

San Jose's median Public Relations Specialist salary of $84,672 is worth about $76,700 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Jose = 110.4).

Compared with all workers here

All Public Relations Specialists in the San Jose, CA area earned a median of $117,620 in May 2025 (2,200 employed). The H-1B median here is $84,672, 28% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Dexmatetoo few2
Gen Digitaltoo few2
Kovai Restaurantstoo few2
Ma Laboratoriestoo few2
Mirworktoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $78,000 15
Mid-level · Level II $84,344 11
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$62,962$78,00015
Mid-level · Level II$84,344$84,34411

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.