PR industry salaries revealed: What top firms like Edelman and FTI Consulting pay for roles in strategy, analytics, and more
Summary List Placement PR firms have begun hiring again as the industry bounces back from pandemic spending cuts, and the Department of Labor expects the industry, which employed around 275,000 in 2019 , to add around 20,000 jobs over the next decade. PR salaries can vary widely. A VP at privately-held consulting and PR firm Teneo can earn $205,000, while the same role at Publicis'' MSL brings in a base salary of $165,000. Agencies still pay top dollar for international talent. They are required to file paperwork for all employees on visas, and the US Department of Labor''s Office of Foreign Labor Certification releases that information for all employers every quarter . Negotiations for the salaries below are based on "prevailing wages," or the minimum amount companies must pay people for the jobs in question. In most cases, the salaries are considerably higher than the prevailing totals, which the Department of Labor uses to protect US employees'' wages and prevent educated immigrant labor from accepting lower pay to get visas.
PR industry salaries revealed: What top firms like Edelman and FTI Consulting pay for roles in strategy, analytics, and more
Summary List Placement PR firms have begun hiring again as the industry bounces back from pandemic spending cuts, and the Department of Labor expects the industry, which employed around 275,000 in 2019 , to add around 20,000 jobs over the next decade. PR salaries can vary widely. A VP at privately-held consulting and PR firm Teneo can earn $205,000, while the same role at Publicis'' MSL brings in a base salary of $165,000. Agencies still pay top dollar for international talent. They are required to file paperwork for all employees on visas, and the US Department of Labor''s Office of Foreign Labor Certification releases that information for all employers every quarter . Negotiations for the salaries below are based on "prevailing wages," or the minimum amount companies must pay people for the jobs in question. In most cases, the salaries are considerably higher than the prevailing totals, which the Department of Labor uses to protect US employees'' wages and prevent educated immigrant labor from accepting lower pay to get visas.