PR Specialist Salary in Knoxville, Tennessee

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As of January 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a PR Specialist in Knoxville, TN is $71,542. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $63,775 to $79,571, with most professionals earning between $56,703 and $86,880.

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What does a PR Specialist do?

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Develops, plans, and conducts public relations and public affairs programs, both domestic and/or global, to improve and support company business objectives with the media, public, industry, and other external stakeholders.

August 23, 2022

Demonstrated success in accomplishing key business objectives spanning brand awareness, media placements, and demand generation.

December 06, 2022

Support PR/marketing initiatives and manage day-to-day media relations functions, to include building national and local media database, monitoring and tracking media coverage, maintaining media lists, creating editorial calendars and media outreach/ follow-up.

January 04, 2023

Create effective email pitches to compel industry influencers to include a citation and/or link in previously created pieces of content or publish an article, guest blog, and opinion piece.

March 05, 2023

Manage exhibitor communications as they relate to public relations, including distribution of press lists, coordination of exhibitor announcements at events, assistance in coordinating media tours and exhibitor/media meeting spaces, managing exhibitor center PR tasks and other exhibitor communications-related needs.

March 25, 2023

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Average Salary Range for PR Specialist in Knoxville, TN

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63775

79571

71542

Average Total Cash Compensation

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65973

84383

74695

What is the average salary for PR Specialist in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of PR Specialist in Knoxville, TN. The base salary for PR Specialist ranges from $63,775 to $79,571 with the average base salary of $71,542. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $65,973 to $84,383 with the average total cash compensation of $74,695.

View Average Salary for PR Specialist as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$71,542	$63,775 - $79,571
Bonus	$3,153	$2,198 - $4,812
Total Pay	$74,695	$65,973 - $84,383

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

PR Specialist Salary Near Knoxville, TN

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Knoxville, TN
CITY, STATE Asheville, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $63,930 - $79,764	COMPARE TO Knoxville, TN
CITY, STATE Johnson City, TN	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $60,530 - $75,522	COMPARE TO Knoxville, TN
CITY, STATE Kingsport, TN	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $60,757 - $75,805	COMPARE TO Knoxville, TN
CITY, STATE Chattanooga, TN	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $62,703 - $78,234	COMPARE TO Knoxville, TN
CITY, STATE Greenville, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $65,715 - $81,992	COMPARE TO Knoxville, TN
CITY, STATE Richmond, KY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $64,576 - $80,570	COMPARE TO Knoxville, TN

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About Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Knox County. The city had an estimated population of 186,239 in 2016 and a population of 178,874 as of the 2010 census, making it the state's third largest city after Nashville and Memphis. Knoxville is the principal city of the Knoxville Metropolitan Statistical Area, which, in 2016, was 868,546, up 0.9 percent, or 7,377 people, from to 2015. The KMSA is, in turn, the central component of the Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette Combined Statistical Area, which, in 2013, had a population of 1,096,961. First settled in 178...

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