Exactly 190 of Kentucky's 920 public relations professionals work in Lexington. The number of public relations professionals in Lexington has grown by 90% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Lexington has also increased.

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In Lexington, salaries for public relations professionals have decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $71,190 per year was earned by public relations professionals in Lexington. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for public relations professionals in Lexington was $71,500 per year. This decline is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Lexington.

Public relations professionals in Lexington make a median yearly salary of $65,930. The difference in pay between the public relations professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 169%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $39,470 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $106,160 per year.

Lexington public relations professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Lexington's public relations professionals are graduates of the only accredited public relations school in the city.

There is one degree and certificate program in public relations offered by Lexington's public relations school.

In 2010 approximately 137 students graduated from public relations courses.