According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, public relations will be one of the fastest growing fields between 1998 and 2008, that does not require a Master's Degreeor higher. Although the PRSA/IABC 2000 Salary Survey the number of PR professionals has risen from 22 % in 1996 to 30 %.
In 1998, public relations specialists held approximately 122,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Approximately 13,000 of those people were self-employed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also states that there were approximately 485,000 advertising,
marketing and public relations managers working in all industries in 1998.
The PRSA/IABC 2000 Salary Survey states that the median range for public relations practitioners is $53,000, a $4,000 increase from 1995. Salaries ranged from $28,000 to $147,000 in 1999.