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Public Relations Managers

Management · SOC 11-2032

23.2% AI Exposure — High
$146,910
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
Proj. Annual Openings
74,850
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+5.8%/yr
Empl. growth (2021–2025)
77/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 11-2032 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
23.2%
High · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
34/100
Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$146,910
H-1B offered wage $153,918; LCAs are filings.
Projected openings
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +5.0%.
Observed/proxy demand
80
FY2025 certified LCAs; 1,564 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Critical ThinkingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningCommunicationProblem Solving
  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

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Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure23.2%
AI Resiliency77/100
Exposure BandHigh
Sector Avg. Exposure13.2%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

57.5%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic23.2%
AI capability · OpenAI55%
AI ability · AIOE94.4%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne1.5%

AI could do ~55% of this role but only ~23.2% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Critical Thinking
2.Reading Comprehension
3.Active Listening
4.Communication
5.Problem Solving

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

898
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
80
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$153,918
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#183 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities designed to create or maintain a favorable public image or raise issue awareness for their organization or client.

Common titles: Communications Director, Communications Manager, Community Relations Director, Development Director, Public Affairs Director, Public Relations Director (PR Director)

Representative Tasks

  • Assign, supervise, and review the activities of public relations staff.
  • Confer with labor relations managers to develop internal communications that keep employees informed of company activities.
  • Design and edit promotional publications, such as brochures.
  • Develop and maintain the company's corporate image and identity, which includes the use of logos and signage.
  • Develop, implement, or maintain crisis communication plans.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Develop promotional materials.
  • Establish interpersonal business relationships to facilitate work activities.
  • Liaise between departments or other groups to improve function or communication.
  • Present information to the public.
  • Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.

Tools & Technologies

Salesforce software · hotAdobe After Effects · hotAdobe Creative Cloud software · hotAdobe Illustrator · hotAdobe InDesign · hotAdobe Photoshop · hotCanva · hotFacebook · hotTikTok · hotWordPress · hot

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
12.0%
Avg AI Exposure
10
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 11-2032: 2021 — employment: 59,850, median wage: $125,780; 2022 — employment: 64,280, median wage: $129,430; 2023 — employment: 72,760, median wage: $134,760; 2025 — employment: 74,850, median wage: $146,910.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure23.2%13.2%
OutlookAverage40% Bright
Median Salary$146,910N/A
AI Resiliency77/100N/A