For those with less than five years’ experience, the gap is $6,000, with men making $55,000 and women $49,000. For PR pros with more than five years’ experience, men make $138,500 while women make $100,000, a $38,500 difference.
The salary gap between men’s and women’s pay in PR is a longstanding industry issue on which very little progress seems to be made. What can be done about it?
A trio of leaders – Barri Rafferty, senior partner and CEO, North America, Ketchum; Charlene Wheeless, principal VP, corporate affairs, Bechtel; and Cindy Gallop, founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld and MakeLoveNotPorn.tv – share their thoughts in this exclusive video with PRWeek.
