Degree to Occupation Map
Occupations related to a public relations and advertising degree
NCES and BLS publish a crosswalk relating instructional programs to occupations. This page lists every occupation that crosswalk relates to public relations and advertising, with the BLS typical entry education, 2025 median wage and projected growth for each, and links to the RoleSprint page covering the role where one exists.
What occupations does the official crosswalk relate to a public relations and advertising degree?
The CIP 2020-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk published by NCES and BLS relates 11 CIP 2020 programs in public relations and advertising to 15 occupations. That maps a field of study to lines of work; it is not a statement that a public relations and advertising degree qualifies someone for any of them, and the crosswalk carries no figure for how many graduates enter each. Across the 15 with a published 2025 BLS wage the median is $77,920, ranging from $47,340 for Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys to $149,280 for Human Resources Managers. BLS typical entry-level education splits 1 at high school diploma or equivalent, 13 at bachelor's degree, 1 at doctoral or professional degree: 14 at or below a bachelor's degree and 1 above it. Community Health Workers is projected to grow fastest at +12.7% over 2025-35. The highest-paid are Human Resources Managers ($149,280), Advertising and Promotions Managers ($133,660) and Training and Development Managers ($133,000).
- Related occupations
- 15, from 11 CIP 2020 programs in public relations and advertising (a further 3 related occupations have no BLS or O*NET row on this site and are not listed)
- What the mapping means
- NCES states only that it "crosswalks 2020 CIP Codes to 2018 SOC Codes". It relates a program to an occupation. It does not establish qualification, hiring, or how many graduates take that path.
- BLS typical entry-level education
- High school diploma or equivalent: 1; Bachelor's degree: 13; Doctoral or professional degree: 1
- Median wage across these occupations
- $77,920 (2025); 15 of 15 have a published BLS wage
- Next step
- 7 of the 15 occupations have a dedicated RoleSprint page covering what the role requires and how the work is performed.
Source and method
2020 CIP / 2018 SOC Crosswalk, National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics, and BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2. Verified 2026-09-06. Program-to-occupation relationships are reproduced from the NCES/BLS crosswalk exactly as published; RoleSprint groups CIP programs into the field of study a person would search for and lists the union of their related occupations, showing every member CIP code. Wage, typical entry education and outlook are reproduced from BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2 for the matching SOC code. Working-condition figures are O*NET 30.3 means. No relationship strength, employment share or qualification judgement is published, because no source supplies one.
What this list is, and what it is not
The crosswalk's own description of itself is one sentence: “This file crosswalks 2020 CIP Codes to 2018 SOC Codes in ascending order by CIP Code.” It relates a field of study to lines of work.
It does not say a public relations and advertising degree qualifies anyone for these occupations, that graduates usually enter them, or what share do: the crosswalk publishes no such figure. The wage and education columns come from a separate source, BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, and describe the occupation rather than the degree. Typical entry education is what BLS observes most often among people already doing the work; it is not a rule about who may be hired.
The 15 related occupations
Ordered by BLS median wage, highest first. 15 of 15 have a published wage.
| Occupation | BLS typical entry-level education | Median wage | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
Human Resources Managers SOC 11-3121 Contact with others 4.7 · Time pressure 3.9 · Sitting 4.2 · Outdoors, all weather 1.6 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $149,280 2025 median | +5.5% 2025-35 · 16.8 openings/yr |
Advertising and Promotions Managers SOC 11-2011 Contact with others 4.7 · Time pressure 4.4 · Sitting 4.3 · Outdoors, all weather 2.5 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $133,660 2025 median | -3.7% 2025-35 · 2.3 openings/yr |
Training and Development Managers SOC 11-3131 Contact with others 4.5 · Time pressure 3.6 · Sitting 4.4 · Outdoors, all weather 1.3 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $133,000 2025 median | +6.4% 2025-35 · 4.1 openings/yr |
Fundraising Managers SOC 11-2033 Contact with others 5.0 · Time pressure 4.0 · Sitting 4.9 · Outdoors, all weather 1.5 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $125,470 2025 median | +5.4% 2025-35 · 3.7 openings/yr |
Technical Writers SOC 27-3042 Contact with others 4.1 · Time pressure 4.2 · Sitting 4.5 · Outdoors, all weather 1.1 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $90,390 2025 median | +0.8% 2025-35 · 3.2 openings/yr |
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes SOC 13-1011 Contact with others 4.9 · Time pressure 4.7 · Sitting 4.6 · Outdoors, all weather 1.2 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $82,890 2025 median | +9.7% 2025-35 · 2.4 openings/yr |
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary SOC 25-1122 Contact with others 4.5 · Time pressure 3.7 · Sitting 3.7 · Outdoors, all weather 1.2 of 5 | Doctoral or professional degree Above bachelor's | $78,580 2025 median | +2.1% 2025-35 · 2.4 openings/yr |
Editors SOC 27-3041 Contact with others 4.5 · Time pressure 4.6 · Sitting 4.4 · Outdoors, all weather 1.6 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $77,920 2025 median | -1.1% 2025-35 · 7.9 openings/yr |
Public Relations Specialists SOC 27-3031 Contact with others 4.4 · Time pressure 4.5 · Sitting 3.9 · Outdoors, all weather 1.9 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $74,750 2025 median | +1.8% 2025-35 · 23 openings/yr |
Fundraisers SOC 13-1131 Contact with others 4.6 · Time pressure 3.7 · Sitting 4.0 · Outdoors, all weather 1.8 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $72,550 2025 median | +5.5% 2025-35 · 10 openings/yr |
Training and Development Specialists SOC 13-1151 Contact with others 4.6 · Time pressure 3.7 · Sitting 3.9 · Outdoors, all weather 1.5 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $69,280 2025 median | +10.8% 2025-35 · 46 openings/yr |
Health Education Specialists SOC 21-1091 Contact with others 4.7 · Time pressure 3.8 · Sitting 3.6 · Outdoors, all weather 1.7 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $64,070 2025 median | +5.6% 2025-35 · 6.9 openings/yr |
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists SOC 27-3023 Contact with others 4.6 · Time pressure 4.9 · Sitting 4.2 · Outdoors, all weather 2.7 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $62,200 2025 median | -5.9% 2025-35 · 3.4 openings/yr |
Community Health Workers SOC 21-1094 Contact with others 4.6 · Time pressure 3.4 · Sitting 2.9 · Outdoors, all weather 2.0 of 5 | High school diploma or equivalent At or below bachelor's | $51,850 2025 median | +12.7% 2025-35 · 7 openings/yr |
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys SOC 27-3011 Contact with others 4.4 · Time pressure 4.8 · Sitting 4.1 · Outdoors, all weather 3.0 of 5 | Bachelor's degree At or below bachelor's | $47,340 2025 median | -7.6% 2025-35 · 2 openings/yr |
The crosswalk relates 3 further occupations to this field (11-2032, 27-2099, 99-9999) for which BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2 publishes no line item on this site. They are counted here rather than listed, because there would be nothing to show beside the name.
BLS typical entry-level education for these occupations
14 of the 15 have a BLS typical entry-level education at or below a bachelor's degree; 1 are above it. "Typical" is BLS's word: it describes the workers already in the occupation.
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 1
- Bachelor's degree
- 13
- Doctoral or professional degree
- 1
This is BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2's description of the education most workers in each occupation typically hold when they enter it. It is not a list of requirements, and it says nothing about licences, certifications or experience, which BLS records separately and this page does not show.
Which programs this covers
“Public relations and advertising” groups 11 CIP 2020 instructional programs. The occupation list above is the union of everything the crosswalk relates to them.
- 09.0900 Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
- 09.0901 Organizational Communication, General
- 09.0902 Public Relations/Image Management
- 09.0903 Advertising
- 09.0904 Political Communication
- 09.0905 Health Communication
- 09.0906 Sports Communication
- 09.0907 International and Intercultural Communication
- 09.0908 Technical and Scientific Communication
- 09.0909 Communication Management and Strategic Communications
- 09.0999 Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other
Grouping is RoleSprint's, and it is printed here so it can be checked. CIP's own grain is finer than the phrase anyone searches; the alternative is one page per code, which would put near-identical lists in front of the same question. How this map is built.
Working out which of these is realistic
A related occupation is a starting point, not a verdict. Three different questions decide whether one is worth pursuing, and each has its own page.
Program-to-occupation relationships from the 2020 CIP / 2018 SOC Crosswalk, National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wage, typical entry education and outlook from BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2. Working-condition figures from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA and RoleSprint has modified some of this information.
What to do next
A crosswalk relates a field of study to lines of work. Whether one specific opening is worth your time depends on what you can actually show, which is a different question and the one RoleSprint answers.