State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Public Relations Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $197,600. In Alabama, $98,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.5% — not 50.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.3%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-38.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $98,210
- p25
- $80,070
- p75
- $127,510
- p10
- $63,380
- p90
- $176,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
District of Columbia
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $197,600
- p25
- $142,020
- p75
- $296,830
- p10
- $117,350
- p90
- $346,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.