State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Alabama vs New York
Public Relations Managers in New York earn a median of $180,880. In Alabama, $98,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34% — not 45.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.7%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-34%
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
New York
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $180,880
- p25
- $139,410
- p75
- $233,530
- p10
- $108,180
- p90
- $323,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +6%
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.