State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Alabama vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Alabama, $98,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.6% — not 44.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.3%
Alabama vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-36.6%
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
Virginia
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $176,340
- p25
- $132,210
- p75
- $234,080
- p10
- $106,880
- p90
- $312,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.