State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Alaska, $120,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.3% — not 31.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.4%
Alaska vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-32.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $120,920
- p25
- $100,870
- p75
- $138,220
- p10
- $73,550
- p90
- $193,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.