State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Public Relations Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $197,600. In Arizona, $114,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.8% — not 42.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.1%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-36.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $114,400
- p25
- $95,200
- p75
- $155,750
- p10
- $80,000
- p90
- $213,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.