State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Arizona vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Arizona, $114,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 35.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.1%
Arizona vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-34.9%
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
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.