State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Arkansas vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Arkansas, $104,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.3% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.9%
Arkansas vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-31.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $104,170
- p25
- $75,750
- p75
- $177,370
- p10
- $57,810
- p90
- $305,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.