State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: California vs New York
Public Relations Managers in New York earn a median of $180,880. In California, $167,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 7.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.1%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-9.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $167,980
- p25
- $125,550
- p75
- $222,310
- p10
- $97,800
- p90
- $300,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +21%
New York
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $180,880
- p25
- $139,410
- p75
- $233,530
- p10
- $108,180
- p90
- $323,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +6%
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.