State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: California vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In California, $167,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 4.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.7%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-13%
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%
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.