State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Public Relations Managers in District of Columbia earn a median of $197,600. In Colorado, $162,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-12.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $162,870
- p25
- $124,680
- p75
- $208,020
- p10
- $98,180
- p90
- $238,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.