State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Connecticut vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Connecticut, $154,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 12.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.5%
Connecticut vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $154,210
- p25
- $103,430
- p75
- $214,800
- p10
- $78,130
- p90
- $288,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.