State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Illinois vs New York
Public Relations Managers in New York earn a median of $180,880. In Illinois, $131,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $131,990
- p25
- $98,400
- p75
- $169,640
- p10
- $75,730
- p90
- $221,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.