State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Illinois vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Illinois, $131,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.2%
Illinois vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-24.3%
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%
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.