State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Iowa vs New York
Public Relations Managers in New York earn a median of $180,880. In Iowa, $120,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 33.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.3%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $120,730
- p25
- $95,430
- p75
- $149,190
- p10
- $74,040
- p90
- $194,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.