State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Kansas vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Kansas, $129,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.4%
Kansas vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-17.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $129,760
- p25
- $102,280
- p75
- $159,550
- p10
- $83,430
- p90
- $196,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.