State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Kentucky vs New York
Public Relations Managers in New York earn a median of $180,880. In Kentucky, $112,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.9%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-25.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $112,320
- p25
- $89,200
- p75
- $144,240
- p10
- $73,470
- p90
- $171,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.