State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Louisiana vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Louisiana, $94,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.7% — not 46.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.5%
Louisiana vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-38.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $94,380
- p25
- $76,310
- p75
- $132,360
- p10
- $66,150
- p90
- $183,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.