State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Maryland vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Maryland, $149,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.3%
Maryland vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $149,380
- p25
- $113,100
- p75
- $198,340
- p10
- $82,180
- p90
- $282,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.