State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Public Relations Managers in New York earn a median of $180,880. In Massachusetts, $171,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.2% — not 5.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.1%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-3.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $171,740
- p25
- $121,570
- p75
- $215,490
- p10
- $93,220
- p90
- $315,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.