State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Massachusetts, $171,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 2.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.6%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-6.9%
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
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.