State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In New Jersey, $174,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 0.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.8%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-7.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $174,980
- p25
- $133,120
- p75
- $225,340
- p10
- $99,370
- p90
- $288,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.