State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: New Mexico vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In New Mexico, $115,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 34.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.6%
New Mexico vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-28.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $115,260
- p25
- $86,180
- p75
- $150,810
- p10
- $77,160
- p90
- $200,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.