State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: New York vs Rhode Island
Public Relations Managers in New York earn a median of $180,880. In Rhode Island, $156,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 15.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.9%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+9.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Rhode Island
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $156,080
- p25
- $108,380
- p75
- $201,360
- p10
- $83,400
- p90
- $252,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.