State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: New York vs Tennessee
Public Relations Managers in New York earn a median of $180,880. In Tennessee, $127,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 42%.
Nominal pay gap
+42%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+20.9%
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%
Tennessee
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $127,390
- p25
- $92,940
- p75
- $163,130
- p10
- $58,420
- p90
- $192,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.