State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Rhode Island vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Rhode Island, $156,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 11.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.5%
Rhode Island vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.