State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: South Carolina vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In South Carolina, $104,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.8% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.5%
South Carolina vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-35.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
South Carolina
Public Relations Managers
- Median
- $104,920
- p25
- $80,010
- p75
- $145,240
- p10
- $65,160
- p90
- $212,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.