State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Managers salary: Tennessee vs Virginia
Public Relations Managers in Virginia earn a median of $176,340. In Tennessee, $127,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.5% — not 27.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.8%
Tennessee vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
-20.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.