State comparison · 2025
Public Relations Specialists salary: Virginia vs Washington
Public Relations Specialists in Washington earn a median of $87,470. In Virginia, $80,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.7% — not 8.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.1%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $80,380
- p25
- $60,610
- p75
- $111,600
- p10
- $46,840
- p90
- $162,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
Washington
Public Relations Specialists
- Median
- $87,470
- p25
- $71,140
- p75
- $111,890
- p10
- $60,760
- p90
- $136,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.