State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Alabama vs California
Art Directors in California earn a median of $137,780. In Alabama, $77,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.1% — not 44%.
Nominal pay gap
-44%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-30.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Art Directors
- Median
- $77,220
- p25
- $66,190
- p75
- $98,240
- p10
- $56,540
- p90
- $131,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Art Directors
- Median
- $137,780
- p25
- $106,470
- p75
- $192,380
- p10
- $81,500
- p90
- $249,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -11%
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.