State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Alabama vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Alabama, $77,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.7% — not 43.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.8%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-31.7%
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
New York
Art Directors
- Median
- $137,320
- p25
- $105,750
- p75
- $198,330
- p10
- $80,060
- p90
- $280,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.