State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Alabama vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Alabama, $51,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
-34%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-19.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $51,070
- p25
- $39,030
- p75
- $67,430
- p10
- $33,050
- p90
- $89,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
New York
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $77,340
- p25
- $58,610
- p75
- $100,370
- p10
- $43,680
- p90
- $131,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.