State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Alaska vs California
Art Directors in California earn a median of $137,780. In Alaska, $75,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41% — not 45.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.4%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-41%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Art Directors
- Median
- $75,200
- p25
- $67,230
- p75
- $94,250
- p10
- $60,260
- p90
- $104,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.