State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Arizona vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Arizona, $58,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.9% — not 24.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.3%
Arizona vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $58,510
- p25
- $50,250
- p75
- $75,290
- p10
- $43,780
- p90
- $88,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.