State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Arkansas vs California
Art Directors in California earn a median of $137,780. In Arkansas, $71,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.5% — not 47.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.8%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-33.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Art Directors
- Median
- $71,930
- p25
- $62,060
- p75
- $82,070
- p10
- $52,990
- p90
- $130,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.