State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Arkansas vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Arkansas, $46,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.8% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Arkansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-25.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $46,220
- p25
- $37,530
- p75
- $58,230
- p10
- $31,570
- p90
- $79,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.