State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: California vs Colorado
Art Directors in California earn a median of $137,780. In Colorado, $99,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.8%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+28.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Art Directors
- Median
- $99,990
- p25
- $81,910
- p75
- $123,570
- p10
- $73,110
- p90
- $162,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.