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State comparison · 2025

Art Directors salary: California vs Delaware

Occupation

Art Directors in California earn a median of $137,780. In Delaware, $97,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.6% — not 41.6%.

Nominal pay gap
+41.6%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+27.6%
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%
See full breakdown for California

Delaware

Art Directors

Median
$97,320
p25
$85,400
p75
$103,590
p10
$78,140
p90
$127,730
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
99.8
See full breakdown for Delaware

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.