State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: California vs Missouri
Art Directors in California earn a median of $137,780. In Missouri, $100,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 36.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.5%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+12%
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%
Missouri
Art Directors
- Median
- $100,940
- p25
- $79,030
- p75
- $126,360
- p10
- $60,590
- p90
- $162,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.