State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: California vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In California, $75,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.3% — not 2.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.9%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-5.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $75,130
- p25
- $55,500
- p75
- $99,240
- p10
- $46,190
- p90
- $129,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- 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.