State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: California vs Oregon
Art Directors in California earn a median of $137,780. In Oregon, $133,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 2.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.9%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-3.8%
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%
Oregon
Art Directors
- Median
- $133,840
- p25
- $103,310
- p75
- $185,240
- p10
- $89,390
- p90
- $216,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.