State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: California vs Wisconsin
Art Directors in California earn a median of $137,780. In Wisconsin, $81,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.4% — not 69.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.8%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+44.4%
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%
Wisconsin
Art Directors
- Median
- $81,130
- p25
- $66,240
- p75
- $106,260
- p10
- $58,470
- p90
- $131,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.