State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Art Directors in Massachusetts earn a median of $149,320. In Colorado, $99,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.3% — not 33%.
Nominal pay gap
-33%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-31.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Art Directors
- Median
- $99,990
- p25
- $81,910
- p75
- $123,570
- p10
- $73,110
- p90
- $162,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
Massachusetts
Art Directors
- Median
- $149,320
- p25
- $101,290
- p75
- $169,710
- p10
- $78,470
- p90
- $218,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.