State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Colorado vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Colorado, $99,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.2%
Colorado vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-23.8%
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
New York
Art Directors
- Median
- $137,320
- p25
- $105,750
- p75
- $198,330
- p10
- $80,060
- p90
- $280,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.