State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Delaware vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Delaware, $60,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 22.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.3%
Delaware vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-15.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $60,130
- p25
- $49,050
- p75
- $76,820
- p10
- $41,040
- p90
- $92,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- 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.