State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Georgia vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Georgia, $110,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 19.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.6%
Georgia vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-9.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Art Directors
- Median
- $110,430
- p25
- $52,900
- p75
- $157,750
- p10
- $49,990
- p90
- $198,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.