State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Hawaii vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Hawaii, $58,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.9%
Hawaii vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-26.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $58,070
- p25
- $46,140
- p75
- $78,420
- p10
- $31,890
- p90
- $91,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.