State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Illinois vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Illinois, $62,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.7% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.1%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $62,560
- p25
- $47,530
- p75
- $81,320
- p10
- $36,060
- p90
- $98,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.