State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Indiana vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Indiana, $55,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.3%
Indiana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-17%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $55,480
- p25
- $46,600
- p75
- $70,260
- p10
- $38,520
- p90
- $98,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.