State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Iowa vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Iowa, $80,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.6% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.1%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-27.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Art Directors
- Median
- $80,940
- p25
- $70,770
- p75
- $106,910
- p10
- $62,990
- p90
- $126,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.