State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Iowa vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Iowa, $50,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.1% — not 34.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.9%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-20.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $50,310
- p25
- $44,610
- p75
- $63,640
- p10
- $36,970
- p90
- $75,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.