State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Art Directors in Massachusetts earn a median of $149,320. In Kansas, $60,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.5% — not 59.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-59.5%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-52.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Art Directors
- Median
- $60,460
- p25
- $57,990
- p75
- $96,120
- p10
- $38,350
- p90
- $121,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Massachusetts
Art Directors
- Median
- $149,320
- p25
- $101,290
- p75
- $169,710
- p10
- $78,470
- p90
- $218,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.