State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Kansas vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Kansas, $60,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.3% — not 56%.
Nominal pay gap
-56%
Kansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-47.3%
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
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.