State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Art Directors in Massachusetts earn a median of $149,320. In Kentucky, $76,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.2% — not 49%.
Nominal pay gap
-49%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-40.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Art Directors
- Median
- $76,160
- p25
- $59,530
- p75
- $98,320
- p10
- $42,990
- p90
- $121,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.