State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Kentucky vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Kentucky, $76,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.7% — not 44.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.5%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-33.7%
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
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.