State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Kentucky vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Kentucky, $52,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.5%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $52,960
- p25
- $42,210
- p75
- $65,330
- p10
- $32,620
- p90
- $81,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.