State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Louisiana vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Louisiana, $49,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 35.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.5%
Louisiana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $49,910
- p25
- $42,640
- p75
- $62,570
- p10
- $35,910
- p90
- $76,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.