State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Maine vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Maine, $100,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
Maine vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-18.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Art Directors
- Median
- $100,300
- p25
- $70,470
- p75
- $138,120
- p10
- $39,950
- p90
- $161,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.