State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Maryland vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Maryland, $98,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.3%
Maryland vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-26.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Art Directors
- Median
- $98,400
- p25
- $80,470
- p75
- $125,440
- p10
- $61,160
- p90
- $175,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.