State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Massachusetts vs Missouri
Art Directors in Massachusetts earn a median of $149,320. In Missouri, $100,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 47.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.9%
Massachusetts vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+27%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Art Directors
- Median
- $149,320
- p25
- $101,290
- p75
- $169,710
- p10
- $78,470
- p90
- $218,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
Missouri
Art Directors
- Median
- $100,940
- p25
- $79,030
- p75
- $126,360
- p10
- $60,590
- p90
- $162,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.