State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Art Directors in Massachusetts earn a median of $149,320. In New York, $137,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 8.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.7%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+10.9%
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
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.