State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Massachusetts, $76,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 0.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-0.8%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+1.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $76,710
- p25
- $60,030
- p75
- $95,990
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $108,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.