State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Art Directors in Massachusetts earn a median of $149,320. In Pennsylvania, $97,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.4% — not 53.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.2%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+41.4%
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
Pennsylvania
Art Directors
- Median
- $97,450
- p25
- $76,670
- p75
- $113,610
- p10
- $65,470
- p90
- $149,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.