State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Michigan vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Michigan, $57,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.8%
Michigan vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-16.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $57,350
- p25
- $46,370
- p75
- $70,400
- p10
- $38,770
- p90
- $86,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.