State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Minnesota vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Minnesota, $109,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 20.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.1%
Minnesota vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Art Directors
- Median
- $109,700
- p25
- $89,380
- p75
- $134,990
- p10
- $70,810
- p90
- $177,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.