State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Minnesota vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Minnesota, $63,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 17.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.4%
Minnesota vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-9.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $63,860
- p25
- $51,570
- p75
- $78,380
- p10
- $42,690
- p90
- $96,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.