State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Mississippi vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Mississippi, $66,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.4% — not 51.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.9%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-40.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Art Directors
- Median
- $66,020
- p25
- $53,790
- p75
- $87,920
- p10
- $44,020
- p90
- $174,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.