State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Mississippi vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Mississippi, $45,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.8% — not 41%.
Nominal pay gap
-41%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-26.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $45,640
- p25
- $37,380
- p75
- $57,720
- p10
- $32,260
- p90
- $75,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.