State comparison · 2025
Art Directors salary: Missouri vs New York
Art Directors in New York earn a median of $137,320. In Missouri, $100,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.5%
Missouri vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Art Directors
- Median
- $100,940
- p25
- $79,030
- p75
- $126,360
- p10
- $60,590
- p90
- $162,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.