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State comparison · 2025

Art Directors salary: Missouri vs New York

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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%
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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%
See full breakdown for New York

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.