State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Missouri vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Missouri, $56,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 26.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.6%
Missouri vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $56,750
- p25
- $45,420
- p75
- $70,920
- p10
- $36,950
- p90
- $83,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.