State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: New Jersey vs New York
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In New Jersey, $73,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 4.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.6%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-5.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $73,790
- p25
- $59,150
- p75
- $92,040
- p10
- $47,490
- p90
- $122,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.