State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: New York vs North Carolina
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In North Carolina, $58,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.3%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $58,450
- p25
- $46,710
- p75
- $74,410
- p10
- $37,680
- p90
- $95,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.