State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: New York vs Oklahoma
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Oklahoma, $53,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 44.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.2%
New York vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+17.3%
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%
Oklahoma
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $53,630
- p25
- $39,410
- p75
- $65,980
- p10
- $27,310
- p90
- $80,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- 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.