State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Pennsylvania, $60,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 27.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.4%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+15.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $60,730
- p25
- $47,670
- p75
- $80,480
- p10
- $39,430
- p90
- $102,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
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.