State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: New York vs Tennessee
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Tennessee, $57,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
+35%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+15%
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%
Tennessee
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $57,270
- p25
- $47,510
- p75
- $75,170
- p10
- $37,910
- p90
- $92,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.