State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: New York vs Texas
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Texas, $60,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.7% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.6%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+15.7%
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%
Texas
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $60,150
- p25
- $45,990
- p75
- $75,540
- p10
- $36,340
- p90
- $92,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
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.