State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: New York vs Virginia
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Virginia, $72,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 7%.
Nominal pay gap
+7%
New York vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+0.2%
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%
Virginia
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $72,310
- p25
- $52,470
- p75
- $95,420
- p10
- $39,020
- p90
- $121,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.