State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: New York vs Wisconsin
Graphic Designers in New York earn a median of $77,340. In Wisconsin, $59,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 29.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.1%
New York vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+12.6%
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%
Wisconsin
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $59,900
- p25
- $48,390
- p75
- $73,360
- p10
- $42,680
- p90
- $85,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.