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Creative Director salary in New York

A real-employer view of Creative Director pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Creative Director in New York: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 3 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $154,500. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level IV — fully competent3$154,500

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Creative Director in New York. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Razorfish LLCCreative Director1$154,500
Publicis Media, IncCreative Director1$134,000
Uninterrupted Digital Ventures, LLCCreative Director1$185,000

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Creative Director at Razorfish LLC
    $154,500
    New YorkWage Level IVDecided Jul 23, 2025I-200-25197-179185
  • Creative Director at Publicis Media, Inc
    $134,000
    New YorkWage Level IVDecided Jan 16, 2025I-200-25008-603056
  • Creative Director at Uninterrupted Digital Ventures, LLC
    $185,000
    New YorkWage Level IVDecided Nov 12, 2024I-203-24309-451992

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.