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Art Director Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California

The annual salary statistics of art directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of art directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Art Directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$59,840
25th Percentile Wage
$84,310
50th Percentile Wage
$121,900
75th Percentile Wage
$157,330
90th Percentile Wage
$201,590

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for art directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $201,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $121,900. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $59,840.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of art directors from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$121,900
1.97% 15.10%
2016
$119,500
4.44% -
2015
$114,190
4.69% -
2014
$108,830
4.71% -
2013
$103,700
0.20% -
2012
$103,490
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Table 2. Compare Art Director Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $121,900 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is in the middle of salary range for art directors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of art directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is 23.0 percent (23.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 37.1 percent (37.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Stockton.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$158,220
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$158,000
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$131,620
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$131,510
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$121,900
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$115,940
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$113,920
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$112,390
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$107,160
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$105,560
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$104,170
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$103,940
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$101,280
Fresno
$100,110
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$86,700
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$86,430
Stockton
$76,650