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Art Director Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California

The annual salary statistics of art directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of art directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 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-Santa Ana, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$49,710
25th Percentile Wage
$74,900
50th Percentile Wage
$104,170
75th Percentile Wage
$144,290
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for art directors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $144,290. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $104,170. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,710.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of art directors from 2012 to 2014. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2014
$104,170
4.18% 4.06%
2013
$99,820
-0.12% -
2012
$99,940
- -

Table 2. Compare Art Director Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $104,170 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 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-Santa Ana is 34.2 percent (34.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 26.4 percent (26.4%) 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