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Art Director Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of art directors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of art directors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$64,740
25th Percentile Wage	$103,180
50th Percentile Wage	$142,390
75th Percentile Wage	$185,000
90th Percentile Wage	$203,200

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for art directors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $203,200. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $142,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $64,740.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of art directors from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$142,390	7.19%	17.68%
2021	$132,150	9.06%	-
2020	$120,180	5.69%	-
2019	$113,340	3.70%	-
2018	$109,150	-1.70%	-
2017	$111,010	0.30%	-
2016	$110,680	-5.75%	-
2015	$117,040	2.35%	-
2014	$114,290	-1.80%	-
2013	$116,350	-0.75%	-
2012	$117,220	-	-

Table 2. Compare Art Director Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $142,390, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for art directors in state of New York, followed by Syracuse (median annual salary $128,110). In comparison, the median annual salary of art directors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 10.0 percent (10.0%) higher than that in Syracuse.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$142,390
Syracuse	$128,110
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$117,440
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$111,440
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$107,970
Rochester	$95,120
Nassau-Suffolk	$90,920
Utica-Rome	$66,830