The annual salary statistics of art directors in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of art directors in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $56,090 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,320 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $94,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $117,560 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $141,550 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for art directors in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $141,550. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $94,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $56,090.
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 | $94,850 | -4.26% | 14.15% |
| 2021 | $98,890 | 13.67% | - |
| 2020 | $85,370 | -17.78% | - |
| 2019 | $100,550 | 1.44% | - |
| 2018 | $99,100 | 13.24% | - |
| 2017 | $85,980 | 11.60% | - |
| 2016 | $76,010 | -2.59% | - |
| 2015 | $77,980 | 3.30% | - |
| 2014 | $75,410 | -7.78% | - |
| 2013 | $81,280 | -0.18% | - |
| 2012 | $81,430 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $94,850, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is the second highest paying city for art directors in state of Pennsylvania, following the highest paying city Newark-Union (median annual salary of $99,160). Compared with Newark-Union, the median annual salary of art directors in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is 4.3 percent (4.3%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Newark-Union | |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington | |
| Philadelphia | |
| Reading | |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre | |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton | |
| York-Hanover | |
| Pittsburgh | |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle | |
| Lancaster |