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Art Director Salary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The annual salary statistics of art directors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage data of art directors in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$57,590
25th Percentile Wage
$70,910
50th Percentile Wage
$84,940
75th Percentile Wage
$108,940
90th Percentile Wage
$127,080

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for art directors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $127,080. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $84,940. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,590.

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
$84,940
14.42% 2.45%
2016
$72,690
-6.85% -
2015
$77,670
3.32% -
2014
$75,090
-10.73% -
2013
$83,150
0.35% -
2012
$82,860
- -

Table 2. Compare Art Director Salary in Philadelphia with Other Pennsylvania Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $84,940 in Philadelphia is in the middle of salary range for art directors in state of Pennsylvania. In comparison, the annual salary of art directors in Philadelphia is 14.3 percent (14.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Newark-Union and 24.5 percent (24.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Lancaster.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Newark-Union
$99,160
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
$94,850
Philadelphia
$84,940
Reading
$82,760
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre
$81,640
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
$81,210
York-Hanover
$79,900
Pittsburgh
$79,760
Harrisburg-Carlisle
$78,480
Lancaster
$64,150