27 Series · SOC 27-1011

Art Directors

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$111,040

per year

Median Hourly

$53.38/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$128,100

average

Employment

50,370

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$61,060$80,130$111,040$160,460$211,410
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$29.35$38.53$53.38$77.14$101.64
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$61,060

25th Percentile

$80,130

Median

$111,040

75th Percentile

$160,460

90th Percentile

$211,410

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 Oregon $148,410 +34% above national
2 Washington $143,490 +29% above national
3 New York $136,610 +23% above national
4 California $133,930 +21% above national
5 Georgia $131,620 +19% above national
6 Massachusetts $131,050 +18% above national
7 District of Columbia $126,520 +14% above national
8 New Jersey $126,030 +13% above national
9 Hawaii $108,420 2% below national
10 New Hampshire $101,890 8% below national
11 Connecticut $101,050 9% below national
12 Illinois $100,530 9% below national
13 Maryland $100,230 10% below national
14 Indiana $98,560 11% below national
15 Minnesota $98,330 11% below national
16 Delaware $97,320 12% below national
17 Virginia $95,680 14% below national
18 Vermont $94,720 15% below national
19 Missouri $94,000 15% below national
20 Florida $93,630 16% below national
21 Colorado $93,550 16% below national
22 Ohio $92,370 17% below national
23 Utah $91,020 18% below national
24 Pennsylvania $89,990 19% below national
25 Nevada $89,710 19% below national
26 North Carolina $89,570 19% below national
27 Michigan $86,720 22% below national
28 Arizona $85,470 23% below national
29 Wisconsin $85,370 23% below national
30 Iowa $80,560 27% below national
31 Texas $79,930 28% below national
32 Maine $78,200 30% below national
33 Montana $77,240 30% below national
34 Alabama $77,140 31% below national
35 Tennessee $75,820 32% below national
36 Nebraska $75,010 32% below national
37 Idaho $74,990 32% below national
38 Oklahoma $72,740 34% below national
39 Kansas $69,840 37% below national
40 Kentucky $68,420 38% below national
41 Arkansas $67,320 39% below national
42 South Carolina $66,130 40% below national
43 Louisiana $66,030 41% below national
44 Rhode Island $65,270 41% below national
45 Alaska $60,980 45% below national
46 Puerto Rico $60,940 45% below national
47 New Mexico $59,740 46% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $170,760 +54% above national
2 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $158,690 +43% above national
3 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $155,350 +40% above national
4 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $143,490 +29% above national
5 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $136,850 +23% above national
6 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $134,280 +21% above national
7 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $133,550 +20% above national
8 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $132,340 +19% above national
9 Youngstown-Warren, OH $130,390 +17% above national
10 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $122,500 +10% above national
11 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $116,410 +5% above national
12 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $114,300 +3% above national
13 Stockton-Lodi, CA $113,460 +2% above national
14 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $112,400 +1% above national
15 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $110,340 1% below national
16 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $108,340 2% below national
17 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $108,150 3% below national
18 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $108,130 3% below national
19 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $107,300 3% below national
20 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $107,120 4% below national
21 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $106,500 4% below national
22 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $105,920 5% below national
23 Boulder, CO $105,750 5% below national
24 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $105,380 5% below national
25 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $105,120 5% below national
26 Fresno, CA $104,990 5% below national
27 Syracuse, NY $104,850 6% below national
28 Worcester, MA $104,840 6% below national
29 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $103,480 7% below national
30 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $103,090 7% below national
31 Columbus, OH $102,960 7% below national
32 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $102,950 7% below national
33 Cedar Rapids, IA $102,690 8% below national
34 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $102,690 8% below national
35 Eugene-Springfield, OR $102,510 8% below national
36 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $102,380 8% below national
37 Urban Honolulu, HI $102,140 8% below national
38 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $102,110 8% below national
39 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $100,670 9% below national
40 Raleigh-Cary, NC $100,460 10% below national
41 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $100,220 10% below national
42 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $100,220 10% below national
43 New Haven, CT $99,830 10% below national
44 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $99,620 10% below national
45 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $98,830 11% below national
46 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $98,770 11% below national
47 St. Louis, MO-IL $98,660 11% below national
48 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $97,420 12% below national
49 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $95,640 14% below national
50 Richmond, VA $94,990 14% below national
51 Madison, WI $94,960 14% below national
52 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $93,550 16% below national
53 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $93,200 16% below national
54 Kansas City, MO-KS $91,840 17% below national
55 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $91,490 18% below national
56 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $91,310 18% below national
57 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $91,250 18% below national
58 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $91,030 18% below national
59 Rochester, NY $90,330 19% below national
60 Reno, NV $89,660 19% below national
61 Akron, OH $88,840 20% below national
62 Cleveland, OH $88,440 20% below national
63 Jacksonville, FL $86,900 22% below national
64 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $86,740 22% below national
65 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $86,500 22% below national
66 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $85,380 23% below national
67 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $85,370 23% below national
68 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $85,370 23% below national
69 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $84,710 24% below national
70 Pittsburgh, PA $83,580 25% below national
71 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $83,040 25% below national
72 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $82,490 26% below national
73 Boise City, ID $82,330 26% below national
74 Charlottesville, VA $81,950 26% below national
75 Champaign-Urbana, IL $81,550 27% below national
76 Winston-Salem, NC $81,440 27% below national
77 Greensboro-High Point, NC $81,090 27% below national
78 Oklahoma City, OK $80,550 27% below national
79 Portland-South Portland, ME $80,480 28% below national
80 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $80,040 28% below national
81 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $79,750 28% below national
82 Ann Arbor, MI $79,560 28% below national
83 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $79,170 29% below national
84 Springfield, MO $79,160 29% below national
85 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $79,060 29% below national
86 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $77,840 30% below national
87 Iowa City, IA $77,520 30% below national
88 Manchester-Nashua, NH $77,420 30% below national
89 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $77,240 30% below national
90 Birmingham, AL $77,160 31% below national
91 Canton-Massillon, OH $76,650 31% below national
92 Ogden, UT $75,450 32% below national
93 Omaha, NE-IA $75,440 32% below national
94 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $75,330 32% below national
95 Tucson, AZ $74,790 33% below national
96 Chattanooga, TN-GA $74,070 33% below national
97 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $74,040 33% below national
98 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $73,500 34% below national
99 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $73,130 34% below national
100 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $72,420 35% below national
101 Lincoln, NE $72,390 35% below national
102 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $71,130 36% below national
103 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $70,900 36% below national
104 Lancaster, PA $69,890 37% below national
105 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $69,210 38% below national
106 Columbia, SC $69,010 38% below national
107 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $68,440 38% below national
108 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $67,750 39% below national
109 Wilmington, NC $67,330 39% below national
110 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $65,510 41% below national
111 Knoxville, TN $64,920 42% below national
112 Tulsa, OK $63,520 43% below national
113 Lexington-Fayette, KY $62,710 44% below national
114 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $61,080 45% below national
115 Tallahassee, FL $58,630 47% below national
116 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $56,410 49% below national
117 Wichita, KS $54,770 51% below national
118 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $44,100 60% below national

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024. Data reflects cross-industry estimates for all ownership types.