Designer salaries, state by state

NY pays the most ($179k median) — 40% more than FL ($128k). Based on 516 disclosed-salary listings across 22 states with ≥3 disclosures.

Each hexagon is a US state. Color = median salary midpoint of disclosed designer listings (Viridis: dark = lower, bright = higher). Grey = fewer than 3 disclosures.

Designer median salary by US stateAK: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)AKME: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)MEVT: 0 disclosures (need ≥3)VTNH: 2 disclosures (need ≥3)NHWA: $155k median (n=36)WA$155kID: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)IDMT: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)MTND: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)NDMN: $140k median (n=6)MN$140kWI: 2 disclosures (need ≥3)WIMI: $174k median (n=4)MI$174kNY: $179k median (n=101)NY$179kMA: $145k median (n=15)MA$145kOR: $154k median (n=6)OR$154kNV: 0 disclosures (need ≥3)NVWY: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)WYSD: 0 disclosures (need ≥3)SDIA: 0 disclosures (need ≥3)IAIL: $140k median (n=11)IL$140kIN: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)INOH: $140k median (n=8)OH$140kPA: $174k median (n=8)PA$174kNJ: $140k median (n=9)NJ$140kCT: 2 disclosures (need ≥3)CTRI: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)RICA: $179k median (n=201)CA$179kUT: $137k median (n=3)UT$137kCO: $140k median (n=10)CO$140kNE: 2 disclosures (need ≥3)NEMO: $174k median (n=3)MO$174kKY: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)KYWV: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)WVVA: $140k median (n=9)VA$140kMD: $128k median (n=5)MD$128kDE: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)DEAZ: $140k median (n=4)AZ$140kNM: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)NMKS: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)KSAR: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)ARTN: 2 disclosures (need ≥3)TNNC: $128k median (n=3)NC$128kSC: 2 disclosures (need ≥3)SCDC: $128k median (n=5)DC$128kHI: 0 disclosures (need ≥3)HIOK: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)OKLA: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)LAMS: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)MSAL: 1 disclosure (need ≥3)ALGA: $140k median (n=9)GA$140kTX: $128k median (n=21)TX$128kFL: $128k median (n=9)FL$128k
Hexgrid US-state map. Each hex represents one state at uniform size — defies geographic scale, ranks by data signal. Pay-transparency-disclosed listings only.

Top 5 paying states

NY$179kn=101
CA$179kn=201
MI$174kn=4
PA$174kn=8
MO$174kn=3

Bottom 5 paying states

FL$128kn=9
TX$128kn=21
DC$128kn=5
NC$128kn=3
MD$128kn=5

Methodology

Active US designer listings with disclosed salary ranges, parsed from listing-level location strings. Salary is the midpoint of the disclosed range. States with fewer than 3 disclosures are shown grey to avoid noisy small-N estimates. Pay-transparency laws in NY, CA, CO, WA, IL, NJ, MA, and MN drive most of the disclosure volume — states without such laws will look sparse here regardless of their actual hiring activity.