Art Directors Salary in the US
A art directors earns a national median of $114,850 a year (mean $129,440) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #88 of 825.
How much does a art directors earn in the US?
A art directors in the United States earns a median of $114,850 a year (mean $129,440), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 125% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 53,070 people work in this occupation (SOC 27-1011), ranked #88 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$114,850
per year
Mean
$129,440
per year
Employment
53,070
US workers
National rank
#88
of 825 by median
What a art directors earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a art directors (SOC 27-1011) earns a median annual wage of $114,850 and a mean (average) of $129,440. The median is the midpoint — half of art directors earn more and half earn less — and is 125% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a art directors in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for art directors is $114,850, and the mean (average) is $129,440. The median is the midpoint — half of art directors earn more and half earn less.
- How does art directors pay compare to the US average?
- At $114,850, a art directors earns 125% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many art directors are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 53,070 art directors employed nationally (SOC 27-1011), across all industries.
- Where does this art directors salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 27-1011. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 27-1011 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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