State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Graphic Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $87,920. In Alabama, $51,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.1% — not 41.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.9%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-28.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $51,070
- p25
- $39,030
- p75
- $67,430
- p10
- $33,050
- p90
- $89,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
District of Columbia
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $87,920
- p25
- $75,300
- p75
- $114,280
- p10
- $62,240
- p90
- $136,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.