State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Alabama vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Alabama, $51,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.8% — not 34.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.7%
Alabama vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-24.8%
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%
Rhode Island
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $78,220
- p25
- $62,050
- p75
- $93,370
- p10
- $49,330
- p90
- $107,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.