State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Graphic Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $87,920. In Arizona, $58,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.4% — not 33.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.5%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-27.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $58,510
- p25
- $50,250
- p75
- $75,290
- p10
- $43,780
- p90
- $88,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.