State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Arizona vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Arizona, $58,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.2%
Arizona vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-24%
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%
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.