State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Arkansas vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Arkansas, $46,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.9%
Arkansas vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-30.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $46,220
- p25
- $37,530
- p75
- $58,230
- p10
- $31,570
- p90
- $79,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.