State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In California, $75,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 4%.
Nominal pay gap
-4%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-11.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $75,130
- p25
- $55,500
- p75
- $99,240
- p10
- $46,190
- p90
- $129,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- 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.