State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Graphic Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $87,920. In Colorado, $66,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.6%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-19.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $66,330
- p25
- $55,000
- p75
- $85,810
- p10
- $47,030
- p90
- $118,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.