State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Colorado vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Colorado, $66,330. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 15.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.2%
Colorado vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-15.9%
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%
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.