State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Graphic Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $87,920. In Delaware, $60,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.7% — not 31.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.6%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-24.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $60,130
- p25
- $49,050
- p75
- $76,820
- p10
- $41,040
- p90
- $92,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.