State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: District of Columbia vs Kentucky
Graphic Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $87,920. In Kentucky, $52,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 66%.
Nominal pay gap
+66%
District of Columbia vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+36.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Kentucky
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $52,960
- p25
- $42,210
- p75
- $65,330
- p10
- $32,620
- p90
- $81,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.