State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Hawaii vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Hawaii, $58,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.8%
Hawaii vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-31%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $58,070
- p25
- $46,140
- p75
- $78,420
- p10
- $31,890
- p90
- $91,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.