State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Kentucky vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Kentucky, $52,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.2% — not 32.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.3%
Kentucky vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-23.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.