State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Louisiana vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Louisiana, $49,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 36.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.2%
Louisiana vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-26%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $49,910
- p25
- $42,640
- p75
- $62,570
- p10
- $35,910
- p90
- $76,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.