State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Maryland vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Maryland, $75,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 4%.
Nominal pay gap
-4%
Maryland vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-6.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $75,120
- p25
- $57,600
- p75
- $94,930
- p10
- $44,810
- p90
- $109,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +125%
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.