State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Massachusetts, $76,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.2% — not 1.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.9%
Massachusetts vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-5.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $76,710
- p25
- $60,030
- p75
- $95,990
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $108,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.