State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Mississippi vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Mississippi, $45,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.4% — not 41.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.7%
Mississippi vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-31.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $45,640
- p25
- $37,380
- p75
- $57,720
- p10
- $32,260
- p90
- $75,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.