State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Montana vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Montana, $56,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.3%
Montana vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $56,890
- p25
- $43,640
- p75
- $70,980
- p10
- $37,790
- p90
- $104,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.