State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In New Jersey, $73,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 5.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.7%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $73,790
- p25
- $59,150
- p75
- $92,040
- p10
- $47,490
- p90
- $122,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.