State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: New York vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In New York, $77,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 1.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-1.1%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-6.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $77,340
- p25
- $58,610
- p75
- $100,370
- p10
- $43,680
- p90
- $131,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.