State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: North Carolina vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In North Carolina, $58,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.9% — not 25.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.3%
North Carolina vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-18.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $58,450
- p25
- $46,710
- p75
- $74,410
- p10
- $37,680
- p90
- $95,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.