State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: North Dakota vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In North Dakota, $56,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17% — not 27.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.8%
North Dakota vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-17%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Dakota
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $56,470
- p25
- $45,270
- p75
- $63,760
- p10
- $37,610
- p90
- $75,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.