State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Pennsylvania vs Rhode Island
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Pennsylvania, $60,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Pennsylvania vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-18.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $60,730
- p25
- $47,670
- p75
- $80,480
- p10
- $39,430
- p90
- $102,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -85%
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.