State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Rhode Island vs South Carolina
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In South Carolina, $57,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.3% — not 36.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.8%
Rhode Island vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+25.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
South Carolina
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $57,170
- p25
- $44,740
- p75
- $72,530
- p10
- $37,190
- p90
- $90,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.