State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Rhode Island vs South Dakota
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In South Dakota, $48,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40% — not 61.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.6%
Rhode Island vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+40%
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 Dakota
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $48,390
- p25
- $40,990
- p75
- $57,560
- p10
- $36,290
- p90
- $66,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.