State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Rhode Island vs Texas
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Texas, $60,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.4% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
Rhode Island vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+23.4%
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%
Texas
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $60,150
- p25
- $45,990
- p75
- $75,540
- p10
- $36,340
- p90
- $92,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -72%
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.