State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Rhode Island vs Virginia
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Virginia, $72,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.9% — not 8.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.2%
Rhode Island vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+6.9%
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%
Virginia
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $72,310
- p25
- $52,470
- p75
- $95,420
- p10
- $39,020
- p90
- $121,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.