State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In Washington, $72,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 7.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+7.6%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+12.5%
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%
Washington
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $72,710
- p25
- $57,390
- p75
- $93,490
- p10
- $47,780
- p90
- $115,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.