State comparison · 2025
Graphic Designers salary: Rhode Island vs West Virginia
Graphic Designers in Rhode Island earn a median of $78,220. In West Virginia, $40,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 69.6% — not 93.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+93.9%
Rhode Island vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+69.6%
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%
West Virginia
Graphic Designers
- Median
- $40,350
- p25
- $35,260
- p75
- $48,550
- p10
- $29,530
- p90
- $61,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.