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Average Commercial And Industrial Designers Salary in Rhode Island

Commercial And Industrial Designers in Rhode Island earn a median annual salary of $101,140, which is +20.5% compared to the national median. There are 190 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Rhode Island (state).

$101,140
Rhode Island median annual wage
$49/hour median
+20.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $83,910
190
Local employment
0.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.76
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$57,810
25th
$78,250
Median
$101,140
75th
$125,650
90th
$137,580

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Rhode Island, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
102.3%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$98,885
Goods: 97.2%
Services: 146.7%
Rents: 105.6%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Kansas $104,870 Compare 260
Michigan $102,160 Compare 2,930
Massachusetts $101,720 Compare 1,240
California $100,770 Compare 5,300
Louisiana $98,040 Compare 130
Minnesota $94,370 Compare 590

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Rhode Island

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Emergency Medicine Physicians $512,730 2.74
Family Medicine Physicians $467,160 0.60
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $450,370 6.18
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons $414,060 N/A
Cardiologists $395,610 1.15
General Internal Medicine Physicians $379,490 1.39
Physicians, Pathologists $322,950 N/A
Psychiatrists $287,610 2.98

Rhode Island has salary data for 554 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Emergency Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Commercial And Industrial Designers in Rhode Island

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Commercial And Industrial Designers are projected to change by +3.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.