Pay distribution $42,090 10th $49,740 25th $81,180 75th $103,440 90th
Half of Graphic Designers in the Rochester metro area earn more than $63,530 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $49,740 and $81,180.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $42,090 $49,740 $63,530 $81,180 $103,440 Hourly $20.24 $23.92 $30.54 $39.03 $49.73
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Rochester metro areathis metro area
$63,530 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $49,740 to $81,180
$77,340 median for New York; middle half earns $58,610 to $100,370
$62,960 median for United States; middle half earns $49,040 to $81,830
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −18% vs New York overall and +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $28,100 $51,187 $74,273 $97,360 Aguadilla, PR — $28,100 Ponce, PR — $29,810 Mayaguez, PR — $31,550 Arecibo, PR — $31,720 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $35,830 Charleston, WV — $37,920 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $38,110 Hattiesburg, MS — $38,580 Albany, GA — $38,870 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $39,250 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $39,420 Hot Springs, AR — $39,580 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $39,590 Jonesboro, AR — $39,790 Morgantown, WV — $40,460 Wheeling, WV-OH — $41,450 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $42,170 Valdosta, GA — $42,900 Sherman-Denison, TX — $43,920 Las Cruces, NM — $43,940 Laredo, TX — $44,470 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $44,480 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $44,540 Casper, WY — $44,730 Tyler, TX — $44,850 Wichita Falls, TX — $44,870 Cheyenne, WY — $44,890 Owensboro, KY — $44,950 Santa Fe, NM — $45,170 Monroe, LA — $45,340 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $45,380 Lake Charles, LA — $45,610 Muncie, IN — $45,700 Tuscaloosa, AL — $45,760 Mobile, AL — $45,820 Terre Haute, IN — $45,930 Texarkana, TX-AR — $46,140 Decatur, AL — $46,170 Amarillo, TX — $46,220 Midland, MI — $46,330 Lubbock, TX — $46,380 Corpus Christi, TX — $46,590 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,620 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $47,170 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $47,270 Twin Falls, ID — $47,270 Jackson, MS — $47,310 Lafayette, LA — $47,310 Morristown, TN — $47,340 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $47,340 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $47,380 Saginaw, MI — $47,480 Odessa, TX — $47,630 Bowling Green, KY — $47,650 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $47,670 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,750 Springfield, MO — $47,790 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $47,880 El Paso, TX — $48,000 Jackson, TN — $48,040 Decatur, IL — $48,100 Dothan, AL — $48,130 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $48,240 Jefferson City, MO — $48,260 Montgomery, AL — $48,370 Johnstown, PA — $48,400 Sandusky, OH — $48,440 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $48,500 Clarksville, TN-KY — $48,520 Elizabethtown, KY — $48,540 Dubuque, IA — $48,620 Johnson City, TN — $48,690 Bloomington, IN — $48,740 St. George, UT — $48,740 Columbus, GA-AL — $48,750 Lynchburg, VA — $49,020 Great Falls, MT — $49,150 Fayetteville, NC — $49,160 El Centro, CA — $49,190 Iowa City, IA — $49,350 Abilene, TX — $49,360 Flint, MI — $49,410 Joplin, MO-KS — $49,440 Columbia, MO — $49,490 Dover, DE — $49,490 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $49,570 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $49,640 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $49,690 Manhattan, KS — $49,800 San Angelo, TX — $49,860 Chambersburg, PA — $49,870 Winston-Salem, NC — $49,920 Traverse City, MI — $49,940 Longview, TX — $49,950 Rapid City, SD — $49,990 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $50,030 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $50,230 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $50,290 Oklahoma City, OK — $50,300 Toledo, OH — $50,320 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $50,380 Altoona, PA — $50,530 College Station-Bryan, TX — $50,530 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $50,540 Canton-Massillon, OH — $50,750 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $50,960 Baton Rouge, LA — $51,020 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $51,060 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $51,080 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $51,180 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $51,370 Evansville, IN — $51,450 Grand Junction, CO — $51,540 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $51,710 Williamsport, PA — $51,710 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $51,720 Springfield, OH — $51,840 Rocky Mount, NC — $52,070 Fort Wayne, IN — $52,280 Ocala, FL — $52,370 Syracuse, NY — $52,390 Birmingham, AL — $52,480 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $52,500 Wichita, KS — $52,570 Punta Gorda, FL — $52,580 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $52,880 Waco, TX — $52,920 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $53,120 Spartanburg, SC — $53,280 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $53,310 Lima, OH — $53,310 Sheboygan, WI — $53,440 Binghamton, NY — $53,460 Dalton, GA — $53,630 Warner Robins, GA — $53,920 Lebanon, PA — $54,140 Mankato, MN — $54,150 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $54,150 Lawrence, KS — $54,290 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $54,290 Reading, PA — $54,340 Fond du Lac, WI — $54,460 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $54,530 Rockford, IL — $54,530 Wilmington, NC — $54,720 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $54,820 Greenville, NC — $54,860 Erie, PA — $54,940 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $54,950 York-Hanover, PA — $54,980 Ann Arbor, MI — $55,020 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $55,110 Springfield, IL — $55,220 Wausau, WI — $55,230 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $55,240 Albany, OR — $55,250 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $55,250 Lancaster, PA — $55,360 Gainesville, GA — $55,610 Topeka, KS — $55,630 Columbia, SC — $55,690 Grand Island, NE — $55,790 Fargo, ND-MN — $55,910 Boise City, ID — $55,970 Reno, NV — $56,160 Eau Claire, WI — $56,230 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $56,410 Peoria, IL — $56,450 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $56,480 Lincoln, NE — $56,510 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $56,520 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $56,530 Glens Falls, NY — $56,540 Bangor, ME — $56,570 Ogden, UT — $56,620 Harrisonburg, VA — $56,630 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $56,630 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $56,660 Knoxville, TN — $56,720 Pueblo, CO — $56,730 Asheville, NC — $56,760 Savannah, GA — $56,760 Burlington, NC — $56,990 Mansfield, OH — $56,990 Billings, MT — $57,050 Killeen-Temple, TX — $57,050 Ames, IA — $57,060 Bloomington, IL — $57,230 Cleveland, TN — $57,290 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $57,340 Bismarck, ND — $57,430 Midland, TX — $57,580 Tucson, AZ — $57,710 Yuma, AZ — $57,730 Bend, OR — $57,800 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $57,820 Pittsburgh, PA — $57,830 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $57,870 Duluth, MN-WI — $57,960 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $57,970 Yakima, WA — $57,970 Omaha, NE-IA — $58,020 Chico, CA — $58,040 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $58,110 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $58,150 Logan, UT-ID — $58,180 Bozeman, MT — $58,200 Jacksonville, NC — $58,230 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $58,230 Urban Honolulu, HI — $58,270 Fresno, CA — $58,280 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $58,280 St. Cloud, MN — $58,340 State College, PA — $58,340 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $58,400 Niles, MI — $58,420 Akron, OH — $58,460 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $58,500 Cedar Rapids, IA — $58,520 Utica-Rome, NY — $58,550 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $58,670 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $58,670 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $58,760 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $58,880 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $59,000 Battle Creek, MI — $59,040 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $59,040 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $59,090 Green Bay, WI — $59,260 Idaho Falls, ID — $59,290 Tulsa, OK — $59,620 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,710 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $59,710 Cleveland, OH — $59,780 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $59,810 Bellingham, WA — $59,850 Appleton, WI — $59,980 Kansas City, MO-KS — $59,990 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $59,990 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $59,990 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,000 Jackson, MI — $60,010 Port St. Lucie, FL — $60,030 Gettysburg, PA — $60,060 Roanoke, VA — $60,120 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $60,150 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $60,200 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $60,210 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $60,370 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,520 Florence, SC — $60,640 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $60,700 Colorado Springs, CO — $60,790 St. Louis, MO-IL — $61,000 Tallahassee, FL — $61,010 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $61,030 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $61,030 Rochester, MN — $61,240 Ithaca, NY — $61,250 Kingston, NY — $61,410 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $61,450 Flagstaff, AZ — $61,630 Charlottesville, VA — $61,700 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $61,700 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,780 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $61,870 Missoula, MT — $61,930 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $61,940 Salisbury, MD — $61,950 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $61,970 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $62,060 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $62,210 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $62,260 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $62,360 Winchester, VA-WV — $62,450 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $62,680 Huntsville, AL — $62,720 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $62,900 Jacksonville, FL — $63,090 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $63,090 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $63,200 Anchorage, AK — $63,250 Merced, CA — $63,340 Rochester, NY — $63,530 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $63,560 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $63,580 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $63,680 Helena, MT — $63,690 Springfield, MA — $63,760 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $63,780 Albuquerque, NM — $63,810 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $63,830 Madison, WI — $63,970 Columbus, OH — $64,000 Gainesville, FL — $64,310 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $64,510 Greeley, CO — $64,640 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $65,060 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $65,060 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,450 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $65,510 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $65,520 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $65,560 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $65,610 Pittsfield, MA — $65,710 Salem, OR — $65,720 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $65,900 Visalia, CA — $66,040 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $66,060 Richmond, VA — $66,350 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $66,490 Kenosha, WI — $66,810 Worcester, MA — $66,810 Salinas, CA — $66,940 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $67,300 Lexington Park, MD — $67,570 Portland-South Portland, ME — $67,650 Boulder, CO — $67,680 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $67,710 New Haven, CT — $68,150 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $68,260 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $68,350 Modesto, CA — $69,110 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $69,570 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $70,420 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $70,450 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $70,870 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $71,750 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $72,400 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $72,500 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $74,520 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $74,680 Vallejo, CA — $74,800 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $75,650 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $75,750 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $75,790 Barnstable Town, MA — $76,140 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $76,720 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $78,270 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $78,500 Napa, CA — $79,090 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $79,280 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $81,800 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $85,420 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $92,050 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $97,360 Rochester metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Rochester metro area has the 63rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 346 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in New York Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for graphic designers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Rochester metro areathis page
$63,530 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $49,740 to $81,180
$79,280 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $62,040 to $102,060
$63,560 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $48,980 to $79,720
$63,200 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $52,460 to $79,090
$61,410 median for Kingston metro area; middle half earns $45,010 to $74,370
$61,250 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $51,450 to $74,890
$60,000 median for Buffalo metro area; middle half earns $48,060 to $73,140
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .