How much do Graphic Designers make in Elizabethtown, KY?

Percentile spread

For Graphic Designers, the published 10th percentile is $30,360 and the 90th percentile is $96,100. The difference is $65,740, which is 135.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $43,590 to the 75th at $70,300, covers $26,710.

The mean annual wage is $57,340, which sits above the median of $48,540. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Elizabethtown, KY median is 22.9% lower than the national median of $62,960 for Graphic Designers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $53,593, which is 14.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.3% lower than the Kentucky median of $52,960.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Elizabethtown, KY is 90.572, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,540 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Graphic Designers at $53,593 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Graphic Designers. Elizabethtown, KY ranks 13th of 20 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 41 miles away, with a median of $57,340 and employment of 820. That median is 18.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $61,607, against $53,593 here.
• Bowling Green, KY is 50 miles away, with a median of $47,650 and employment of 100. That median is 1.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,839, against $53,593 here.
• Owensboro, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $44,950 and employment of 60. That median is 7.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,728, against $53,593 here.

Employment share

Graphic Designers accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Elizabethtown, KY (40 of 51,540). Nationally the occupation is 0.13% of employment (197,830 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.61 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.