Should you relocate to make more money as a graphic designer? Or even look for graphic design colleges in specific cities to improve your employment prospects? Certain cities do pay significantly more than others.
If a high salary is your primary goal, then you should know the five highest paying metropolitan areas for graphic designers are:
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California: $74,660 average annual salary
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California: $68,810 average annual salary
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut: $67,610 average annual salary
Framingham, Massachusetts: $61,350 average annual salary
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV: $60,160 average annual salary
All of those salaries are considerably higher than the U.S. average annual salary of $47,820. Yet you do have to weigh that against the cost of living in some of those cities. For instance, San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities in America, which means high salary may not get you as much.
That’s why it’s worth thinking outside the box a bit and looking at other factors before moving anywhere. Austin, Texas may not spring to mind as a graphic design mecca, but 36.8% of the city’s workforce is in the creative class. The recent boom in high-tech entrepreneurism has also generated a demand for workers. Or go slightly further southwest to San Antonio and you have a city with the most solid salary to cost of living ratio in the country. San Antonio also boasts the lowest change in its unemployment rate since the recession began.
The contacts you make at graphic design colleges, especially if you do an internship, can open doors to future employment. So you may want consider a school’s location before applying.
via Best Paying Cities for Graphic Designers : Graphic Design Blog & Graphics News Blog.
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