Graphic Artist Intern Salary in the United States

How much does a Graphic Artist Intern make in the United States?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for a Graphic Artist Intern in the United States is $60,867 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $29.

However, a Graphic Artist Intern's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $72,193
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $53,576 to $66,796
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $46,938
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Graphic Artist Intern Salaries by Percentile

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Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $66,796 $5,566 $1,285 $32
Average $60,867 $5,072 $1,171 $29
25th Percentile $53,576 $4,465 $1,030 $26
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Key Factors That Influence Graphic Artist Intern Salaries

A Graphic Artist Intern's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Graphic Artist Intern Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Graphic Artist Intern's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

  • Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $59,869
  • Early Career (1-2 years): $60,605
  • Mid-Level (2-4 years): $61,913
  • Senior-Level (5-8 years): $62,175
  • Expert (over 8 years): $62,349
Levels Salary
Entry Level Graphic Artist Intern$59,869
Intermediate Level Graphic Artist Intern$60,605
Senior Level Graphic Artist Intern$61,913
Specialist Level Graphic Artist Intern$62,175
Expert Level Graphic Artist Intern$62,349
$59,869 0 yr
$60,605 < 2 yrs
$61,913 2-4 yrs
$62,175 5-8 yrs
$62,349 > 8 yrs
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How Do Graphic Artist Intern Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Graphic Artist Interns. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

  • District of Columbia: $67,392.
  • California: $67,136.
  • Massachusetts: $66,241.

Top Paying Cities for Graphic Artist Interns

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

  • San Jose: $76,771
  • San Francisco: $76,017
  • Oakland: $74,331

What Skills Can Increase a Graphic Artist Intern's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Presentation (Mentioned in 4.45% Job Postings): Presentation conveys information from a speaker to an audience. Presentations are typically demonstrations, introduction, lecture, or speech meant to inform, persuade, inspire, motivate, build goodwill, or present a new idea/product.
  • Typography (Mentioned in 2.77% Job Postings): Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable, and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing (leading), and letter-spacing (tracking), and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning). The term typography is also applied to the style, arrangement, and appearance of the letters, numbers, and symbols created by the process. Type design is a closely related craft, sometimes considered part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers. Typography also may be used as a decorative device, unrelated to communication of information. Typography is the work of typesetters (also known as compositors), typographers, graphic designers, art directors, manga artists, comic book artists, graffiti artists, and, now, anyone who arranges words, letters, numbers, and symbols for publication, display, or distribution, from clerical workers and newsletter writers to anyone self-publishing materials. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of previously unrelated designers and lay users. As the capability to create typography has become ubiquitous, the application of principles and best practices developed over generations of skilled workers and professionals has diminished. So at a time when scientific techniques can support the proven traditions (e.g., greater legibility with the use of serifs, upper and lower case, contrast, etc.) through understanding the limitations of human vision, typography as often encountered may fail to achieve its principal objective: effective communication.
  • Animation (Mentioned in 2.01% Job Postings): Animation is a method in which pictures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D computer animation can be used for stylistic reasons, low bandwidth or faster real-time renderings. Other common animation methods apply a stop motion technique to two and three-dimensional objects like paper cutouts, puppets or clay figures. Commonly the effect of animation is achieved by a rapid succession of sequential images that minimally differ from each other. The illusion—as in motion pictures in general—is thought to rely on the phi phenomenon and beta movement, but the exact causes are still uncertain. Analog mechanical animation media that rely on the rapid display of sequential images include the phénakisticope, zoetrope, flip book, praxinoscope and film. Television and video are popular electronic animation media that originally were analog and now operate digitally. For display on the computer, techniques like animated GIF and Flash animation were developed.
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Skills Demand Percentage
Presentation 4.45%
Typography 2.77%
Animation 2.01%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Graphic Artist Intern's salary.
  • UI: Can increase your salary by up to 10%.
  • Collaboration: Can increase your salary by up to 6%.
  • Storytelling: Can increase your salary by up to 4%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
UI
$66,953
10%
Collaboration
$64,519
6%
Storytelling
$63,301
4%
Digital Marketing
$63,301
4%
Animation
$63,301
4%
Insight
$63,301
4%
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Graphic Artist Intern Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Graphic Artist Intern's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on January 01, 2026

Salary Trends for Graphic Artist Intern

Salaries for a Graphic Artist Intern can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $58,671 in 2023 to around $57,994 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Graphic Artist Intern salary trends, .

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