Typically, a move from hourly to salaried work comes with a promotion and additional responsibility. As long as you're up for the extra work, there's no reason not to take the raise. But realize that if you work more than 40 hours in a week (which many salaried workers do), you won't get any extra money.n some cases, you may prefer to keep your hourly wage. For example, if you consistently rack up overtime, moving to a salaried position wouldn't provide you much benefit. And if the salaried position comes with additional responsibility that you aren't ready to have, then decline politely.
The median annual wage for graphic designers was $46,900 in May 2015. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $27,560, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $81,320.
Other Salaries. For comparison, designers who work primarily for printed media made a median $45,000 per year with an annual range of $40,000 to $55,000. Other professionals are often part of the web development team.