State comparison · 2025
Interior Designers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Interior Designers in District of Columbia earn a median of $98,450. In Alabama, $61,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.3% — not 38%.
Nominal pay gap
-38%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-23.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Interior Designers
- Median
- $61,050
- p25
- $41,240
- p75
- $75,430
- p10
- $32,560
- p90
- $103,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
District of Columbia
Interior Designers
- Median
- $98,450
- p25
- $75,980
- p75
- $127,070
- p10
- $66,930
- p90
- $140,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.